Christian Professors Help Out In Afghanistan

Rebuild­ing Afghanistan U is a fas­ci­nat­ing sto­ry of how well-edu­cat­ed Chris­tians can make a dif­fer­ence.

It talks about how the Inter­na­tion­al Insti­tute for Chris­t­ian Stud­ies sent pro­fes­sors to Afghanistan after the war against the Tal­iban to rebuild their high­er-edu­ca­tion infra­struc­ture.

The group is very picky about its can­di­dates’ cre­den­tials (a grad­u­ate degree is a must), expe­ri­ence, and Chris­t­ian wit­ness. Only one of 10 appli­cants gets accept­ed. When Com­mu­nist coun­tries ask CEO Daryl McCarthy for teach­ers, he says some­thing like this:

“You want expe­ri­enced, hard-work­ing, eth­i­cal pro­fes­sion­als? We’ll get them for you. In fact, IICS is so par­tic­u­lar that we make sure that every one of them is a Chris­t­ian.” Says McCarthy: “It’s fun to hear the for­eign offi­cials say, ‘Ah, yes, very good. That’s what we need.’ ”

The arti­cle is fas­ci­nat­ing and well worth a read.