Criswell College vs 1st Baptist Dallas

Criswell College says the First Baptist Church of Dallas is trying to sell off part of the school to fund a new church building. First Baptist founded the college along with radio station KCBI. The Dallas Morning News reports Criswell President Jerry Johnson as saying First Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress is “trying to cannibalize Criswell College to fund his building program at the church, which will cost $170 to $240 million." Johnson claims there are plan to let Criswell be taken over by Fort Worth’s Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jeffress denies there are any plans to sell the radio station or the college campus.