ACTS has been primarily concerned for integration in education. Starting with the integration of “Work, Worship and Witness” in July 1979, today it is pioneering educational models on a wider plane and assisting institutions in Asia and Africa to renew their curriculum.

Integration calls for relating academics to real life. This is not an easy task as our traditional education systems require students to spend most of the time in classrooms and libraries. Take for instance Theological education which is a big part of our program offerings, where they study History of Israel or New Testament theology, or for that matter the Gospel of John. Greek and Hebrew are compulsory. Students learn by rote, mug for the final examinations and may be pass successfully.

But whatever happens after the examination is a sad tale. Some successful candidates in these examinations have proved to be utter failures in the test of real life! Did Israel’s history translate into anything for their real history, or did John come alive in their own ministry contexts? Each one of us will answer these questions differently, with various levels of encouragement or discouragement, but we will all agree that there is something that needs to be done: we need to apply what we learn into the wider context of life.

We need to look seriously at our Christian educational systems before they go the way of a number of higher educational bodies. Several concerned educators came together in the mid nineties to revitalize Christian higher education particularly in keeping with its biblical mission. The International Council for Higher Education (ICHE) was formed as a result of these deliberations, and ICHE is today making a significant impact on its membership. Integrated learning has become a distinctive of the movement.

The ICHE Mission statement reads:
“The International Council for Higher Education is an international body pursuing excellence in academic programs and promoting sustainable and integrated models of higher education, particularly in countries where education is restricted or is in need of enhancement.”

The integrated learning approach has begun to meet with great response in Africa and Asia. ACTS is collaborating with several institutions in Africa to transform educational programs. In Nigeria, the Nigeria Baptist Theological Seminary and several other institutions are looking at their whole curriculum being transformed on the “integrated” model. Let’s teach the book of Romans in the context of "HIV/AIDS", they are for instance saying. In India several representatives from institutions have been meeting together to explore the implementation of integrated learning.

ACTS Institute and the ACTS Academy are forging ahead with some innovative courses. Rather than teaching the Bible in a vacuum or even just in its original setting i.e. Jewish, Roman etc, books of the Bible are studied in relation to actual issues today, dealing with sociology, economics, management, ecology etc.