Making Sense of the Gordon College Controversy
We are witnessing the rise of a “get ’em” culture characterized by a mob mentality and a taste for retribution. Refusal to toe the line of political correctness leads to loud and intolerant public outcry calling for the silencing and punishment of the offending party.
September/October 2014
Has a Bible college education become culturally passé and financially unobtainable? Should churches encourage their young people to attend a Bible college? Should church members …
Annual Conference Considers the Essential Gospel
Representatives from GARBC churches across the nation gathered in St. Petersburg, Fla., for the conference June 23–27. In his message John Greening called the attendees to self-assessment in order to realign themselves with “the essential gospel,” the theme for the week.
The Challenges and Opportunities of Online Education
The media has made much of the changes in higher education. Foremost among the changes is the adoption of a different delivery system called distance education or online education. Many students may never go to a brick-and-mortar campus to receive their degrees. Rather, they study online. Last year a third of college students—about 6.7 million—took at least one online class.
Making a Bible College Education Affordable
Encouraging young people to be good stewards by developing careful spending habits and the practice of saving money may help them make wiser financial decisions as they learn to assume responsibility for their life choices.
The Ultimate Future of Bible Colleges
The impact of the Bible college movement “has been felt in every part of the world, producing a large percentage of North American evangelical missionaries and serving as a primary educational enterprise for local church development,” says the Association for Biblical Higher Education. But what is the future for the Bible college movement?
The Curriculum Conundrum
Bible colleges are tasked with the responsibility of putting together the best program possible to train and equip God’s people for effective, Christ-honoring ministry. But it’s not always easy knowing exactly what to require in a Bible college curriculum.
The Future of Bible College Education
The combination of unrealistic cost, suffocating debt, and diminishing outcomes has led to numerous calls for comprehensive reform, with many experts offering dire predictions about higher education being the next bubble expected to burst. One silver lining that these problems have created is innovation with real potential to simultaneously cut tuition, reduce student debt, and improve learning and outcomes.
Educational Artifact or Essential Alternative?
The Bible college offers Christian students one of the best alternatives to plunging headlong into a secular academic environment. Concentrated Biblical study buttressed by classes in apologetics, evangelism, church history, Christian ethics, and even Biblical languages equips students well to confidently survive a secular university environment.
A Call for Great Commission Passion
As we deploy a new generation of slaves for Christ to serve His church, I would like to issue a call for Great Commission passion.