Christ For The Nations Institute
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| Established: | 1970 |
| Type: | Un-Accredited Undergraduate Institution |
| President: | Dennis Lindsay |
| Location: | Dallas, Texas, United States |
| Campus: | Urban |
| Website: | www.CFNI.org |
Christ for the Nations Institute (CFNI) is an interdenominational three year Christian Bible institute located in the Oak Cliff neighborhood of Dallas, Texas (USA). The Bible based curriculum is taught from a Charismatic/Pentecostal heritage. There are five ministry schools specializing in pastoral and leadership, children and families, missions, worship and technical arts, and youth. CFNI also holds Youth For the Nations (YFN, see below), a summer youth camp.
There is also a Spanish Institute for students wishing to work in the Latino/Hispanic world. All the schools specialize in teaching students how to provide resources for completing church buildings, caring for orphans, supporting the nation of Israel, providing humanitarian relief, establishing and strengthening international Bible schools, and the distributing Christian literature.
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[edit] History
The American evangelist Gordon Lindsay and his wife, Freda Lindsay, founded Christ For The Nations Institute in 1970. After Gordon's passing in 1973, Mrs. Lindsay and her family continued the ministry of the institution. The organization claims to have trained more than 28,000 students, reached 120 nations, and assisted native congregations in building more than 11,000 churches all over the world. [1]
[edit] Accreditation and affiliation
Christ For The Nations Institute is not accredited. Until April 21, 2007, it had "applicant status" with the Association for Biblical Higher Education. Applicant status is a pre-membership status granted to colleges that may be able to achieve pre-accreditation candidate status within four years. On April 21, 2007, the Board of Directors of Christ For The Nations decided to withdraw from pursuing ABHE accreditation.[2] However, CFNI does holds articulation agreements, for the purpose of transferring credits, with many accredited Christian universities and Bible colleges. The receiving school always determines credit transferability. Some of these institutions include, Southwestern Assemblies of God University, Dallas Baptist University, The Kings College and Seminary, Oral Roberts University, and Regent University. [3]
CFNI states that it is "accredited" by the International Christian Accrediting Association, a private Christian organization operated under the auspices of Oral Roberts University. ICAA accreditation is not recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.[2]
CFNI is a member of the Association of Christian Schools International, is approved by the United States Department of Homeland Security to enroll international students, and has approval from the Department of Veterans Affairs for veteran training.[2]
[edit] Youth for the Nations
Christ for the Nations Institute hosts the annual youth camp Youth For The Nations (YFN) for several weeks during the summer. Established in 1989, only a few teens came to the camp that now takes in thousands of teenagers from all over the world.[citation needed] The youth stay in the campus for a week of activities, workshops, and worship.
[edit] YFN International
In 2007, for the first time YFN sent out a group of people to the Philippines. Each year a group of interns will be sent to a different country.
