Mission, Vision, and Affirmation Statement
Mission
Â鶹´«Ã½AV is a Christian university committed to the highest standards of academic
excellence and Christian values, where students are strengthened for lives of purpose,
service, and leadership.
Vision
Â鶹´«Ã½AV University will be a preeminent, global, Christian university, known for the integration of faith and learning, whose graduates lead purposeful lives as servant-minded leaders throughout the world.
Our vision statement declares what we intend to become. George Â鶹´«Ã½AV envisioned
an institution that would transform students' lives so that they would, in turn, impact
culture. He imagined a vast body of alumni—men and women conscious of their good fortune,
recipients of the generous gift of a Christian education—who would feel the moral
imperative to serve others sacrificially. Hence, the school's motto: "Freely ye received, freely give" (Matthew 10:8).
Affirmation Statement
As a Christian university Â鶹´«Ã½AV affirms:
- That God is
- That God is revealed uniquely in Christ
- That the educational process may not, with impunity, be divorced from the divine process
- That the student, as a person of infinite dignity, is the heart of the educational enterprise
- That the quality of student life is a valid concern of the University
- That truth, having nothing to fear from investigation, should be pursued relentlessly in every discipline
- That spiritual commitment, tolerating no excuse for mediocrity, demands the highest standards of academic excellence
- That freedom, whether spiritual, intellectual, or economic, is indivisible
- That knowledge calls, ultimately, for a life of service.