Portrait of a Graduate

Ultimately, it is our desire to form whole students who:

• Understand how to decipher and articulate their faith clearly and effectively;
• Desire to engage in authentic Christian community and acquire all knowledge based on the Word of God as truth;
• Possess a masterful command of language and the rhetorical skills necessary to communicate effectively both orally and in writing;
• Have the ability to reason critically, independently, and thoroughly as it relates to loving God and his created order;
• Possess the tools for lifelong learning and embody an earnestness and curiosity that lends toward sound thinking and transcends self interest;
• Not easily swayed by the world, but possesses the knowledge to recognize that all we say and do is done in the presence of God;
• Are faithfully grounded in God’s truth, capable of living out a Christ- centered motivation to love and serve their community faithfully;
• Humbly and respectfully recognize their place in Christ’s story.