God spoke to Abraham (Gen 12:1-9; 17:1-9) and told him that, because of his faith and righteousness, he personally would be blessed and that through him and his seed after him, all the nations (people groups) of the earth would also be blessed.
NCIU sees the training and equipping of all followers of Christ as an essential component of learning how to be a fully functioning “believer-priest-king” who is commissioned, trained and equipped to extend the Kingdom of God in the whole earth through the Abrahamic blessing.
The continuing vision that drives New Covenant International University & Theological Seminary is threefold -
Teaching and Education
Training and Equipping
Empowering and Strengthening
We accomplish these objectives through three primary means -
The provision of foundational teaching courses for use within a local church or wherever faith happens and believers gather, so that every member can find their function and fulfillment within the Kingdom of God.
Through the provision of guided, self-learning courses and programs that allow front-line practitioners of Christian ministry and missions as adult learners to achieve their religious academic dreams and advance professionally, while balancing personal lives and careers with a rigorous and beneficial education experience.
Through the provision of a global network that connects people, projects and resources together, so that they are able to facilitate the extending of His Kingdom throughout the whole earth.
NCI University and Theological Seminary [NCIU] is a distance-learning university and theological seminary that seeks to meet some of the educational needs of today’s diverse, global body of believers.
HISTORY & BIBLICAL FOCUS
NCI was founded in Auckland, New Zealand in 1978 as a logical outgrowth of the recognition that all members of the local church body need appropriate forms and levels of training and equipping to be able to effectively do the work of serving those around them, as well as those in other nations.
In 1990 NCIU was incorporated in the United States as an independent, self-governing corporation where it remains to this day. NCI was established in relationship with the apostolic oversight of a local assembly of Christian believers at Lake Worth, Florida, as well as other ministry leaders from a broad spectrum. NCIU is a “user focused” institution that exists to serve the needs of the end-users, not simply to perpetuate knowledge for the sake of knowledge. Our chief end is to glorify God and Him alone in all that we do.
It is widely known that many fully engaged leaders and adults with careers, families and community involvement— with busy lives— often desire to further their education and be better equipped for their chosen task of Christian service, regardless of their vocational location.
To these people, NCI University & Theological Seminary offers an enriching learning experience that allows them to fit much needed education into their lives, rather than forcing them to fit their lives into education.
NCIU acknowledges that the local body of Christian believers and its community of members remain the primary place for planting and nurturing of biblical, foundational truth and meaningful spiritual experiences through what is termed “the Disciple-making Process”.
The “Disciple-making Process,” which is God’s prime weapon for extending His ever-increasing, unshakable kingdom throughout the nations and people groups of the entire earth, may take place within recognized structures or spontaneous, organic groups in the marketplace and beyond. The new life of faith needs to grow where it happens!
The necessity of this pivotal practice is under-scored by NCIU in the development and provision of appropriate foundation and disciple-making materials, such as are found in the Resources section of this website.
In the technology-driven twenty first century with the worldwide Internet providing adult learners with a more convenient global-focused education, this process is a basic task. The challenge, however, for NCI University & Theological Seminary is to make sure that this ‘convenience factor’ keeps technology as our servant and not our master. It also provides the global vehicle for us to be able to jointly engage in a genuine, educational, intellectually challenging and spiritually enriching experience.
It is because of the commitment to maintaining this academic standard and practical spiritual development that NCI University & Theological Seminary is able to provide culturally relevant and meaningful distance-learning, higher education programs, establishing it amongst the more innovative Christian institutions of higher learning.
NCI University & Theological Seminary also works alongside a number of campus-based Christian education providers on the five main continents and gives special recognition to their validated programs as equal components of the total learning requirements to receive specified, academic awards for religious, vocational purposes.
