Small Christian colleges set attendance records despite pandemic JavaScript in your web browser. Please Go Small Christian colleges set attendance records despite pandemic 5 Church of Christ schools lead way Small Christian colleges set attendance records despite pandemic Tennessee's Freed-Hardeman University | Courtesy Freed-Hardeman University Five of the 10 Church of Christ-affiliated universities have record enrollments this fall, as do several other primarily undergraduate United States schools emphasizing on-campus instruction while upholding biblical inerrancy. The schools are distant outliers in the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center data for four-year private higher education, which showed that sector’s student body down 2% from last fall. The institutions hemorrhaged the worst with first-time students of traditional age — 11.1% lower for those 18-20 and 29.9% among enrollees 21-24.