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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.
Master of Divinity (Ministry Care)
Description:
The MDiv (Ministry Care) provides you with a comprehensive range of biblical-theological knowledge and practical skills for ministry leadership along with specialized skills to address emotional and spiritual needs using biblical and counseling resources. It prepares you to serve in a counseling, family life, or shepherding ministry in a church, parachurch, or cross-cultural ministry setting. You may focus in either Pastoral Care or Missionary Care by choosing four courses from the approved list of desgnated electives in consultation with your academic advisor.
Programs for Students with or without Previous Bible Training
Each degree program is offered in two formats:
- Program 1 for college or university graduates with no previous studies in Bible or theology, and
- Program 2 for Bible college graduates or college graduates who have at least 30 semester hours of Bible, theology or church history.
| Program One (93 semester hours) | Program Two (72 semester hours) |
Bible and Theology (36 semester hours)
One biblical language sequence: Worldview and Spiritual Formation (15 semester hours)
Ministry Skills and Internship (18 semester hours)
Concentration (24 semester hours) | Bible and Theology (18 semester hours) One biblical language sequence: Worldview and Spiritual Formation (12 semester hours)
Ministry Skills and Internship (18 semester hours)
Concentration (24 semester hours) |
Opportunities:
You will be able to:
- Articulate Scriptural principles for spiritual and emotional health in multi-cultural settings;
- Develop and theology for using counseling skills in discipleship ministry;
- Demonstrate growing maturity and selflessness in personal relationships;
- Demonstrate effective pastoral and counseling skills;
- Demonstrate effectiveness in using spiritual and emotional health skills.
Faculty:
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Tom Barbian Counseling Professor Dr. Barbian received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Cambridge Graduate School of Psychology in Los Angeles. He holds a Masters Degree in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling, and a Bachelors Degree in Biblical Studies. He has had extensive counseling experience in private... |
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Allan D. McKechnie Director of the Ministry Care Program Allan McKechnie is the Director of the Ministry Care program in the Seminary and School of Ministry and also serves as an adjunct professor in the Clinical Counseling program. McKechnie, a CIU alumnus, came to the position after having designed the undergraduate psychology... |
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Rhonda Pruitt Director of D.Min. in Member Care and Counseling Program Dr. Rhonda Pruitt brings a cross-cultural psychology flavor to the counseling program at Columbia International University. She has served as a missionary for 25 years in Asia and Europe. Out of her experience flows a passion for missions and the care of missionaries who serve globally. Dr... |
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Larry R. Wagner Clinical Counseling Professor Dr. Wagner is a professor in the undergraduate and graduate programs at CIU. |
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Holly Wolfe Counseling Program Trainer Raised in New Hampshire and south-east New York, Holly came to Columbia with an undergraduate degree in sociology to study in the MA in Clinical Counseling program. Holly is passionate about healthy churches, using the Arts in worship and strives to help women discover and use their... |