WHO WE ARE

Lanna Christian College is a private, Christian, coeducational college of theology and church leadership with selected professional programs. The campus is located in San Sai District, Chiang Mai, Thailand. Chiang Mai is the “second city” of Thailand and is quickly becoming an important economic center for South East Asia. Lanna Christian College is thus strategically located to serve the churches of Thailand and surrounding countries.

The College is located on a one-half acre campus with three academic and residential buildings. Additional academic and residential buildings are rental properties located in the community. Most of the students at Lanna Christian College come from the eight northern provinces of Thailand. Ten different language groups and one foreign country are represented in the current student body of approximately 65. Working with the students are a faculty and staff whose primary concern is to enhance student learning.

HISTORY
Lanna Christian College was founded in May 2003. It is the successor to two earlier Christian Churches/churches of Christ supported schools, the Chiang Mai Bible Institute (established 1975) and the Center for Biblical Studies (established 1983). Both schools were established to meet diverse linguistic and cultural needs in the churches of North Thailand. In the late 1990s, however, it became apparent that social changes in Thai society (and indeed all of South East Asia) was forcing both schools to implement new strategies for theological training. The boards of South East Asia Christian Services and the Youth Development Foundation began talking about how both schools could work together to better serve the Asian churches. These talks resulted in the merger of both schools into Lanna Christian College. A new college board of directors with representatives from the South East Asia Christian Services, the Youth Development Foundation of Chiang Mai, Christian Mission to the Orient, and other missionary and national church leaders was established to have direct oversight of the new college.
   

BELIEFS AND VALUES
The foundation for the College’s mission and its operational policies is a shared set of beliefs and values that reflect its Independent Christian Church/Churches of Christ heritage. The College’s doctrinal statement provides the guiding principles for maintaining the College’s Christian identity. Lanna Christian College strives to maintain a Christian environment consistent with its doctrinal statement. Therefore the college mandates that faculty and staff agree to the college statement of faith. Because the College attracts students from a variety of denominations, the presence of dedicated Christian faculty and staff members affirms and provides models for students from other faith traditions.

As an institution of higher education, the College affirms that all truth is from God and that authentic learning takes place when truth is pursued and understood based on God’s revelation found in the Bible. The College thus seeks to create a community of learning and inquiry committed to the challenging task of integrating faith and learning.

Lanna Christian College deeply values its relationship with the Independent Christian Churches/ Churches of Christ, whose generosity allows the College to offer quality theological education at an affordable cost to its students. In recognition of these substantial resources, the College seeks to prepare students who are entering church-related vocations, as well as those who will become active lay persons, to assume leadership roles in churches and in all aspects of life. This partnership between Lanna Christian College and the Independent Christian Churches/Churches of Christ constitutes one of the major strengths of the College.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The College is governed by a Board of Directors with authority to establish broad institutional policies.
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