Evangelicalism Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Education=== [[File:Loreto D. Tupaz Hall.jpg|thumb|right| College of Nursing, [[Central Philippine University]] in [[Iloilo City]], affiliated with the [[Convention of Philippine Baptist Churches]], 2018.]] Evangelical churches have been involved in the establishment of elementary and secondary schools.<ref>Kevin M. Taylor, ''American Evangelicals and Religious Diversity: Subcultural Education, Theological Boundaries, and the Relativization of Tradition'', Information Age Publishing, USA, 2006, p. 34</ref> It also enabled the development of several [[bible colleges]], [[colleges]] and [[universities]] in the United States during the 19th century.<ref>James Findlay, ''Agency, Denominations, and the Western Colleges, 1830β1860'' dans Roger L. Geiger, ''The American College in the Nineteenth Century'', Vanderbilt University Press, USA, 2000, p. 115</ref><ref>Timothy J. Demy PhD, Paul R. Shockley PhD, ''Evangelical America: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Religious Culture'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2017, p. 206</ref> Other evangelical universities have been established in various countries of the world.<ref>Mark A. Noll, ''The New Shape of World Christianity: How American Experience Reflects Global Faith'', InterVarsity Press, USA, 2009, p. 45</ref> The [[Council for Christian Colleges and Universities]] was founded in 1976.<ref>George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, ''Encyclopedia of Christian Education, Volume 3'', Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2015, p. 348</ref><ref>Randall Herbert Balmer, ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition'', Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 190</ref> In 2023, the CCCU had 185 members in 21 countries.<ref>Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, [https://www.cccu.org/about/ About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005012456/https://www.cccu.org/about/ |date=October 5, 2021 }}, cccu.org, USA, retrieved November 2, 2023</ref> The [[Association of Christian Schools International]] was founded in 1978 by 3 American associations of evangelical Christian schools.<ref>George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, ''Encyclopedia of Christian Education, Volume 3'', Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2015, p. 819</ref> Various international schools have joined the network.<ref>Randall Herbert Balmer, ''Encyclopedia of Evangelicalism: Revised and expanded edition'', Baylor University Press, USA, 2004, p. 40</ref> In 2023, it had 23,000 schools in 100 countries.<ref>ACSI, [https://www.acsi.org/about/about-the-association-of-christian-schools-international/faqs Where does ACSI work?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005020449/https://www.acsi.org/about/about-the-association-of-christian-schools-international/faqs |date=October 5, 2021 }}, acsi.org, USA, retrieved November 2, 2023</ref> The [[International Council for Evangelical Theological Education]] was founded in 1980 by the Theological Commission of the [[World Evangelical Alliance]].<ref>Bernhard Ott, ''Understanding and Developing Theological Education'', Langham Global Library, UK, 2016, p. 23</ref> In 2023, it had 850 member schools in 113 countries.<ref>ICETE, [https://icete.info/constituents/member-associations-schools/ Member Associations], icete.info, USA, accessed November 2, 2023</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page