Should We Start a Christian University in Fond-des-Blancs, Haiti?

Should we start a biblical university in Haiti?

Not if it is modeled after the typical evangelical Christian liberal arts college in the U.S.  To my knowledge, none of them neither understand nor apply the extensive biblical teachings on oppression, Jubilee justice; none tie the Spirit and kingdom together as the foundation for a ministry among the oppressed poor.  None of them have built their curriculum around "Christ, Kingdom, Church and Community."

Not if it is modeled after the Haitian Medical College which has a brain drain of around 80 percent; most of its Haitian trained doctors and nurses have left Haiti.  We would not want  even 50 percent of our graduates to be a part of the brain drain.  Could we keep at least 50 percent in the Fond-des-Blancs community?  If so, how?

According to Christian philosopher, C. Stephen Evans, the fundamental critique that Marx made of capitalism was that it undermined/destroyed community.

Within 10 years of the Azusa Street Revival, white racism had divided Pentecostalism into black and white streams.  And soon American individualism twisted the gifts of the Spirit into individual edification/spirituality, not the edification of the church and community.  And Pentecostalism soon became the hotbed of the prosperity gospel, not the kingdom justice gospel.

Where are we going to find faculty who understand oppression and justice?  I do not know of a single person qualified to teach a course on oppression in both the Old and New Testaments, justice in both testaments.  Do you know of such a person?  Only in my 80s have I begun to dig deep  and put together some of the biblical pieces to a theology of society.

All students should be required to have a community building internship every year.

Some practical suggestions:

1.  Develop a program to train women as leaders in community development.
2.  Have regular classroom classes in the summer when high school students are on vacation.  Example: each summer have Didi Farmer teach a two week class on women in community development.
3.  Organize students in teams of 2 or 3 or 4 students; the same team does their community internship together.  Teams get the job done better than super-star individuals.  Should student teams be graded, not individuals?

What are your ideas?