28
CCCU mission statement and membership criteria highlight
the "Christ-centered" character of CCCU schools.
38
This
nomenclature, which has been used for many years in the
CCCU, probably means for most members what it meant to John
Dellenback when he was first building the "critical mass."
In the absence, however, of even general doctrinal
guidelines in official CCCU materials, the notion of being
"Christ-centered" can either be taken for granted or
adjoined to a suspect Christology. At the practical level,
the dangers might appear to be insignificant; nevertheless,
the CCCU has not bestowed on "Christ-centered" any
substantial content. A similar criticism can be leveled at
the criterion that full members require of "each full-time
faculty member and administrator a personal faith in Jesus
Christ."
39
Apart from some theological parameters, a CCCU
leader evaluating "Christ-centered" and "personal faith" is
reduced to the perspective of the Supreme Court justice
weighing what is pornographic: "I know it when I see it."
38
Kevin S. Trowbridge, "Board Meets, Evaluates
Priorities for Council,"
http://www.cccu.org/news/01.08.01B;
Internet; accessed 14
August 2001; and "About the CCCU,"
http://www.cccu.org/about/;
Internet; accessed 14 August
2001.
39
"About the CCCU."