This is basically a fluff piece about a piece of non-news. Some alumni who actually know what’s going on wrote a newsletter explaining what the real deal is here: https://harvardchristianalumni.org/activities/
This newsletter was really weird to read for me. I think I am facing some cultural differences and preconceptions of mine that make it difficult for me to understand the message they are trying to convey. To me it all read as "we are unruffled, but let us write two pages of unrelated stats so we can butt in a conversation that is not about us, as that would obviously show how totally unruffled we are". That community is obviously defensive and somewhat annoyed about it, while also being worried about presenting visible annoyance. I do lack the context to understand why.