Vision

At CCSI we see ourselves giving leadership to an international *para-university movement. The twentieth century saw the emergence of the para-church movement, in which new organizations such as InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, The Navigators, Young Life and Campus Crusade for Christ, came alongside the church to help it fulfill its mission in the world. We believe that the time is now right, in the twenty-first century, for the development of Christian study centers alongside universities as a presence and voice for Christ in the academic community. Although the contemporary university no longer sees its historic charter as a Christian institution as binding or even relevant, we believe in engaging the university community in thoughtful, credible and winsome ways, and, in so doing, gaining an audience for the Christian worldview in the contemporary marketplace of ideas. We believe further that if God grants success in this endeavor, it will have “ripple effects” of cultural transformation throughout the world.

*The Greek preposition para means alongside.