Heart & Mind
A Firm Foundation
Mission
Boldly informed and motivated by the Christian faith, Bethel educates and energizes men and women for leadership, scholarship, and service.
Vision
Bethel is committed to being a world-class Christian university preparing women and men to serve in strategic capacities to renew minds, live out biblical truth, transform culture, and advance the gospel.
Values
We are Christ-followers - orthodox, conversionist, and evangelical; rooted in the authority of Scripture.
We are character-builders - concerned with personal and spiritual formation and therefore committed to the development of whole and holy persons.
We are truth-seekers - recognizing that all truth has its source in God as revealed in creation and Scripture, and personified in Christ.
We are learners - committed to academic excellence within a community characterized by teaching, scholarship, and service.
We are reconcilers - honoring the worth and dignity of people from all races and purposely seeking to create a community that reflects the diversity of the Body of Christ.
We are salt and light - relating to the world and society in culturally relevant ways while being informed by our pietistic denominational heritage and characterized by an irenic spirit.
We are world-changers - driven to prepare graduates who will shape and change the world through exemplary leadership in the church and throughout society.