About Our College Community Christian College is an independent Christian, co-educational two-year college, devoted to the liberal arts, and granting an Associate of Arts degree in the Liberal Arts. Location Community Christian College has three campus locations (Redlands, San Bernardino, and Sun Valley) and, beginning in the fall of 2007, a teaching site in Ontario. It is our hope that you will find a location that is convenient to you and your schedule. The main campus is in Redlands, a city of approximately 70,000 in San Bernardino County. The Sun Valley campus is located in the City of Los Angeles in the Sun Valley community and housed on-site with an active community service organization. The San Bernardino campus, which opened in the fall of 2006, is located in the T Hughes Building on West Baseline in San Bernardino. The Ontario teaching site is held at Ontario Christian Schools high school campus on Philadelphia Street in Ontario.

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College History and Philosophy
In the early 1990s, thinking, praying, and planning began among a group of educationally and spiritually adventuresome people in Redlands, California.  The early planners agreed that there was a place for a new institution of higher education in Southern California, one which would be:

The College prepares students to be ready to transfer to senior colleges and universities to complete their Bachelor's degrees.

The College was incorporated in June 1994 as a nonprofit corporation for the public benefit.  It is governed by its own self-perpetuating Board of Trustees, and, as such, is legally and financially independent of any church, denomination, or educational institution.  The College's trustees, now 14 in number, include educators, business persons, pastors, and leaders of Christian non-profit organizations, all representing a wide range of denominations and Christian fellowships.

In August 1995, the College received conditional approval to operate from the agency of the State of California known as the Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education.

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Accreditation Status
Community Christian College receives institutional accreditation from TRACS (Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools), a national accrediting organization recognized by the US Depart of Education and Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). TRACS is also a member of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education. (TRACS, Forest, Virginia, phone 804-525-9539).

 

Mission and Objectives
The Mission Statement of Community Christian College is as follows:

To accomplish the mission, Community Christian College offers a two-year liberal arts education in a Christian environment.  To complete the mission, we strive for the following:

1. To provide students the opportunity to complete successfully a program of study provided in a Christian setting and from Christian perspectives.

• All students - including those from socio-economically or spiritually oppressed or disadvantaged backgrounds - are able to gain admission and begin a course of study at Community Christian College.
• All students will complete a course of study or earn the A.A. degree.
• All students will be equipped to continue their studies at a four-year college or university. 

2. To offer a curriculum in the liberal arts that promotes the development of Christian knowledge, skills, and values.

• The curriculum will include courses in six areas:  Religious studies, humanities, communication skills and critical thinking, mathematics and natural sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and lifelong development
• The students' exposure to the curriculum will be shaped and supported by an individual planning process (i.e.  My Blueprint for Life).
• The curriculum will be characterized by:
  • The use of God's Word in the classroom (as it illuminates all subject matter and inquiry).
  • The reliance upon prayer in the classroom.

3. To provide a Christian faculty:

• Who are committed to integrating their Christian faith with their academic discipline in further education, research and writing.
• Who are committed to leading by example.
• Who are committed to the classroom.
• Who are committed to working with students.

4. To manage the College in a way that:

• Reflects sound financial stewardship.
• Realizes efficient operations and effective management practices.

5. To use assessment and evaluation in such a way that:

• Outcomes continually inform purposes, goals and objectives.
• The mission and vision are furthered as a result.

 

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Our Statement of Faith
We accept the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the written Word of God.  We believe in the divine inspiration, entire trustworthiness and final authority of the Bible in all matters of faith and practice.

We acknowledge:

• The triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit   (I John 5:7).
• The incarnate Son: Jesus Christ, fully God, fully man   (John 1:1-2,14).
• The goodness and beauty of the world, created according to the Genesis account and sustained by the Word of God's power   (Genesis 1; Romans 3:22-23).
• Salvation by grace received through faith in  Jesus Christ, who alone, through His life, death and resurrection, redeems us from sin and reconciles us unto God and delivers us from hell   (Ephesians 1:7,2:8-10; I Peter 1:18-19).
• The essential unity of all believers, who together form one church, diverse in form and expression, of which Christ is the Head, who shall return for His church at the Father's appointed time and shall be eternally secure in God's heaven prepared for all believers   (John 17; I Thessalonians 4:13-18).
• The continuing ministry of God, the Holy Spirit, who empowers the worship, service and witness of God's people in all their activities   (John 14:16-18, 25-26).
• Satan is the author of sin and cause of the fall; he is the open and declared enemy of God and man, and he shall be eternally punished in the lake of fire  (Job 1:6-7; Isaiah 14:12-17; Matthew 4:2-11; Revelation 20:11).

Philosophy of Education
The Christian nature of the liberal arts program at Community Christian College is manifested in three equally important characteristics:  (1) a Christian faculty dedicated to the spiritual nurture and development of each student, (2) a significant component of religious studies courses within the liberal arts curriculum, and (3) a strong emphasis on the integration of Christian faith and Christian character development in all the courses of the curriculum.

The principle that all truth is God's truth is applied appropriately in each course. This and the above paragraph give the perspective that is intended to shape the College as an institution thoroughly so that its structures, staff, faculty, courses, activities, aims, and objectives all bear the imprint of devotion to the Lord Jesus Christ.

The liberal arts program of the College is comprised of an integrated, comprehensive, fully prescribed sequence of courses ranging across the traditional departments in mathematics and the natural sciences, the social and behavioral sciences, and the humanities.  The point of this program is to expose students to, and provide an understanding of, the rich tapestry of ideas, techniques and perspectives that have constituted the intellectual heritage of Western civilization.  These "liberal arts" are the studies which "liberate" the individual, providing the basic knowledge and intellectual skill to help students become freely functioning beings, ones who think for themselves and who are capable of effective action and lifelong learning, discovery and re-education.  As such, this curriculum focuses on general knowledge and general intellectual skills such as careful, critical and analytical thinking, reading, writing, and speaking.  This fosters a holistic approach to learning within the context of deep Christian faith, yielding a balance that  nurtures the students' souls and intellects.

Christian education is intended to impact the whole person.  Therefore, it is the responsibility of the instructor to encourage the students' ongoing spiritual growth.  The Scriptures are given to equip the believer completely for every good work; therefore, it is the responsibility of the instructor to go beyond the communication of biblical truth and to apply it to the students' lives.

The College is committed to small classes, enabling more intensive, nurturing instruction between instructors and students, and between students.  The College is also committed to encouraging small groups of study cells and thereby enhancing the camaraderie, spiritual nurture, and mutual assistance that the student can render to one another.

The College has as another of its main goals to assist in student transfers to senior colleges and universities to complete their Bachelor's degrees.  God requires and graciously enables each believer to learn and apply His Word as the student submits to the Holy Spirit.  Therefore, each professor should expect the best from each student in his class.