Engagement In the previous post, I identified the frustration faculty have with university structures even as they serve within such structures, how the InterVarsity Statement of Faith calls its campus ministers to engage with university structures, and the sundry collection of structures easily observed with in the Bible. I concluded by observing that "some structures we already participate within but we have yet to discover how God would incorporate our faithful presence and work in the academy into the new … [Read more...] about Faithful Presence: University Structures and Faculty Service (Part Two)
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Faculty Interview: Jay McGhee, Natural Sciences
At The Ends and Goals of Higher Education in Twenty-First-Century America: Change and the Calling of the Christian Educator, I had the privilege of getting to know a number of Christians who serve Christ in higher education. One such faculty was Dr. Jay McGhee, who serves as Assistant Professor, Department of Natural Sciences, Northwest Missouri State University. In follow-up to our time together, I asked him a few questions regarding his life in higher education. We pray that you will find these words an … [Read more...] about Faculty Interview: Jay McGhee, Natural Sciences
Serving Students and their Communities at One Indian Christian College
The third in Kami L. Rice's guest series on visiting India. Last week I eagerly ventured further south to Coimbatore, where I was greeted with flowers and smiles at the airport by my hosts-for-the-week from CSI Bishop Appasamy College of Arts & Sciences (BACAS), a Church of South India (CSI) college founded in 1995. I'm connected to BACAS via my freelance work, and when I met Mrs. Susheila Williams, the college's Secretary (which in India is the title for the chief administrative leader, a role something … [Read more...] about Serving Students and their Communities at One Indian Christian College