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LINCOLN CHRISTIAN SEMINARYCentral to this process is the recognition and acceptance of the diverse nature oflearners and the diverse ways in which they learn. This diversity is reflected byage, gender, race, ethnicity, culture, life experience, interests, abilities, giftedness,and different learning styles.The faculty are valued as teachers who do more than teach. Their education,expertise, and experiences are crucial components of the teaching and learning thatoccurs here, but faculty also serve as role models, mentors, advisors, encouragers,and partners in learning. It is their commitment to lifelong learning, scholarship,creativity, the discovery of new knowledge, and ongoing development that createsa vibrant learning community.The community of teachers and learners strives to strengthen the learningpartnership in a variety of ways. We employ a variety of educational strategies,both pedagogical and andragogical, to address the diversity of our learners’ agesand life experiences. We promote a variety of settings and opportunities forlearning, both formal and informal, focusing on individuals and on groups, locatedinside and outside the classroom, occurring on-campus and around the world, andinvolving both scholarship and service, academics and ministry.At the core of this partnership is the desire to achieve learning outcomesthat reach the highest levels in all the learning domains, from memorization tocritical application. We want learners who know basic ideas, interpretations, andinformation, and can also critically analyze those as needed, synthesizing themin ways that allow for more informed judgments, so that our students can applythem to new situations and practical problems in our increasingly complex anddiverse world. Ultimately, we want learner-disciples who continue to grow in allareas of their lives in order to contribute not only to the “common good” but to theKingdom of God.Our HistoryLincoln Christian Seminary has been providing quality graduate education forleadership ministry for more than half a century. In 2002, in fact, the Seminarycelebrated 50 years of service since its founding in 1952 under the leadership of its firstdean, Enos Dowling, and its first president, Earl Hargrove. It is one of only threeseminaries in the Stone-Campbell tradition associated with independent ChristianChurches and Churches of Christ. These churches are part of a “RestorationMovement” begun in the early 19 th century on the American frontier under theleadership of such men as Barton Stone and Alexander Campbell. The movementthey started is based on a plea for unity among God’s people by restoring theessential elements of Biblical Christianity.4