Alumni make ‘33 Under 33’ list

Christianity Today recognizes former students for exceptional qualities

Liberty alumna Alison Howard and current Liberty professor Dr. Joshua Chatraw recently made Christianity Today’s “33 Under 33” people’s choice list.

The “33 Under 33” list includes young professionals, mostly in ministry or the media industry, who are under 33 years of age. According to the Christianity Today website, they are considered outstanding and capable of leading the church forward in years to come.

According to the Christianity Today website, Christianity Today publishes a “33 Under 33” list every year and then opens nominations for a people’s choice “33 Under 33” list as well. Howard and Chatraw were inducted in this year’s edition.

Howard graduated from Liberty University with a bachelor’s degree in communication studies with a specialization in advertising and public relations and is now employed as the communications director for the Concerned Women for America (CWA) organization. Through CWA, Howard has been exposed to problems such as abortion, sex trafficking, exploitation of women and children and other issues dealing with family and education. She has also been active in coming up with solutions for these problems. Howard believes her activity in this organization and her passion for spreading the message of Jesus is what placed her on this list.

“If anything I can do can make someone, particularly a young woman, reach farther and dream bigger, then that’s wonderful,” Howard said. “I think people on Christianity Today’s ‘33 under 33’ list are no different than anyone else. We are united in our brokenness. We are open in our unworthiness. We are not qualified, but we are called. I think each person on this list is … working to their best abilities in the field that God has put in front of them whether it’s a football field, whether it’s a stage, whetherit’s a podium.”

Howard will continue to work with CWA in an effort to help others through prayer, education and influence in society, which is the basis of CWA’s mission.

Chatraw also made the list through nomination by Liberty’s School of Religion. Chatraw recently acquired a position in the fall of 2014 as the director for Liberty’s Center for Apologetics and Cultural Engagement. He is also a professor for the theology and apologetics programs for Liberty’s School of Religion. Chatraw is a co-author of two books and has a passion for the truth of God’s word to be unveiled to the teenage and college-age generation, according to the Liberty University
News Service.

“I’m just plugging away and trying to be faithful,” Chatraw said.

Both Howard and Chatraw stated their gratitude toward Christianity Today and the opportunity to be involved in this list, but they also made a point to direct all of this attention back to God.

To read Howard and Chatraw’s profiles on “33 Under 33,” visit
christianitytoday.com.