Category: Admissions

Admissions
In the Admissions category, I write about doing admissions and enrollment work at a small Christian college. As Director of Enrollment and Adjunct Instructor at Welch College in Gallatin, Tennessee (outside Nashville) I have the privilege of working with students in the classroom, across campus, and throughout the recruiting process. This work is more than just a job. It’s a ministry. It’s a calling.

I also have the privilege of regularly preaching to high school age students who are considering a Christian education. In the Admissions category, I seek to offer a philosophy of Christian education and recruiting from a biblical perspective. Serving at a Christian college is a ministry for the Kingdom of Christ to aid the church and reach the world through Christian education.

The Right Kind of Instruction: Some Thoughts on Christian Education

The release of the movie God’s Not Dead a few years ago sparked a renewed interest in the religious beliefs of community colleges and university professors. The movie portrays an individual of strong faith who stands up to his antagonistic atheist professor. As in Proverbs, he refuses to receive the instruction of a fool who […]

Christian College Admissions—or any Vocation—as an Opportunity for Ministry

I wrote this essay for my denomination’s magazine, One Magazine. Many Christians have created an unnecessary and even dangerous separation between the “spiritual” and the “secular.” Perhaps nowhere is this more prevalent than in the area of vocation. Whether it be engineering, business, the arts, journalism, public service, education, technology, farming, medicine, or sales, every […]