An evangelical college in Chicago has asked the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals to toss a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by a former instructor who disagreed with the school’s doctrinal position that ordained ministry is limited to males.
Janay E. Garrick was on the faculty of Moody Bible Institute from December 2014 until April 2017, court documents indicate. Her job involved teaching communications and writing classes, according to a filing.
In April 2017, a letter from a school vice president informed Ms. Garrick her teaching contract would not be renewed because her position on women in ministry “is different from that” of the school. A subsequent second amended complaint won favor with the district court, which said Ms. Garrick’s sex discrimination complaint could proceed without requiring a ruling on Moody’s religious doctrines. That decision is part of the latest appeal, according to court filings.
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