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2. ADMINISTRATION AND FACULTYThe FacultyThe faculty of Lincoln Christian Seminary are some of the most widelyexperienced and highly educated people found on any seminary faculty. They havecompleted advanced degrees at more than a dozen universities and seminaries,including such well-known institutions as Indiana University, the University ofChicago, the University of Southern California, Fuller Theological Seminary,Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary,and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Eleven are also graduates of our ownSeminary.The faculty complement theiradvanced degrees with avariety of experiences in bothlocal church ministries and inglobal outreach opportunities.Most of them have served aspreaching ministers, and mosthave served overseas. TheSeminary faculty have taughtor served in more than twentycountries around the world.Faculty have servedas leaders within the NorthAmerican Christian Convention and the National Missionary Convention, as wellas with other professional organizations such as the Academy of Homiletics, theChaplaincy Endorsement Commission, and the North American Professors ofChristian Education. They are in frequent demand as guest preachers, teachers,speakers, and leaders for churches, conventions, and conferences.Despite their frequent external responsibilities worldwide, the Seminaryfaculty devote the core of their ministry to the students of Lincoln ChristianSeminary. With a low student to faculty ratio of only 14.3:1, the Seminary is ableto provide the kind of intimate learning environment in which students come toknow their instructors not only as faculty but also as friends. A recent surveyof seminary graduates in the United States and Canada indicates that Lincolngraduates rate their relationship to the faculty here much higher than do otherseminary graduates.11