Godwin, 76, no longer will serve as the universitys vice president for academic affairs, according to a statement on LUs website, though he will continue as provost.

In the statement, Liberty University President and Chancellor Jerry Falwell Jr. said Godwins refined role would ensure the error does not repeat itself.

The University will continue to rely on Dr. Godwins breadth of academic and administrative experience, Falwell said in the release, which appeared on http://www.liberty.edu on Friday but was not sent to media outlets. He will spend the next few years grooming his successors and guiding the team responsible for Liberty Universitys pending ten year accreditation reaffirmation report.

The update on Godwins role was written as an addendum to a statement issued by LU on April 3, which notified the public that Liberty University did not have a partnership with Benny Hinn Ministries, as Benny Hinn had advertised.

According to Hinn, his partnership with Liberty University would allow students of the World Healing Fellowship & Liberty University Institute of Biblical Studies to receive a diploma from the university, and be eligible for college credits.

On April 4, the university issued a cease-and-desist order, requiring Benny Hinn to remove from its website all unauthorized uses of the universitys trademark and intellectual property.

The confusion as to whether or not such a partnership existed which led to short-lived but national attention occurred in part because of Godwins appearance with Dan Reber on Benny Hinns television show, This is Your Day.

Reber operates the Liberty Home Bible Institute on behalf of Liberty University. Godwin believed Reber was authorized to sell Liberty University Institute of Biblical Studies courses via Benny Hinn Ministries, and agreed to be on the show at Rebers request.

Godwin later learned Reber did not have the authority to sell Liberty University Institute of Biblical Studies courses via Benny Hinn Ministries.

Godwin said he failed to confirm the information prior to appearing on the show.

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Liberty reduces provost's duties following video