To Educate is To Redeem

"To educate is to redeem." This phrase communicates both the spiritual nature and global focus of our work in the School of Education.

Mission: The mission of the School of Education is to serve an international clientele, preparing educators for excellence in thinking, teaching, service, and research. As companions in learning, students and faculty are committed to global Christian service.

Philosophy: We believe that God is the ultimate reality and that he has chosen to reveal himself through his created universe and through his Word. God created human beings in his image and for relationship with him. When they rebelled against him, they entered a state of brokenness that extends to every dimension of life. Through his love and mercy, God has provided in his son Jesus Christ the means to redeem human beings from their brokenness , to restore in them his image, and to reestablish their relationship with him. As Christian educators supporting the world mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, we conceptualize the task of education to be a partnership with God in his work of redemption and restoration. Our role in this partnership is to facilitate the spiritual, mental, physical, and social development of our students through modeling and exhortation.

Accordingly, we hold that:

God calls students to recognize Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord and through his Spirit to use principles of Scripture as a guide in their relationships with others.

God calls students to be worthy scholars in their chosen academic discipline and to contribute to that discipline as responsible practitioners and researchers.

God calls students to live by principles of good health as stewards of his gift of life;

God calls students to develop and maintain supportive personal and professional relationships and to use their talents in generous service to the church and society in a culturally diverse world.

To these ends, we work for the glory of God. "