Colleges & Seminaries highlights the schools and training programs that prepare leaders for lifelong service in the church. Explore articles on Christian higher education, ministry formation, theological training, campus life, and the work of colleges and seminaries connected to churches and the Restoration Movement. You’ll find news, profiles, interviews, and updates about programs, initiatives, and events—along with stories that inform and encourage students, faculty, alumni, and church leaders. This hub helps readers stay connected to the people and institutions shaping future ministry.
March 16, 2008
By Staff Our annual chart provides attendance and faculty figures, income and expenditures, contact information, and more for 35 colleges affiliated with Christian church and church of Christ. Click here to download the 2008 Christian College Chart
March 12, 2008
By Brad Dupray As a senior at Cincinnati Christian University, 22-year-old Justin Bilyeu is honing his leadership skills as captain of both the basketball and baseball teams and as a dormitory resident assistant. In his “spare time” he is a member of the golf team, too. More importantly, Justin is studying for ministry by pursuing a BA in biblical studies. Justin says, “Cincinnati has a preaching degree, but I chose the biblical studies route to go a little more in depth. I”ll use my summer internships to gain preaching experience.” Justin grew up at the Okolona Christian Church in Louisville,
March 12, 2008
By Mark A. Taylor This week”s issue took me back to the time when my own son and daughter were choosing a college. My daughter attended an orientation session for new students in the spring before she started classes at a Christian college. The wife of the school”s president spoke to the parents and incoming students gathered there. “At this college,” she said, “we”re not here to undo everything you parents have established in 18 years of rearing your child.” About the same time a family friend and her daughter attended a freshman orientation weekend at the state school this
March 28, 2007
By Mark A. Taylor Not long ago I heard a Christian college president make a speech that underlined the vital role his school fills. He cited research quoting three quarters of college students who say faith is important to them. “But faith is not discussed in three quarters of students’ college experience today,” he added. How grateful all of us should be that his school, and the others listed in this week’s annual Christian college report, are marrying scholarship with faith. How grateful many of us are for the way our faith has been strengthened by enrollment in Christian college
March 28, 2007
By Brad Dupray William Jessup started San Jose Bible College in 1939 to educate young people for ministry. Now the school bears his name, maintains his mission, and is led by his son Bryce. As the fifth president of William Jessup University, Bryce Jessup has led the school through a dramatic move of its campus from the inner city of San Jose to become the first private, accredited four-year college in the Sacramento basin. Bryce and his bride of 51 years, Jo, have three children, all of whom are in vocational ministry, along with seven grandchildren and a great-grandchild on
August 23, 2006
By Mark A. Taylor Since 2001 Standard Publishing has partnered with Milligan College in Tennessee to recognize outstanding Christian leaders. It’s a natural joint venture: Milligan’s work is educating men and women who will provide Christian influence in the marketplace as well as from a minister’s office; and Standard Publishing is committed to providing Bible teaching tools for all the leaders a church recruits. CHRISTIAN STANDARD’s goals are equipping, informing, and connecting leaders in our fellowship. So it’s only natural that we should be a major voice in this recognition. Leaders like these are at the center of our mission
April 19, 2006
By Brad Dupray Dr. David Eubanks came to Johnson Bible College (JBC) as a student in 1953, joined the faculty in 1958, and has served since as president since 1969. Eubanks holds a doctorate in history and English from the University of Tennessee and served as president of the 1984 North American Christian Convention. He announced his retirement from JBC last year and is on track for a transition plan to complete his service at the end of the 2006 2007 school year. How has a Bible college education changed over the past 50 years? Bible Colleges today provide much
By Mark A. Taylor When we say CHRISTIAN STANDARD is a magazine for leaders in the local church, immediately we create a problem. Just who is a leader? At no time is that question more clearly answered than when we consider the Leaders in Christian Service program cosponsored by Milligan College and Standard Publishing. Leaders in Christian Service recognizes men and women who have discovered the beauty in the paradox presented by Christ: “Whoever wants to be a leader among you must be your servant” (Matthew 20:26, New Living Translation ). Those who have received this reward in the past
November 30, 2005
Our annual chart provides attendance and faculty figures, income and expenditures, contact information, and more for 35 colleges affiliated with Christian church and church of Christ. Click here to see the 2009 Christian College Chart
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