The Crown College — Local services in Powell

Attended & Graduated Crown from 2000-2008 (Bachelor's & Master's Degrees)

The Good: Learned Bible Doctrines, Greek, and a few other courses from, arguably, one of the best Bible teachers they have ever had (Keith Kiser), before his death. God put me and my wife (of 14 yrs) together here. Matured greatly, as a person during my time in Knoxville, in general.

The Bad: Had many, many classes taught by unqualified teachers. Some, including the pastor, did not even show up for their classes a good part of the time. Others, you could tell, did not know what they were doing, and so became a waste of time. The college/church is too large to really disciple or mentor anyone. Because of this, my spiritual life struggled, while at the college. I came as a spiritually immature believer, and left there as one. The pastor has no/very little time to speak to the students, and the business of the church is by-in-large hidden/kept from the students that are trying to learn how to lead a church one day. In eight years of going to Temple Baptist, I had ZERO meaningful conversations with Dr. Sexton (and not for lack of trying).

The Ugly: Cover-ups of why students were kicked out of school existed without comment or explanation. Cover-ups of disciplined church members existed without comment or explanation. Sadly, double standards abound. Humility is taught, but not exhibited by the church leadership. There is a definite spirit of arrogance about them. Do not ever question what they do, and expect a kind answer. Faith is taught, but not exhibited by the church leadership. They are constantly appealing for funds, and are tens of thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of dollars in debt. They preach some separation from the world, but are highly political, and have even had unsaved speakers at their various conferences, for the purpose of attracting people, without apology.

Conclusion: Crown was a probably a very good school, in its early years, but, since then, it has definitely become too big for its britches. While I know that God allowed me to go to Crown (maybe for the sole purpose of meeting my wife), and I learned a few good things there, the double standards and poor practices are not worth your time and money. I have spent the past ten years working to unlearn much of what I learned there, by careful study & application of the Word of God, and am...

I was overjoyed when I was accepted into Crown College for my freshman year. However, there were a lot of things that I didn't realize until I got there.

1. when taking dual enrollment or other online classes, if you have a question and you call the school, you have to call at least 3 different times to reach the person you want to talk to. It can be VERY frustrating, especially if you need a question answered asap.
2. their work is easier than Bob Jones high-school. If you wanna go to college and do the bare minimum, come here.
3. They would not let me leave for fall break unless I was registered to vote and made us sign multiple papers saying that we were registered. Pretty sure that's illegal but what do I know.
4. their staff isn't strict enough with deadlines. One particular assignment one of my classes had was on the syllabus and I had stayed up until almost 2 am trying to finish on time. The next day the prof found out that half the class hadn't done it and then extended the date. Making it completely unfair to those who had done it. On the same vein as that, sometimes the professors wouldn't even show up or open their homework assignments for students to take. And by the time they would open it, there would be 3 weeks of work to do in 2 days without so much as an apology.
5. someone said that the church should have lose their tax exempt status for the huge political aspect of it and I 100% agree.

This school is VERY unprofessional and they target specific students for no reason to get demerits. The whole dorm check thing is an absolute JOKE and they give students demerits for no reason sometimes. I tell people the reason I transfered was bc they didn't have the degree I wanted, but here are a lot more reasons...

I was an international student excited to study business at a Christian college, but sadly, I had to transfer after feeling deeply outcasted. I won’t go into all the details, but I was threatened with expulsion and deportation simply for sitting too close to my boyfriend. The Dean of Men told me he wasn’t “worth the risk” and called him a player because he didn’t want to return to the college. As an international student with no family nearby, I had no one to turn to. The International Advisor questioned my faith and said I wasn’t showing commitment to the Lord because I was emotionally drained and depressed by the second semester. She also told me I should be grateful to attend the “best” college in the world, yet failed to help me get a driver’s license or support my transfer—despite my repeated requests. I also tried to switch to a cosmetology program, which was approved at first, but the school backed out the day before class, claiming they forgot I needed a Social Security Number to enroll. Despite everything, I did make some amazing friends, and it was definitely a...