"FORMING STUDENTS TO TRANSFORM THEIR WORLD THROUGH THE POWER AND PRESENCE OF CHRIST" - This our paramount objective! As an institution committed to the unchanging inerrant Scripture, given by God Himself as our final authority for faith and all of life, we hold ourselves accountable to the Word of God and to each other with regard to the following values:
►Christ-centeredness. We are here to model and to engender Christ-centeredness in all that we do. The Sovereign Lordship of Christ should affect and be evident in every aspect of education, relationship and endeavor at NCIU.
►Comprehensive education. We are here to educate for the whole of life, beginning with the mind and including a comprehensive discipleship that results in a comprehensive witness. We seek to nurture students to become spiritually mature and Biblically informed persons who make well-reasoned and wise intellectual and moral judgments, thereby equipping and motivating them to tackle real-world problems.
►Community. We seek to be a learning community that operates by the ethics and values of the Kingdom of God. The makeup of the community should be a reflection of the breadth and diversity of the family of God. The way we treat people should be consistent with the morals, justice, compassion, humility and love of our Lord. Interaction with students should both reflect an attitude of service to them as individuals and take advantage of opportunities for mentoring and modeling and personal development.
►Kingdom of God, Church and life-center connectedness. We value service to the Church because we believe that the Church is God’s primary vehicle to accomplish his work in the world. Our vision for serving Christ and His Kingdom is a global vision, just as God’s vision for His Kingdom and Church is also global. A particular value affecting NCIU’s work is commitment to identify and meet the educational needs of the churches and parachurch organizations that have committed themselves to extending the Kingdom of God throughout the world, with special focus on the missional church and making Christ known throughout the earth.
►Cultural engagement. We seek to bring faith, life and learning to bear on the issues facing our world. Our perspective is one of engagement with culture from a Christ-centered and Biblically rooted foundation. We are committed to high standards of research, scholarship, thinking and living as a means of preparing students to engage the world and to respond honestly and earnestly to those in a pluralistic society.
Accordingly, the Board of Directors and Faculty of NCI University & Theological Seminary have structured their distance-learning degree programs to facilitate the implantation of these values both in students and relating missional church and other Christian communities around the globe.
Note 1: NCIU will supply upon request full details of each degree program offered.
Normally these details are made available to inquiring students when they show some seriousness about making application. NCIU has made a degree program outline available for downloading in each award program offered.
Note 2: NCIU requires that all Arts, Sciences and Philosophy degree comprise 25% of general education subjects.
THE FIVE STUDY (5) CONCENTRATIONS WITH DEGREE PROGRAMS OFFERED BY NCIU ARE:
