THE PRESIDENT’S PEN
When I was in kindergarten, my teacher, Mrs. Abrams, had our class put on a play about an imaginary circus. My classmates imitated animals and acrobats for a delighted audience of our parents and siblings. What role was I assigned? Te ringleader! I led in the procession, while wearing a special hat made of black construction paper, and greeted the onlookers. Little did I know that even then God was preparing me to be a university president, leading the wonderful NGU circus!
We know who leaders are by the fact that they have followers. People naturally gravitate toward the opportunity to rally behind vision, purpose, and integrity. In a Christian context, we long to align ourselves with a significant, God-honoring mission.
NGU’s mission statement speaks about “equipping transformational leaders for church and society.” Our prayer, our every effort, is that our graduates will not be merely good workers, good citizens, or even good Christians, but rather that they will carry out their faith and their preparation for life with boldness, changing every community where they live. Tey will be leaders who follow Christ, and as a result, everyone who follows them will follow Christ as well! Now that’s transformation!
We are cultivating a community that does more than advise our students: we engage in intellectual discipleship, where our students’ minds are prepared for action with their hope set on the grace that comes through Christ Jesus (1 Peter 1:13). Our offices are filled with conversations that change lives, our classrooms are filled with discussions that spark epiphanies, and our campus spaces are filled with stories of eternities that have been changed through the power of genuine relationships.
Our world is incredibly broken, and it longs to see authentic leadership that serves more than an ego or the desire for power. Christ began His earthly ministry with a declaration of His leadership’s purpose, reading from Isaiah 61: “‘Te Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free the oppressed, to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor’” (Luke 4:18-19 Christian Standard Bible).
Christ led the way with these words, and NGU alumni around the world are leading the way as well, proclaiming that God has a plan to redeem the world, one transformed heart — and mind — at a time.
Dr. Gene C. Fant, Jr. President North Greenville University
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