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https://i0.wp.com/mail.cccc.org/news_blogs/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/graduation.jpg?fit=628%2C837&ssl=1628837The lack of influence the Evangelical church has on our world today is partly due to the dearth of Evangelical intellectuals through the second half of the twentieth century. The issue for us now is, how do we support the Christian scholars we do have? And how do we not only replace them as time progresses, but greatly increase their numbers?