A new college is opening in Boston this fall, with one distinct purpose. Founder Finny Kuruvilla expressed his hope that the new Sattler College will be “a solution to an ongoing epidemic occurring in the United States today: Christian students losing faith after they go off to college,” says The Christian Post.
Kuruvilla, a Harvard educated businessman, began Sattler because, as he says, “[Today’s colleges] are producing, despite being raised in the church environment, people who have very little knowledge of the Word of God and who are struggling to articulate even the basics of the faith.”
He wanted to do something about it.
Sattler College will start small, with only 5 majors—human biology, business, computer science, history, and biblical studies, 30 students, and 3 faculty members.
However, the students’ workload will be on a larger scale. In addition to the course work for their major, all students will be expected to take courses resembling a more classical education.
Students will be required to “become proficient in church history, biblical Hebrew, biblical Greek, and take apologetics classes.” They will also have to participate in a 4-year discipleship program.
These requirements are a part of Kuruvilla’s goal to nurture students in all facets of life and education and to provide them with strong Christian community.
Another of his goals…
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