Pensacola Christian College
President Troy Shoemaker | | |
Vice-president | Jon Lands | |
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Students | 4,883[2] | |
Location | , , U.S. | |
Colors | Blue, white, yellow | |
Nickname | Eagles | |
Sporting affiliations | NCCAA Division II – South | |
Mascot | Eagor | |
Website | www | |
30°28′15″N 87°13′57″W / 30.4709°N 87.2325°W Pensacola Christian College (PCC) is a
History
Arlin and Beka Horton graduated from Bob Jones University in 1951,[5] and moved to Pensacola, Florida, in 1952 to found a Christian grade school. That school, Pensacola Christian Grade School, opened in 1954; it was later renamed Pensacola Christian Academy.[6]
In 1974, the Hortons opened Pensacola Christian College to further their vision of "Education from a Christian Perspective." The college had 100 students its first year open, and was based in a single building, Ballard Hall.[7]
Pensacola Theological Seminary, an extension of PCC's graduate school, was founded in 1998. Its avowed purpose is "to fill each student's mind and heart with what the Bible says."[7]
In February 2012, Arlin Horton announced that he would be retiring from the ministry after the May 2012 school year. The school's board voted unanimously to install Troy Shoemaker, a PCC graduate, as president of the college.
A concert at the school on February 11, 2023, by the British
Academics
PCC has nine academic divisions including Bible, business, education, engineering and computer science, humanities, natural sciences, nursing, performing arts, and visual arts.[13] Graduate degrees are offered through the graduate school at PCC and through Pensacola Theological Seminary in the fields of Bible, business administration, communicative arts, divinity, education, ministry, music, and nursing.[14]
The college markets its education programs as being specifically intended to prepare educators for employment at Christian schools rather than public schools, though graduates of the programs have been eligible to apply for public school teacher certification in Florida since 2000.[15]
Because the college accepts a literal interpretation of the
Accreditation
Since 2013, Pensacola Christian College has been accredited by the Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (TRACS), a religious national accreditation agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, to offer associates to doctorate degrees.[4] However, Pensacola Christian College does not participate in any federal or state funded financial aid programs.[18] In consequence, the college is exempt from federal guidelines concerning many forms of discrimination (e.g., Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972), investigations into accusations of sexual abuse, and sharing of information about crimes on campus (Clery Act).[19]
From 1974 until 2011, Pensacola Christian College did not seek accreditation. In numerous[citation needed] publications the school explained that it eschewed accreditation, indicating that an outside agency that did not share its religious and moral views might try to pressure the college to change or eliminate its beliefs.
The college changed course on November 9, 2011, when the administration informed its students that PCC had been awarded candidacy for accreditation, a pre-accreditation status, by Transnational Association of Christian Colleges and Schools.[20] In October 2013, PCC was officially accredited by TRACS.[4]
The baccalaureate and master's degrees in nursing at Pensacola Christian College are also accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing, and the baccalaureate degree in engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET.[21]
Student life
Athletics
PCC participates in the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) for intercollegiate sports. Sports include men's basketball and soccer and women's basketball and volleyball. The men's wrestling team won the NCCAA national championship in 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1998, the last year before the NCCAA discontinued the sport.[22][23] The Men's Eagles Basketball games as well as the Lady Eagles basketball games are played in the arena level of the Sports Center. PCC also hosts a number of invitational high school sporting tournaments and camps.[24]
In addition to intercollegiate athletics, PCC students are also afforded the opportunity to play intramural sports through their Collegians. Sports offered through collegians include soccer, basketball, softball, volleyball, and broom-hockey among others,[25] and the Eagles have a cheerleading squad called the Blue Crew.[26] Every fall Collegian Soccer culminates with the winners of the playoffs facing each other in the annual Turkey Bowl held over the Thanksgiving weekend.[27] In the spring, students can play softball and basketball.[citation needed]
Recreation
The campus offers opportunities for individual or group recreation, such as the
Rules and regulations
PCC policies govern many aspects of the students' lives, including dress, hairstyles, cleanliness of residence hall rooms, styles of music, borrowing, off-campus employment, and Internet access.[32] For example, "All students are expected to dress modestly, in conservative fashions and . . . men are not to wear effeminate hairstyles or apparel."[33]
PCC also prohibits physical contact and interaction between unwed members of the opposite sex. For example, a chaperone and "day-pass" is required for a "mixed group" for students under the age of 23.[34] Students over the age of 23 are not required to have a chaperone on a date, but cannot go to a beach or a park after dark and cannot "visit the home of an unmarried person of the opposite gender."[35]
Most stairwells, elevators, and parking lots on campus are segregated by gender.
