Perhaps no part of the Comprehensive Plan has more potential to dramatically change Seattle Pacific’s academic influence and transform the world of Christian scholarship than the creation of the Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development. The mission of the Center is to encourage the best contemporary Christian thinkers to engage the culture and change the world in light of the Christian gospel. By promoting cutting edge scholarship, teaching and mentoring, the Center will not not only serve the campus community, but will also engage the wider arena of public opinion as well.

Guides and Mentors
The Center will oversee a variety of activities. First, it will recruit, fund and host outstanding Christian scholars. Some of these nationally recognized senior scholars would hold permanent endowed chairs at the University, using the Center as a platform to share their deep and rich experience across academic disciplines. They will also serve as guides and mentors to students and faculty colleagues, as well as contribute a biblically informed voice to the public sphere through their writing and speaking.

Institutes for Christian Scholarship
Other activities coordinated through the Center include hosting summer institutes and annual lectures by visiting scholars; providing support for faculty research and scholarship; assisting faculty in academic grant writing and participation in national faculty development programs; undertaking initiatives to share the results of faculty and student scholarship with the church, the community and the culture; and promoting a campus climate in which researching, writing, creating, teaching and learning are understood and valued as Christian vocations.
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Campaign Goal for the Center for Scholarship Initiative: $11 Million