Some information about us.
The mission of Scribes’ College of Journalism is to inspire and instruct students with the heritage, skills, professionalism, accountability and responsibility of the press; invoke the integrity and fidelity to truth necessary to ply the trade; teach biblical ethics and standards for recording history (what Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. called “His Story,” referring to Jesus Christ as the Alpha and Omega, Revelation 22:13) – accurately reporting news, interviewing witnesses and conveying facts fully and in proper context.
Ephesians 4:29 – Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Scribes’ College of Journalism is an auxiliary of Changing Wind, a ministry based on Ezekiel 33:3 “if when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people;”
Yet it goes further than that as we research and endeavor to present workable solutions that individuals can use. There is a plethora of complaints drawing attention to the problems confronting our nation and society as a whole but there are few offering answers.
Modern journalism is a prime example of an occupation gone awry, provoking a cacophony of voices crying “foul” but making no effort to correct the problem. Changing Wind’s solution is to revolutionize journalism by teaching its history, ethics, standards, purpose and application.
Experience has taught the founder that journalism is a trade rather than an academic profession.
From our Rationale for establishing the college: “Most significant among the duties of the ancient scribe was to meticulously record events of the initial instruction or witness without embellishment, and to copy stelae, tablets, parchments, papyri and scrolls without deviating from the original.
“This is the legacy of the modern journalist who has been charged with the conscientious chronicling or “journaling” of occurrences of the day. The etymology of the word “journal” gives us a clue:
“The origin of journaling is directly tied to ministry of daily prayers, adding another dimension of responsibility to the hand of the scribe. It reflects upon the gravity of the tradesman's, and in many cases artist's, calling to faithfully write down occurrences of the day as well as reproduce previous records. Thus faithful has a dual meaning as being honest in performing one's duties but also serving in the office of scribe with Faith in God's Word.
“Both of these attributes of a scribe have been lost in modern journalism. The honest trade has become a profession – a profession of the journalist's beliefs in communicating their thoughts rather than a trade of impartially recording events without exaggeration or the addition of personal bias.”
This is a trade college where individuals learn how scribes inspired what is now known as journalism. It is a training journey students travel to master all aspects of responsible reporting and what it takes to practice the trade in the world of competitive business.
“In order to train a new press corps that faithfully records events, setting aside personal biases to chronicle events of the day, moral ethics based on Scripture must be established as the standard for reliable journalism.”