Essay On Faith Integration

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According to the CSU website, Charleston Southern University opened to the public in fall of 1965. Since then, they have always had the same mission and vision statement. The vision statement which says, “To be a Christian university nationally recognized for integrating faith in learning, leading and serving,” is an important institutional goal for the university. Faith integration is sought to be in the top priorities along with student participation at CSU. According to dictionary.com, faith is the belief in God or in the doctrines or teaching of religion. CSU wants to integrate, or combine, faith and the educational subjects by leaning, leading and serving through God. Csuniv.edu has quoted Ephesians 2:10, “For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advanced for us to do,” to emphasize integration through faith by serving. On Tuesday of the second week of college, I noticed an event escalating outside of the chapel. So, I walked over to see what the occasion was. There were about 12 …show more content…

Jordan Hunter, a freshman, stated, “My old testament professor asks us if we have any prayer needs for that day. Then, he asks us to bow our heads and he says a prayer for those who are in need and just the class in general which makes a huge impact on me. Next class, he asked us to think about some good things that we can praise God for and I jumped out of my seat and said with confidence, “I want to thank God for my 100 average in math!” After getting Jordan’s statement, I went to an upper classman, Josh McMillian, and asked the same question. He answered, “Faith integration has been a huge asset to most of my classes. At least half of my professors say a prayer before a test, quiz, or even before we leave. I started getting into the habit of doing it on my own for the professors who don’t

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