Category: News

  • MACU Athletics Announces Merritt Suenram as New Cross Country Head Coach

    MACU Athletics Announces Merritt Suenram as New Cross Country Head Coach

    Mid-America Christian University Athletics is proud to announce Merritt Suenram as the new head coach of the re-established men’s and women’s cross-country teams. Suenram will be taking over a cross country program that previously competed in the Sooner Athletic Conference, NAIA, and NCCAA from 2008-10. “We are ecstatic to have Merritt joining the MACU family,”…

  • Global Methodist Church Approves MACU as Recommended Educational Institution

    Global Methodist Church Approves MACU as Recommended Educational Institution

    The Global Methodist (GM) Church has approved Mid-America Christian University as a recommended educational institution, the GM Church announced this week.  This distinction means that the GM Church officially endorses MACU as an institution at which persons who reside outside of the United States or western Europe can complete courses to satisfy the educational requirement…

  • MACU Adds Cross Country Programs for Fall 2023

    MACU Adds Cross Country Programs for Fall 2023

    Mid-America Christian University Athletics is proud to announce that it will be adding men’s and women’s cross country programs and will immediately begin competing in the Sooner Athletic Conference in the fall of 2023. The two sports will officially become the eighth and ninth varsity programs that the MACU offers, joining volleyball, men’s and women’s…

  • MACU Joins The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities

    MACU Joins The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities

    Mid-America Christian University has joined The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (CCCU), a growing association of Christian colleges and universities across the globe.  “Mid-America Christian University is honored to join the CCCU. Our vision at MACU is to prepare students to do greater things for God and his Kingdom, so our Christian values are…

  • MACU Celebrates Black History Month with Week of Activities, Including Black Youth Conference

    MACU Celebrates Black History Month with Week of Activities, Including Black Youth Conference

    Mid-America Christian University is celebrating Black History Month with a variety of events open to the campus community, as well as the public.  Festivities begin at 10 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 15, with a chapel service featuring Alicia Hill as the keynote speaker in the University’s JASCO Chapel. Hill is a pastor at Community Church of…

  • Vice President of University Advancement Steve Seaton Announces Retirement

    Vice President of University Advancement Steve Seaton Announces Retirement

    Vice President of University Advancement Steve Seaton announced his plans to retire this summer after more than 19 years of service to Mid-America Christian University (MACU).  Seaton came to MACU in 2004 to teach in the School of Ministry. In 2012, he transitioned to his current position as Vice President of University Advancement.  “God has…

  • Neil Hilton Named MACU Men’s Soccer Head Coach

    Neil Hilton Named MACU Men’s Soccer Head Coach

    Mid-America Christian Athletics is proud to announce that Neil Hilton will be taking the reins of the MACU men’s soccer program after being announced as the program’s next head coach on Wednesday. “I am excited for the chance to lead this program and further the development of our amazing student-athletes,” stated Hilton. “I am very…

  • MACU Announces 2023 Commencement Keynote Speaker

    MACU Announces 2023 Commencement Keynote Speaker

    Mid-America Christian University (MACU) announced that Peter Greer, President and CEO of HOPE International, has been selected to serve as the keynote speaker for its 2023 Commencement Ceremony at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 6, at the Oklahoma City Convention Center. “Peter Greer embodies our campus commitment to serving others in a Christ-like manner,” said MACU…

  • Gaulke Activity Center Court Named for Staton Financial Group

    Gaulke Activity Center Court Named for Staton Financial Group

    Mid-America Christian University has named the court at Gaulke Activity Center after Staton Financial Group following years of support and a significant financial gift.  Scott and Angela Staton, who co-own Staton Financial Group in Oklahoma City, are faithful supporters of MACU student-athletes.  The Statons began to support MACU athletics in Dec. 2017, after hearing the…

  • MACU Names Dr. Justin Key Next Chair of the School of Ministry

    MACU Names Dr. Justin Key Next Chair of the School of Ministry

    Mid-America Christian University has named one of its long-time professors, Dr. Justin Key, as the next Chair of the MACU School of Ministry. “To be named ‘Chair’ of the School of Ministry is an honor,” Key said. “MACU has such a devoted history and heritage of training students for full-time vocational ministry in the Church…