New alliance unites seminaries, Christian colleges and schools amid ongoing struggles

CHRISTIAN POST/ Samuel Smith-

Dozens of Christian colleges, high schools, seminaries and Bible colleges have banded together to form an alliance uniting all sectors of Christian education to address the mutual challenges they face in an increasingly secular culture.

“Over the last several years, I think a variety of people have been recognizing that various sectors of Christian education have been facing similar challenges,” David Dockery, the chancellor of Trinity International University in Illinois and president of the new International Alliance for Christian Education, told The Christian Post. 

“We realized that K through 12 schools are addressing these challenges and so are Bible colleges and Christian colleges and seminaries. We’d never worked together because we thought we had our own issues and our own demographic context in which to serve. And we thought that perhaps we could link arms and address some of the challenges better in a synergistic way.” 

Dockery said that no organization or network in the past has tried to bridge Christian primary schools, secondary schools, gap-year programs, seminaries and colleges. Continue reading…