Consortium Of Christian Study Centers

Resources and materials - the consortium uses the website, social media, and print materials to keep study center personnel connected to one another as well. A monthly "periscope" newsletter email goes out from the consortium office, letting readers know of important news around the world of study centers. This largely consists of events happening at our member centers, including everything from webinars to online discussion groups that anyone can join, to the various speakers, programs, and physical discussion groups happening locally at one of the centers. It also tells of significant events being put on by our partner organizations, important job openings at our member centers, and of course announcements concerning the annual meeting.

Annual meeting - the annual meeting is a gathering that provides education, training, and the sharing of best practices for member study center staff, board members, and faculty. As both the number and size of centers has grown, the annual meeting has similarly scaled to provide over a dozen workshops to over 100 attendees. Specifically, the annual meeting usually consists of plenary sessions at which attendees can hear and dialogue with speakers-almost always members of the academy themselves-who will stimulate thinking about higher education in america and how christians inhabit it.

Consulting, teaching and evaluation services in the form of visits, consulting, teaching and evaluation services - the consortium provides phone calls and other means of communication to answer questions, connect organizations and people to each other to share expertise, and encourage participation in the programs of christian study centers at universities. This now includes consulting provided to steering committees of emerging centers that are not yet dues paying member centers.