American Chrsitian College - Torchbearer Yearbook (Tulsa, OK)

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A MESSAGE ERQM Tl-IE PRESIDENT Greetings in the Name of our Lord! At last, our dream of a four-year accredited liberal arts college on a beautiful new campus, built without federal or denominational assistance and dedicated to the Lord Jesus Christ, is a reality! Not only are we graduating 27 seniors this year in our first graduation class, but we have burned the first mortgage on the campus of American Christian College. ln four years we have built a 33,500,000 campus and kept our promise to the Lord and to His people . . . not to accept federal funding or denominational support. God has done an exciting thing here on the campus of American Christian College these past four years. To every student who has stayed loyal to me and my dream during these past four years, I thank you from the bottom of my heart. I will ever be indebted to those of you who have shared my vision and faithfully served as my co-worker in building this Christ-centered, pro-American college. Undoubtedly, this has been the most exciting year in the history of our school, however, we can expect even greater things in the days to come. lVlay God bless you as you go with God. Qu-4 f Billy James Hargis President

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FACULTY F STAFF ADMINISTRAT ION

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it limi lf? 'EA-. FMR 'i f.-HQ A MESSAGE RUM THE ICE-PRESIDE Dear Students: As we approach the end of the school year it is proper to reflect over our past spiritual victories and defeats. The Apostle Paul certainly made such an appraisal of his life and said once, We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed: we are perplexed, but not in despair: persecuted, but not forsaken: cast down, but not destroyed.' lll Cor. 4:8,9l lf we as students fail to realize that campus life is really no different than city life or country life or missionary life or any other type of life, we are merely fooling ourselves. All living entails energy - physical and spiritual, and no living is without its ups and downs. Camp us life does not automatically guarantee anyone instant happiness. Happiness is the result of being in a right relationship with God and one's fellow students - and this isn't always easy even for Christian young people. And since this is the first graduating class of American Christian College, perhaps, for future years' reflection, one dictum should be noted: if you have not been able to live the kind of Christian life you desired over the past four years, there is a good chance you will not live the Christian life you really desire over the next 40 years. What we are in embryo we are in life and college life is still part of growing up. Or as someone put it - as the twig is bent, so is the tree inclined. Therefore, it is my sincere prayer and hope for all our students and especially for the graduates that over these four years you have at least learned one thing: how to live - with Christ, with others and with yourself. And for those who still need help, read, meditate and practice Philippians 2:1-5 and Ephesians 5: lf. Sincerely in Christ, ' David A. Noebel 4 , l