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INITIATIVES

The Center for Creativity and Christian Witness provides a variety of venues for students and scholars alike to ask not only WHY creative practice matters to gospel witness but to deeply explore HOW creative practice can specifically serve as a gospel witness through consideration of the creative person, purpose, process, and product.

Key Initiatives

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The Fellowship of Faithful Creatives

​The Fellowship is a 2-year cohort educational opportunity for creative students to explore their creative practice in light of Christian thinking and the call to Christian witness.

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Academic Courses

The Center hosts academic courses illuminating the intersection of creative practice and gospel witness.

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Visiting Scholars

The College of Architecture, Visual Arts, and Design at CBU annually hosts semester and year-long visiting scholars, allowing scholars to further their scholarly work while sharing cutting-edge thinking with students and faculty at CBU.

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Roundtable Discussions

​Roundtable Discussions bring together key thinkers and scholars working at the intersection of creative practice and gospel witness for unrecorded discussions to sharpen participants' thinking.

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Mere Creativity

At Mere.Creativity, our mission is to infuse art, design, faith, and culture with a renewed sense of creative purpose, inspiring the next generation of makers to thrive and flourish.

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Ekstasis Inkwell

We are proud to be hosting Christianity Today's Ekstasis Inkwell Event at California Baptist University in April 2025!

CONTACT

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Director of The Center: Matthew Niermann

Associate Director: Dirk Dallas​

Fellow: Elizabeth Robblee

Email: erobblee@calbaptist.edu

Phone:  (951) 407 - 8053

Location: James Building, 4th Floor, Rm J446

CALIFORNIA

BAPTIST

UNIVERSITY

California Baptist University

8432 Magnolia Avenue
Riverside, CA 92504

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(877) 228-3615

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