Articles for tag: Northwest Christian College

March 9, 2020

Christian Standard

Northwest Christian University Changing Name to Honor Co-Founder

Northwest Christian University is changing its name to Bushnell University. James A. Bushnell co-founded the university and was the first chairman of its board of trustees, the university said on its website. The name change will help the school in Eugene, Ore., reach beyond the Northwest part of the country to students across the United States and internationally. The change will take effect this year, after students graduate in May. The university said its faith commitment remains unchanged. “Our mission, vision, and values are founded upon a faith in Jesus Christ. Our commitment to Christian higher education remains the same,”

December 22, 2019

Christian Standard

Obituaries for 2019

Send obituary information for **@********************ia.com. James Clapsaddle Smith, 91, a Christian church preacher and general director of Christian Missionary Fellowship (now CMFI) for 20 years, died Oct. 23, 2019. He was born April 7, 1928, in Centerville, Kan., the son of Kathleen May Clapsaddle Smith and Dewey Bryan Smith. After his father died in an accident in 1934, he and his seven siblings grew up in a single-parent home. He attended Northwest Christian College (now Northwest Christian University) in Eugene, Ore., which is where he met Joyce Couch of Seattle. They married on July 1, 1949, then continued to complete

June 30, 2011

Christian Standard

I Owe It All to a Bad Hoagie Sandwich

By Michael Sweeney I was 18 and had just dropped out of college after my first semester as a music major at the University of Northern Colorado. I had no idea what I wanted to do with my life””I just knew I probably would never make a living playing the trumpet. So I moved out of the dorm, joined a small house church, and shared the living quarters in its basement with three equally directionless young men. I found employment on the janitorial staff of an elementary school across town. Each day I would walk the two miles to work,

June 1, 2008

Christian Standard

Up a Creek . . . with a Paddle-Wheeler!

By Terry O’Casey In June 1908, missionaries Royal Dye, MD, and his wife, Eva, captivated Oregon with tales of adventure in the Congo. But no trains reached the deepest realms in the African nation where they wanted yet to share the gospel. No roads could penetrate the crocodile-infested swamps. Handmade, arm-powered dugouts were the only means of getting hundreds of miles upriver. The Dyes made a simple request at the 56th Oregon Christian Convention. The request was so great it was bound to fail . . . unless God be in it. Dr. Dye opened the morning session: “We need

April 23, 2006

Christian Standard

Our Colleges in Historical Perspective

By Gary Tiffin Undergraduate colleges (and now universities) founded and supported by independent Christian churches have transformed significantly in recent decades.* From Margin to Mainstream Our colleges were small and relatively unknown as late as 1960. They struggled for students, stability, and recognition. Professional accreditation for Bible colleges (initiated in 1947) was considered unattainable, undesirable, or even unnecessary by some, although some of our colleges helped found that accrediting association, now the Association for Biblical Higher Education (ABHE). Beginning with Hope International University in 1971, 13 of our institutions now share regional accreditation. Some no longer retain their ABHE accreditation,

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