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The Imago Dei College Gap Year exists as a holistic and comprehensive discipleship program in Christian worldview. We take every thought captive to the obedience of Christ and do all our activities to the glory of God.

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Welcome To Imago Dei!

Why a Gap Year? Gap years have risen in popularity. In the past many students have taken a year off after graduating high school but before jumping right back academics at their chosen colleges to experience living in this unique time of life. These gap years have now become an official thing. Now there are numerous versions of gap-year programs that revolve around various interests such as missions or humanitarian efforts, traveling, working or apprenticeships, or doing a little bit of everything with the major thrust of having fun. And in our current environs, there is a solid reason for questioning the validity of traditional college; so before a freshly graduated high school student goes off to learn about the subjects that will lead to a Baccalaureate degree and gets into debt, a gap year will give the student and parents the additional time needed to do their homework in terms of vocation and education.

Why the Imago Dei College’s Gap Year? There are a wide variety of choices when considering a gap year, but the IDC gap year offers some unique features. We combine bite sizes of the features of many other gap years such as cultural engagement, missions, academics, working and apprenticeships, life skills, and vocational direction, all under the Lordship of Christ; thinking God’s thoughts after Him, taking all thoughts captive to the obedience of Christ.

Why Christian Worldview Discipleship?

The culture is drifting farther and farther away from its Christian foundations, to a point of outright diametric opposition. Sadly, the Christian culture is in disrepair, and Western culture is on its heels headed for destruction, but all is not lost. Christian culture can and must be rebuilt but we need builders, many builders, younger builders. But Christian culture cannot be built unless it is properly built upon the immovable Rock, not the shifting sands of our current cultural norms. We have the blueprints of the rebuild in God’s Word—tried and true for eternal significance—not the pragmatic misgivings of our foolish false prophets of doom or of false peace.

What does the Imago Dei College Gap year consist of?

Personal discipleship to guide the student through biblical and faithful living, and to take all thoughts captive to the obedience to Christ, and to prepare the student for life in college, adulthood, marriage, and parenthood. We will give the student basic life skills, intellectual tools, critical thinking aptitudes, cultural engagement and building, work ethics, opportunities for outreach to the downtrodden, and essential character for lifelong faithfulness.

Gap year accreditation?

The 30 units are officially granted by the regionally accredited Colorado Christian University for the highest level of transferability. Even though this is a gap year, we will engage in academic discussions, writings, speeches, and projects that will keep the student on track for graduation in four years.

Length of the program:

32 weeks; 16 before Christmas break and 16 weeks after Christmas break.

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Hands on Experience

Construction, mechanics, finances, plumbing, farming, equestrianism, business, college preparation, art and movie critiques, and much more. Furthermore, we will give the students a variety of aptitude tests to assess their God-given strengths and weaknesses, and make appropriations and compensations to the best of our collective wisdom.

Activities

Ropes and challenge courses, open gym, mission weekends, sports, field trips, special projects, snow days, paintball, beach days, work days, apprenticeships, and much more.

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Academic Courses

The 30 units are officially granted by the regionally accredited Colorado Christian University for the highest level of transferability. Even though this is a gap year, we will engage in academic discussions, writings, speeches, and projects that will keep the student on track for graduation in four years.

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Activities

Ropes and challenge courses, open gym, mission weekends, sports, field trips, special projects, snow days, paintball, beach days, work days, apprenticeships, and much more.

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Costs

Cost: $9,000 includes a partial meal plan, 30 transferable college course units, mentoring, apprenticeships, weekly special events meals, and the experience of a lifetime. The value of the academic units alone carries the average value of over $30,000 if the units are taken at a Christian university.

Staff

Aaron Hebbard, PhD

Heb has been a Christian college Professor of Theology and the Arts for well over 15 years and has taught Bible at the Christian high school level for 10 years. He also pastors Remnant Church in Mountain Home Village, is Founder and Chancellor of the Order of the King’s Crown Knighthood society, and the Founder and Chairman of In Christ Redlands. Most importantly he is the husband of Nicole, and the father of six amazing children, father-in-law of three, and grandfather of five.