Top Schools W/ Thriving Christian Community

[gthopeful]

I'm not sure irony is the correct term, just flat-out falsehood.

Words change their meaning over time. It's not false at all. In fact, I attended a church that had "Christian" in the name but was protestant. Please don't be so pedantic.

[susgeek]

OP said in his initial post that he was specifically looking for Protestant Christianity.

[Baelor]

Words change their meaning over time. It's not false at all. In fact, I attended a church that had "Christian" in the name but was protestant. Please don't be so pedantic.

Protestantism IS a subset of Christianity. Catholicism follows ALL tenets of Christianity throughout history.

[par72]

Notre Dame, Holy Cross, Georgetown, Davidson.

[Baelor]

^The problem is that the OP doesn't want any Catholic schools, only Protestant.

[nysmile]

Rhodes College
Eckerd
Arcadia
College of Wooster
Trinity
Macalester

http://www.apcu.net/memberschools.htm

[momofthreeboys]

Hope College fits the OPs description also. I think there is a very good description in the CTCL book.

[gthopeful]

Protestantism IS a subset of Christianity. Catholicism follows ALL tenets of Christianity throughout history.

Once again, what you're saying has no bearing on what the OP wants in this thread, since it was clear (at least to me) what type of "Christian" school the OP wanted based on the context. Can the history lesson.

[csfmap]

You might consider state schools in the bible belt. My son looked at Kansas State for their architecture program, but it was very clear that there was an "active and committed christian (protestant) community" at the university. Two others to consider: Texas Christian University and University of Tulsa.

[pierre0913]

At Clemson, we have a strong and large group of christians on campus.

FCA (Fellowship Of Christian Athletes) is a student run organization for everybody (not just athletes) and we bring in speakers from the local community and all over the country to come talk on thursday nights (not to mention that our band is awesome!). It's one of the biggest organizations on campus (it's even mentioned in an admissions brochure that accepted students get). We have small groups that are focused on accountability and they go on 2 mission trips a year (over winter break they went to Nicaragua and during spring break I went to Memphis).

A lot of people I know also get involved in Young Life and are going to be YL leaders at local high schools next year which is awesome!

In addition, a lot of churches around the school have on-campus ministries and there are tons of other ministries such as Campus Crusade, Greek Intervarsity (kudos to whoever came up with the great idea to reach people in Greek life!). The Christians on campus here are passionate about their faith and want to spread the love of Christ to everyone on campus!

There are numerous churches in the area as South Carolina is in the Bible belt. I go to a megachurch in Anderson, SC but there are numerous smaller churches for students and non-students.

In conclusion, I'll say that as a student at a non-religious university, I'm glad that I'm at Clemson instead of a religious school. I've grown up in a family that went to church my whole life but I never considered myself a real christian. I came to college and have been tempted with almost everything you can imagine you can imagine, and have struggled with what I believe in. After 2 weeks here, I dropped out of church, and started going to parties and having the time of my life (aka getting completely wasted every weekend) and while it was fun I never felt completely happy and fulfilled. This semester, I met a couple christian friends on campus and I started hanging out with them a lot more and since I had nothing to do over spring break, I decided to go on the FCA spring break mission trip to Memphis. There, I decided to give my life to God and my life has changed. Even after this decision, I've faced many tough decisions and I don't think that will stop as long as I'm here. I feel that after going through everything I went through and being able to see everything that is wrong with our society, I am a stronger person in Christ! For some reason, I feel as I would've been sheltered from this experience at a Christian college.

But God has a different plan for everyone's life. Maybe yours will be a christian school, maybe not. But whatever it is, best wishes!

Let me know if you have any questions about Clemson or about being a christian at a large public university!

[Baelor]

Once again, what you're saying has no bearing on what the OP wants in this thread

Yes. That is correct. That doesn't mean I'm not going to comment on an offensive error in the post.

[zatoony]

If you are looking to major in Communications, Cinema-TV, Law or Government I would suggest looking into Regent University in Va. Beach. Their grad programs are exceptional, and have placed much emphasis on their newly expanded undergrad offerings.

[phdseeker01]

Wow, there's a lot of disunity in this post...imagine that.

Have you considered Regent University? I didn't see that suggestion anywhere. I would also suggest not to turn down a school because of its affiliations. You can be active in the Christian Community (whether protestant or otherwise) and go to a secular school through local churches. You won't find a Christian school that doesn't have a party scene (if that's what you're trying to avoid) unless you enter the radical end of the faith affiliated pool. Carson-Newman is a good school, faith based, but has a terrible reputation as a party school in the local area. (I know because I used to live in the local area).

Also no matter where you go, teachers and students will always have their own opinions and sometimes the teachers grade on whether or not your agree with them. It's sad to say, but sometimes you have to play by their rules to get through school and then you can play by yours.

[phdseeker01]

oopps just saw the regent post!

[kexin365]

Pepperdine's campus is absolutely beautiful.
And I heard it's really conservitive, People there are hardcore christians.
and it'd be a really nice walk with Christ along your classmates