Published by Vince Baker Ministries
From ministry to education
An evangelistic campaign is often organized around an event. A university has to plan for years of instruction and development. Roberts’s address to the first class in September 1965 offers a contemporary statement of what he intended. The university’s later report on whole-person assessment provides a different view, showing how an institution translated a founding idea into educational practices.
What whole-person education means here
At ORU, the term expresses a Christian philosophy of formation that includes academics and the life of the body and spirit. When reading a founding address, distinguish the ideal from the practices an institution adopts to carry it out. A mission statement can tell you what a school values. Course expectations, student programs, and assessment records show some of the ways it pursues those values.
Stewardship as a study theme
Luke 2 describes Jesus growing in wisdom and stature, and First Peter 4 connects gifts with service. For a contemporary ministry book about resources and Gospel work, see Supernatural Prosperity from Vince Baker Ministries.
Scripture to read alongside the history
- Luke 2:52 · KJV
- 1 Peter 4:10-11 · KJV
