How to Join

Institutional Membership

Membership will be limited to those institutions who do the following:

• Are committed to a hiring practice that requires a Christian commitment for each full-time faculty member and administrator.
• Give a consistent indication of subscribing to commonly accepted practices and ethics in areas of mutual concern to the members of the Association as indicated in the Statement of Principles of Good Practice.
• Have a regional accreditation or accreditation through ABHE (Association for Biblical Higher Education).
• Are committed to the integration of biblical faith with academics and student life.
• Must express through its written doctrinal statements and its representatives unreserved subscription to the doctrinal statement of the Association and accept the constitution and by-laws of the organization.

Applying for Membership

Colleges wishing to apply for membership must request an application and information packet from the Coordinator for Membership Services and Communication, Krista Meckling. The application asks for institutional affirmation of and adherence to the membership criteria, and requires the signatures of both the applying institution's president and chief admissions officer. The completed application must be returned, along with a copy of a current college catalog and/or some other certification of accreditation, to Krista Meckling, NACCAP-Coordinator of Membership Services, PO Box 5211, Huntington, IN 46750. Each prospective member must be sponsored by two Association member institutions. Each sponsoring member institution and individual of that member institution must be in membership status for at least three years. Once the Institutional Membership Application has been submitted via the Coordinator for Membership Services to the Board of Directors, voting action will take place at the next meeting. The NACCAP Board of Directors meets three times a year to consider membership applications. All applications must be turned in a month prior to the meeting to be considered for membership. A 3/4 vote of the Board of Directors is required for membership.

Maintaining Membership

Each member college must annually renew its membership by completing the Membership Renewal Form which will indicate the institution's continued acceptace of and adherence to the membership criteria. The renewal form requires the signatures of the institution's president and chief admissions officer. Failure to submit the renewal form by the date set by the Board of Directors will result in the member college being placed in an inactive membership status.

Each member college shall pay annual dues of an amount stipulated by the Association. Failure to pay dues by the date set by the Board of Directors will result in the member college being placed in an inactive membership status for a maximum period of two years. Subsequent membership will require full application.

Failure to adhere to the membership criteria of the organization may result in termination of membership. Removal of a college requires a vote of the Board of Directors. If this action occurs, the membership of the college in question is suspended until the next scheduled business meeting of the Association at which time a majority vote by members present to ratify the earlier action of the Board of Directors will remove the college from association membership. Those schools whose memberships have been terminated by Association action may apply for reinstatement after two years.

All decisions regarding termination of membership may be appealed in writing to the Board of Directors. The appeal must be received thirty days prior to the next regularly scheduled Board of Directors meeting.

Associate Membership

Associate memberships are open to individuals who affirm the NACCAP Principles of Good Practice and are personally committed to the ideals expressed in the NACCAP Doctrinal Statement. An associate is a non-voting member and cannot serve on the NACCAP Board of Directors. Associate Members do receive all other member benefits except for the enrollment surveys. Applications for Associate Membership can be requested from the NACCAP Executive Director, Chant Thompson. Completed applications should be sent to Krista Meckling at NACCAP headquarters and will be recommended to the Board of Directors, where a 2/3 vote is required for approval. Anyone working at an educational institution, whether or not that institution is a NACCAP member, may become an Associate Member.

Doctrinal Statement

• We believe the Bible to be inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.
• We believe that for salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of the living and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Yearly dues for NACCAP members

Individual / Associate Members

• $75

• 1-100 Students: $200
• 101-250 Students: $225
• 251+ Students: $250

• 1-500 Students: $250
• 501-1500 Students: $275
• 1501+ Students: $300

• 1-500 Students: $250
• 501-1500 Students: $275
• 1501+ Students: $300

• 1-500 Students: $150
• 501-1000 Students: $175
• 1001+ Students: $200

For more Information, write or call:
Krista Meckling
P.O. Box 5211
Huntington, IN 46750-5211
(260) 356-5211
FAX (260) 359-0101
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