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Influential leadership expert Dr. John Maxwell returns to Columbia International University on March 23 for his fourth Leadership Forum in the Midlands of South Carolina. The event takes place from 1-3 p.m. in Shortess Chapel on the campus of CIU.

Maxwell is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, coach, and speaker who has sold more than 26...

First “Church Refreshed” conference hosted on campus

By Bob Holmes

As leaders of two different Columbia-area churches stood outside the doors of Shortess Chapel, they excitedly chatted about what they had just experienced inside at Columbia International University’s first “Church Refreshed” conference.  

Malcolm Walls of...

Graduate of Diploma in Women’s Leadership ministers to women in jail

By Bob Holmes

Patricia England says the Columbia International University Diploma in Women’s Leadership “takes you to another level.”

England is among those who graduated from the program’s inaugural class in 2019 and...

By Bob Holmes

Amidst a pandemic, racial and political tension and disunity in our country, a Columbia International University freshman is heading a new initiative called “Right Words @ CIU,” an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to communicate written messages of appreciation, assurance and encouragement to one another.

Aynsley Vivian, an American who...

God is a missionary God. God is also hospitable in his nature. He makes His enemies friends and invites them to intimate communion.

That’s the basis for a new book by CIU dean of Intercultural Studies Dr. Ed Smither.

Smither challenges the church to participate in God’s mission today by...

In anticipation of a new year, Columbia International University Chief Diversity Officer Dr. Andre Rogers asked CIU President Dr. Mark Smith to “go deeper” with some of CIU’s African American leaders at an early January leadership retreat.

Smith graciously...