Welcome

ACT is an educational non-profit organization based in New York City. We believe that the Christian Bible is a valuable resource for every cultural sphere of influence. To this end, we warmly encourage interdisciplinary engagements with every field of human inquiry for a fruitful understanding of Christian belief. We provide a climate of inquiry within a sanctuary of doubt that we call a theological safe-space (TSS) - to engage the Global Secular Culture (GSC).

What We Do

1.  We address the challenges posed by the sciences and the philosophy of religious pluralism in a theological safe space. A responsible proclamation of the gospel addresses: (1) the role of the sciences to make sense of reality (theological reflection and scientific discovery share a common source in divine disclosure) and (2) its relationship to other religions (what can we learn from the wisdom of other faith traditions as we try to understand our own?). We invite everyone to consider the claims of the Christian Bible in a scientific and pluralistic age.

2.  We promote interdisciplinary research for a transformative renewal of the mind, to make the message of the Christian Bible relevant to the urgent questions of the day.

3.  We consider how the sciences, history, the arts, philosophy and ethics (SHAPE) have influenced our interpretation of the biblical texts as we engage the world of commerce, academia, media, politics and sports (CAMPS).

4.  We seek to formulate a Christian worldview by thinking things through, theologically. We engage the pressing concerns in the cultural spheres of influence (CSI) and human inquiry (CSHI).

5.  We develop globally relevant and conceptually holistic discipleship teaching programs. Through carefully thought out apologetics, effective evangelism, missions and discipleship can thrive.

a.  In the sciences, we inquire into their methodologies to distinguish science from scientism and evolution from evolutionism. In history, we teach global, rather than a Eurocentric Christianity.  In the arts, rather than their indulgence, we teach their origins, redemptive power, and nexus to worship. In philosophy, we scrutinize the justification of assumptions that buttress arguments for atheism and agnosticism. In ethics, we teach the demands of divine moral command and its implications in every decision we make.

b. In biblical theology, we teach a method of interpretation that respectfully engages other religious convictions and inferences of the sciences while remaining faithful to the confessional integrity of the texts. In an interactive and interdisciplinary study program, we employ exegesis and hermeneutics to understand the Bible as a trustworthy, divinely inspired writing of fallible, human effort.

c. And we reach out to the community of international students and scholars that they may understand how the Gospel has shaped the intellectual cultures of Western civilization to which they have come to learn.


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