A week or so ago, got an email from Curt Lamansky, likely to be group-mass mailing thingy, informing that major changes has taken place at Northland, my alma mater. I gathered that this announcement was made during the Missions Conference. Northland Baptist Bible College will now be under the umbrella of Northland International University.
It turns out to be an expansion of Northland’s vision and purpose to serve a larger community of believers. A quick visit to Northland’s new website reveals major expansion plans. One particular page shows video interviews of Dr Les Ollila, Dr Mat Olson and Dr Sam Horn, with each man explaining the purpose and direction in which Northland is heading in the coming days ahead.
With many things happening in my own church and personal lives (illness), I have yet to fully comprehend (actually digest is a more accurate word!) the implication and though some questions are floating in my mind, I am sure in coming days I’ll get some answers and understand things better.
Undoubtedly, certain segments of community will be apprehensive seeing what directions Cedarville and Grand Rapids had become over the years with the change of names. Will post additional thoughts later.
