Judson Hoping to Build Solid Architecture Program

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Byline: Teresa Mask Daily Herald Staff Writer

What better place to learn how to build a church than at a Christian college?

That is one of the questions Judson College officials asked themselves before agreeing to start an architecture program at the Baptist school in Elgin.

Slated for the fall semester, it will be one of only two such programs available at Christian colleges in the United States.

Judson President James Didier is hoping the degree will boost Judson's name outside the Fox Valley.

"This program will bring a national profile to Judson for the first time," he said, noting that none of the 95 schools in the Coalition for …