Other prohibited activities at PCC include "fornication, adultery, homosexual behavior, or any other sexual perversion. Also, any involvement in pornography or sexual communications, including verbal, written, or electronic."[36] In addition, "most forms of dancing," profanity, hazing, discrimination, gambling, stealing and "witchcraft, séances, astrology, or any other satanic practices" are also banned. Students are also not allowed to use, possess, or "associate" with alcohol, tobacco, and illicit drugs.[37] Policy violations also include visiting movie theaters, patronizing unauthorized area businesses, being off campus after hours, being in a residence hall belonging to a member of the opposite sex, and engaging in social activities with members of the opposite sex as a group off campus.[37]
Demerits and discipline
PCC has three levels of
In the past (at least until 2008), students who acquired a certain number of demerits in a semester were "campused," meaning they were not allowed to leave campus for a period of time.[37] Students suspected of more serious violations could be subject to being "shadowed," where they were assigned to a Residence Assistant (a fellow student who was selected by PCC to provide leadership in the residence hall and to enforce college regulations).[37] This included being required to attend the Residence Assistant's classes and moving to the Residence Assistant's room.[39] While being shadowed the student was prohibited from speaking with any student other than with the Floor Leader who was shadowing them.
The rules and disciplinary policies at Pensacola Christian College have been the subject of criticism. In 1996 a PCC alumnus started an electronic newsletter entitled The Student Voice, which criticized PCC, particularly the school's rules and demerit system.[40] It was originally published in a newsletter format distributed exclusively via e-mail, and it was later published at www.pensacolachristiancollege.com. Following numerous attempts by the college to have the website shut down through arbitration and lawsuits, the website's owners relinquished control of the domain to the college, who has redirected the domain to the main PCC website.[40][41][42][43][44]
Students may also be written up for infractions such as but not limited to- frayed pants, going off campus with a person of the opposite sex, watching movies rated PG-13 or higher, and listening to "worldly music".
Faith and King-James-only debate
PCC rejects hyper-Calvinism, Modernism, Neo-orthodoxy, and the modern day charismatic movement and specifically states that "Pensacola Christian is not a part of the 'tongues movement' and does not allow students to participate in or promote any charismatic activities, nor do we permit students to promote hyper-Calvinism."[45]
PCC also states the belief that the Textus Receptus is the superior Greek text of the Bible and upon this basis uses the King James Version of the Bible for all pulpit ministry and classroom Bible instruction.[45]
Affiliated ministries of PCC
The Campus Church
The Campus Church, an Independent Baptist church,[46] meets in the 6200 seat[47] Crowne Center on Pensacola Christian College's campus and has Sunday morning, evening and Wednesday evening services.[48] The Campus Church is not a department of the college, but is a separate entity operating alongside the college.
Rejoice in the Lord
The Campus Church holds weekly services from the Crowne Center at Pensacola Christian College. The services are recorded and edited for the weekly television broadcast of
WPCS
Pensacola Christian College owns radio station WPCS 89.5 FM, known on-air as Rejoice Radio. WPCS is the main station of the Rejoice Broadcasting Network (sometimes referred to as "RBN"). The content heard on Rejoice Radio consists primarily of inspirational music and syndicated Christian radio programming.
Abeka
Abeka has been criticized for selling works that do not follow a scientific consensus regarding the
In 1996, state and federal agencies requested millions of dollars of unpaid taxes between 1988 and 1995 from A Beka Book, at the time a division of PCC.[55] In a settlement without any admission of wrongdoing, Pensacola Christian College paid $44.5 million in federal taxes. The organization also voluntarily paid $3.5 million Florida state taxes in full even though it had received legislative relief from them and no longer bore any legal liability for them, to avoid any appearance of offense or subsidization by the state.[56]
Chris-Tex
Chris-Tex is a public foundation based in Pensacola, Florida that was founded in 1998 made to function as the investment and endowment manager for Pensacola Christian College. For the fiscal year 2022, revenue was $61 million with assets reported of $1.36b.[57][58]
Notable alumni
- James Van Huss - State representative in House district 6 of Tennessee.[59] Huss graduated from PCC with a degree in Computer Science in 2003.[60]
- Tom Vasel - Podcaster, designer, and reviewer of board games. Vasel graduated with a B.S. in Biblical Studies in 1999.
- The Apprentice in 2004. Boren graduated with a Bachelor's in Business, and a minor in Home Economics, in 1994.[61]
- Garrett Mason - Elected to the Maine Senate in November 2010; Maine state Senate majority leader.[62] Mason graduated from PCC with a degree in Management in 2006.[63]
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers - Elected to United States House of Representatives from Washington state in November 2004. McMorris Rodgers graduated PCC with a degree in Pre-Law in 1990.[64]
- John Libka - Umpire for Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2017–present. Libka graduated PCC with a degree in History Education in 2009.[65]
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