About Us
Local Institute, Global Reach
Beautiful Southwest Virginia
Small Cohorts with Large Vision
Located in beautiful Southwest Virginia, our institute is a private institution focused on the ministry of community development. We provide post-secondary education at the master’s degree level to complement historic, church-based discipleship.
The institute facilities provide a spacious but cozy environment for attending classes, reading in the library, and collaborating in enriching leadership events. Through a digital curricula platform and digital library system, the institute is well equipped for providing believers across Virginia with an educational pathway that can be blended with on-site instruction, or 100% online.
Our Mission
Our mission is to equip disciples for sacred vocations as connected, competent, and compassionate cross-cultural leaders.
Our Vision
Our vision is for communities to be changed through competent and compassionate alumni who love Christ and the gospel of His Kingdom.
Our Goal
Our goal is to provide a graduate-level leadership development pathway for aspiring and existing leaders to serve with coherence, competence, and conviction within multi-cultural environments.
Institutional Objectives
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Maintain a multi-cultural student body
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Promote independent study habits leading to continuous growth and professional competence
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Deliver accessible content that develops a coherent worldview, leadership framework, and ministry. paradigm for Community Development work
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Challenge students to embrace the relevance of the Great Commands and Great Commission
Purpose and Scope
- Ministerial training via a professional academic experience, with a formal curriculum, and with a regular faculty of qualified teachers using a trimester schedule.
- A 24/7 digital platform for delivery of academic and other content.
- Activities such as symposiums, conferences, workshops, and community events to connect people and cultures to the further enrichment of stakeholders.
- Services, from pre-enrollment through alumni relations, to maintain an active and diverse student and alumni community.
What We Believe
We believe, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” We believe the Lord Jesus, the only begotten of the Father, "took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men", was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, dead and buried; the third day He rose from the dead; sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty; from there He shall come to judge the quick and the dead.
We believe “by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast” (Eph 2:8-9).
We believe in the ordinances of baptism and communion, and marriage as the sacred uniting of one biological male and one biological female, for life. We believe the follower of Jesus is to live a holy, sanctified life and that sexual intimacy is to be reserved and expressed only within the bonds of a sacred marriage.
We believe in the communion of the saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.
We believe in the Great Commission; to proclaim the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ to the uttermost parts of the earth. Amen.
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