LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY on_earth)

This is my first post on dark_christian and I've been reading since the first LJ strikethrough.

The other day, I had noticed a girl in my choir (high school, she goes to a Baptist church and I live in Texas) had a shirt from a place called "Evangel" and it gave an address.

I decided to look up the school on google and I found some startling things:

1) Evangel University - The website states that it is a "private, coeducational Christian university associated with the Assemblies of God".

2) On the Wikipedia entry (here), it states that it's also a "private liberal arts university". What scares me is that one of its notable alumni is our all time favorite "John Ashcroft".

But besides from these two things I don't know how much about it. I was wondering if dogemperor or other members here might know something. What worries me is that they're parading themselves as "Liberal Arts" and trying to say they're "academic". Might this possibly another new "avenue" or "route" to getting more recruits/convertees?

I think a few other people at my school might have participated at a program (possibly over the summer or through a church-related event) there or might possibly want to go but I hope the number doesn't grow any larger.

If there's any way to quell my fears and suspicions on this, please let me know!

ETA: When I wrote this post, I was hoping to know if it's currently had any major influence beyond being an de facto "assemblies training center" (I don't know if that's a good way to phrase it). But thank you for clarification.