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Columbia International University’s Master of Arts in Bible Exposition is ranked the best in the nation for online ministry programs by BestColleges.com. The website’s rankings are grounded in statistical data...

CIU Rams learn to “coach” youth on basketball and life

By Bob Holmes

Columbia International University Assistant Athletics Director Kim Abbott says this was the plan for CIU athletics from Day 1.

As Abbott stood on the steps overlooking the...

It’s true. Among graduates of Columbia International University’s Prison Initiative the recidivism rate is zero percent. That’s phenomenal when you consider that a recent report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics showed 68 percent of inmates released from prison were re-arrested within three years.

Each year about a dozen student-inmates graduate from CIU with an...

Trip to D.C. includes address from the president and vice president

By Bob Holmes

Nearly 50 Columbia International University students learned to make an impact in the Nation’s Capital, as well as at home at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority...

Lessons from a former Krispy Kreme CEO

By Bob Holmes

Anne Marie Green was so excited about what she was hearing at the Columbia International University Leadership Luncheon that she tweeted it out right away: “Culture is the platform for strategy and vision.”

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South Carolina inmates enrolled in the CIU Prison Initiative provide an important listening ear to fellow inmates on suicide watch. The student-inmates have become known as Health Companions who routinely check on their peers who are going through significant challenges and may be suicidal.

That’s just one ministry of the 157 CIU Prison Initiative alumni who serve as chaplain...