<p>I was just wondering if anyone can suggest some Christian Colleges or University's for a strong believing Christian. I curently know of Houghton (my top choice) and Northwestern In Iowa.</p>
<p>Pepperdine</p>
<p>Hope College in Holland, Michigan, and Wheaton in Wheaton, Illinois.</p>
<p>thanks guys. Any other schools??</p>
<p>In Southern California, there is Westmont, Pt Loma, and Biola, among others.</p>
<p>Bob Jones in SC.</p>
<p>Messiah in PA.</p>
<p>Thank you so much guys!!!!!!</p>
<p>Wheaton College in Illinois. :)</p>
<p>Wheaton makes student pledge they are Christian!!</p>
<p>Patrick Henry in....Virginia, I think? Only downside is not a lot of majors. Pensacola Christian College in Florida, and Hillsdale College in Michigan. Oh, and Seattle Pacific is Methodist, I think. :)</p>
<p>Also look into Cedarville in Ohio, Messiah in PA and Hanover in Indiana.</p>
<p>Has no one mentioned Liberty University?</p>
<p>Grove City and Cedarville also come to mind</p>
<p>Point loma nazerine. Hands down.</p>
<p>Baylor in Waco, Texas and Samford in Birmingham, Alabama. Some would say Furman, in Greenville, S. Carolina as well.</p>
<p>Gordon College in MA.</p>
<p>thanks so much for all these suggestions. I will def. look into these. Any more suggestions?</p>
<p>Megan, you asked a straightforward question and have gotten straightforward answers. But what no one is saying is that many of these schools - the more conservative and/or fundamentalist - may close doors in your life rather than open them for you. A higher education is primarily about developing the capacity for critical thought. This involves postponing a rush to judgment on issues until a broad range of perspectives and diverse input can be evaluated with an open mind. It's at that point that a critical thinker decides what s/he believes. By defining what their students must believe and what can and cannot be taught, religiously conservative schools, in many people's minds (including the minds of many employers), specifically teach a non-intellectual process that circumvents critical thought.</p>
<p>This is not to suggest that there's something wrong with all religiously-guided colleges and universities. For example, the three that Razordad recommends are outstanding schools with a great deal of national respect. But some Christian schools are held in a political stranglehold by their governing body, and not accorded much substance by others outside their particular sect. I usually don't put a lot of weight on those U.S. News and World Report college rankings that indicate the reputational rankings of all the schools, but it might be illuminating for you to look up the rankings of each school that's been mentioned in this thread to see how widely they vary in the respect they engender. You'll find Furman among the top 50 liberal arts colleges in the country. You find some of the others mentioned with reputational rankings among the lowest in the country.</p>
<p>As a Christian who has been an administrator at a Christian college, I've learned to draw a distinction between my faith and the process of higher learning. Faith is a matter of choosing beliefs in matters for which there cannot be compelling empirical evidence. Higher education is a matter of studying empirical evidence where it exists and making objective decisions based on that evidence. Schools that trample that distinction and impose faith-based limits on the decisions that should be based on other evidence cannot legitimately call themselves institutions of higher learning. </p>
<p>Be aware that as a Christian with "strong" beliefs, you may find that the campus culture at such schools is particularly comfortable or an easy fit for you. It'll be important for you to get beyond that comfort zone to determine what intellectual habits of the mind they really teach.</p>
<p>Hillsdale is NOT a Christian college, despite its origins in the Baptist church. It is a secular college with very religious students. The approx mix is 55% protestant (all denominations), 45% Catholics (all varieties), 5% Orthodox (mostly Greek and Russian), and 5% undecided/undeclared. </p>
<p>Grove City College in PA is definitely a Christian college, and I believe they still require chapel. Almost half its student body is Catholic.</p>