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Top News |
First Intercollegiate Athlete Signs to Play for CIU Rams SoccerClick here to read the full story. |
History In The Making
We are embarking on one of the most exciting chapters in the history of CIU. For the first time in 89 years, CIU will field our first intercollegiate athletic teams in fall 2012. Why athletics at CIU? It fits with our purpose of educating people from a biblical worldview to impact the nations with the message of Christ. Imagine the outreach that student-athletes and coaches can have both at home and abroad using the platform of athletics to share the good news of Jesus Christ
Our Sports
Fall 2012 marks the beginning of an aggressive five-year plan introducing intercollegiate athletics at CIU.
Our League
CIU will compete in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), whose mission is to use athletic competition as an integral component of education, evangelism, and encouragement.
Our Mascot
The ram was chosen as the CIU mascot for its strength and its biblical significance. Not only are rams known as ferocious defenders of their territory and their flock, the ram is a symbol of God's provision - a foreshadowing of Christ's sacrifice on the cross.
CIU Rams Club
Click here for more information on becoming a founding member of the CIU Rams Club!
Moore Fitness Center
Cheryl Guinther is the communications coordinator for the Alumni Ministries Office of Columbia International University. She serves alumni with genuine personal care and a professional approach developed over years as an executive administrative assistant and missionary. Cheryl worked over six years for a Christian financial management company providing client-care to seniors. As a missionary with Brethren in Christ World Missions in Zambia, Africa, Cheryl managed a mission guesthouse, served with a church team taking the “Jesus Film” to outlying villages, and started a “Reading Room” ministry to help street children return to school. For the last five years, she has been a mentor in the Missions Development Program for Brethren in Christ World Missions. Cheryl and her husband, Peter, moved to Columbia from Mechanicsburg, Penn. in August of 2010 so that Peter could complete his Master of Divinity degree at CIU. She enjoys reading, gardening, volunteering at a women’s shelter, and the close fellowship with her neighbors in the CIU Village.
Cheryl’s favorite Scripture verse is Romans 13:8.
Owe nothing to anyone except to love one another; for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.
Family & Church Education
Description:
The purpose of the Family and Church Education program is to prepare competent leaders who will serve local churches or parachurch organizations in a vocational capacity. The intent is to prepare leaders who can administer the total educational program of a church, who can specialize in a particular age-level or target-group ministry, or who can serve the needs of family units within a congregation or community. The major is marked by variety, flexibility, and practicality.
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| Bible and Theology (32 semester hours) | General Education (36 semester hours) |
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Choose 2 courses, one from Humanities/Fine Arts and one from Natural Science/Information Science. FACE students are required to take Marriage and Family and Counseling Youth and Family to meet the General Education Distribution in Social/Behavioral Science.
a.) Humanities/Fine Arts
b.) Natural Science/Information Science
c.) Social/Behavioral Science
SOC 3740 Marriage and Family
YOU 3710 Counseling Youth and Family
Leadership Development & Christian Service Learning (11 semester hours)
| Leadership Development | Christian Service Learning |
FACE Major Courses (36 semester hours)
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Designated Electives
Ministry Skills Package
Students who opt for the FACE major must design a Ministry Skills Package consisting of at least 12 semester hours. This package will contribute to the development of a professional ministry competency in addition to the Christian education specialty offered in the major’s core courses. At least three courses (nine semester hours) of the Ministry Skills Package must be related to a single field of endeavor and are subject to approval by the FACE department faculty. Possible areas include:
- Bible Teaching
- Camp/Recreation Ministry
- Children’s Ministry
- Communication
- Counseling
- Digital Media Production
- Early Childhood Development
- Focus on the Family Institute*
- Information Systems Networking (through CIU’s cooperative agreement with Midlands Technical College)
- Intercultural Studies
- Music
- Pastoral Ministry
- Psychology
- Teacher Education (school-related)
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL)
- Youth Ministry
Practical Skill Development
Three semester credits of field experience serve as the minimum requirement for the professional majors. Students are encouraged to develop their professional skill in either the marketplace, the ministry or in a mission context. Consult with your program director for additional requirements.
*Students who have a particular interest in family ministries should consider a semester of study at the Focus Leadership Institute in Colorado Springs, Colo. This experience can count toward a FACE major’s Ministry Skills Package.
Open Electives (13 semester hours)
Opportunities:
Vocational use of FACE training is both flexible and broad in scope. Graduates serve in the following church and para-church capacities:
- Director of Christian Education
- Director of CE/Youth
- Director of CE/Music
- Associate Pastor
- Children's Specialist
- Children's Camping/Recreation
- Church Planting
- Missionary
Faculty:
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Terry D. Powell Family & Church Education Program Director Terry is a North Carolina native who enjoys vacations in the N.C. mountains as a respite from Columbia's summer heat. His hobbies include reading historical novels, weight lifting (integral to weight control), and writing poetry to family and friends. Though he writes books and... |