Oklahoma Wesleyan University

Undergraduate

Mission & Passion

My mission is to stabilize and enhance the status of Christian education in our secular culture. We have fallen far from a time when schooling was the responsibility of parents and churches. America is suffering from an educational system devoid of God. When you remove God from any organization or education, something must replace Him—and the secular influence that has filled that void is leaving our young people constantly lacking, craving, and seeking truth beyond themselves.

The artist Plumb addresses this lacking in the song, “God-shaped hole,”

“There’s a God-shaped hole in all of us
And the restless soul is searching
There’s a God-shaped hole in all of us
And it’s a void only he can fill”

The ultimate purpose of all education is to know God. Proverbs 1:7 says that the fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. God is the Source of all truth and Creator of all things. As educators, we have an obligation to our students to present all of the knowledge of the world through the truth of Christ. “Let me understand the teaching of your precepts; then I will meditate on your wonders” Psalm 119:27. Only when we know God’s character and His word can we truly consider ourselves “enlightened.” Students should be taught to apply a Biblical worldview to all subjects, thinking critically and communicating Christ’s truth effectively.

When a generation of Christians is raised up to be effective communicators for the truth of Christ, we will win the battle against un-truth, misdirection, and ultimately, darkness and evil itself.

Inspiring Verses/Quotation

“We believe that we are all saved the same way, by the undeserved grace of the Lord Jesus.” Acts 15:11 (NLT)

  1. We can make our own plans, but the LORD gives the right answer.
  2. People may be pure in their own eyes, but the LORD examines their motives.
  3. Commit your actions to the LORD, and your plans will succeed.
  4. The LORD has made everything for his own purposes, even the wicked for a day of disaster.
  5. The LORD detests the proud; they will surely be punished.
  6. Unfailing love and faithfulness make atonement for sin. By fearing the LORD, people avoid evil.
  7. When people’s lives please the LORD, even their enemies are at peace with them. – Proverbs 16:1-7 (NLT)

“But my life is worth nothing to me unless I use it for finishing the work assigned me by the Lord Jesus—the work of telling others the Good News about the wonderful grace of God.” Acts 20:24

Kathryn Chambers

Director of Academic Assessment

Academic Affairs
918.335.6212
kchambers@okwu.edu
B.S., Oklahoma Wesleyan University; M.B.A., Oklahoma Wesleyan University.