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title: The Task and Educational Framework of Dordt University
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# The Task and Educational Framework of Dordt University

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 ![]() ### The Task and Educational Framework of Dordt University

*The Task and Educational Framework of Dordt University* serves as the biblically-based, confessional foundation for the entire academic enterprise of Dordt University.

 

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 ## The Four Coordinates

The Educational Task and Framework are built on these four coordinates that serve to help develop and transmit serviceable insight to learners.

 

      ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/coord-1.png?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=27&c=cd656f94&v=0e2bffa98425cf3d6d1652470516bebb38966a202dff61c1f9547cf7d1805e42)  #### Religious Orientation

Who owns your heart?

 

  

      ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/coord-2.png?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=27&c=64219a44&v=9390a9bde72ef8714f5e1a9605480c513d5ee319d1ad94678601ba768cb78072)  #### Creational Structure

What is God's good design?

 

  

      ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/coord-3_2023-11-09-221522_kfsr.png?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=27&c=edb15e10&v=1c0d78c881f1c9ad24663303aae4a8c22f0b92cc7d2d96a0e69030f8bce605b5)  #### Creational Development

What's the current situation and how did we get here?

 

  

      ![](https://d3evso2dxyohou.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/coord-4.png?mode=crop&pos=center-center&w=56&h=27&c=d4b8553a&v=4b289dcb0bed54e1f726f6d9a1726dec27d66cd66d53b8e5e7277985bf109cd4)  #### Contemporary Response

How can we join in Christ-centered renewal?