Montreat and Faith Integration (Dr. Dockery's Article)

I see Montreat College at a cross between a Church-Related College and a Christian Liberal Arts College. Montreat College offers students a broad spectrum of class room and non-classroom activities. I feel that Montreat started out as a Church-Related College and has made a transition into more of a Christian Liberal Arts College to better enhance the students experience with Christ in and out of the classroom. I view a Church-Related College as one that does not exemplify Christ in the classroom, just merely in Chapel or Ministry. However, Montreat is making efforts to bring Christ into the classroom. It is intregrating faith into the students lives on a day-to-day basis through their classroom experience and encouraging the students to place Christ into their work: homework and papers.

Montreat has shifted from a more educational heavy approach in the classroom to Christ-centered approach to education within the classroom. Not only to we study business, but we examine how Christ plays an role in how business is carried out and how people should act in doing business. Our faculty and student for are also aware of the college's denominational affiliation, but they are not necessarily affiliated with the college's denomination. Montreat's mission statement is, "Christ-Centered, Student-Focused, and Service-Driven." I think by being a combination of a Church-Related College and a Christian Liberal Arts College, they achieve what their mission states. The college is centered around Christ and it is focused on the students and bringing Christ into their lives without making the school all about Christ; and they serve the student and the community through Christ.