Our Five-Essential Principles of Educational Philosophy are based upon the Core Values that we embrace and seek to walk out in daily living as Ambassadors for Christ and His Kingdom.
These in turn are under-girded by the belief-system that we espouse and subscribe to. New Covenant International is an educational institution that is focused on Christ and His Kingdom.
The Board of Directors and International Advisers along with the faculty and the staff of the colleges are committed to a realistic interpretation and application of the Christian faith that fully preaches the Gospel of the Kingdom of God and His Son, Jesus Christ.
All members of the College Board, and global faculty, are active members of local Christian churches, and are committed to walking out personally these same principles that are espoused corporately. NCI University & Theological Seminary is not a denominational institution (i.e. owned by a particular denomination of religious affiliation), but rather is a group of practicing Christian leaders and ministries who seek to live in accountable relationships that transcend denominational boundaries, and walk together in biblical unity.
It is expected therefore, that our students will both understand and be committed to receiving an education in accordance with the following articles of faith. WHAT WE BELIEVE . . .
►WHO IS GOD? ... We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Having limitless knowledge and sovereign power, God has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new for His own glory.
► HOW GOD GUIDES ... We believe that God has spoken in the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments, through the words of human authors. As the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is without error in the original writings, the complete revelation of His will for salvation, and the ultimate authority by which every realm of human knowledge and endeavor should be judged. Therefore, it is to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it requires, and trusted in all that it promises.
► NATURE OF MAN ... We believe that God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted by Satan. In union with Adam, human beings are sinners by nature and by choice, alienated from God, and under His wrath. Only through God’s saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled and renewed.
► LIFE OF JESUS ... We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, one Person in two natures. Jesus—Israel's promised Messiah—was conceived through the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. He lived a sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father as our High Priest and Advocate.
► VICTORY THROUGH HIS RESURRECTION ...We believe that Jesus Christ, as our representative and substitute, shed His blood on the cross as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for salvation.
► EMPOWERING FOR LIFE ...We believe that the Holy Spirit, in all that He does, glorifies the Lord Jesus Christ. He convicts the world of its guilt. He regenerates sinners, and in Him they are baptized into union with Christ and adopted as heirs in the family of God. He also indwells, illuminates, guides, equips and empowers believers for Christ-like living and service.
► COMMUNITY LIFE ... We believe that the true church comprises all who have been justified by God's grace through faith in Christ alone. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true church is manifest in local churches, whose membership should be composed only of believers. The Lord Jesus mandated two ordinances, baptism and the Lord’s Supper, which visibly and tangibly express the gospel. Though they are not the means of salvation, when celebrated by the church in genuine faith, these ordinances confirm and nourish the believer.
► COMMUNITY CARE IN ACTION ...We believe that God's justifying grace must not be separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed. With God’s Word, the Spirit’s power, and fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we are to combat the spiritual forces of evil and destroy the works of the evil one. In obedience to Christ’s commission, we are to make disciples among all people, always bearing witness to the gospel in word and deed by incarnational lifestyle.
► HOPE FOR THE FUTURE ... We believe in the personal, bodily return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service and strategic mission.
►ASSURANCE - BOTH NOW AND IN THE FUTURE ... We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the Gospel of the Kingdom by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ as Savior, Master and Lord. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment, and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth, to the praise of His glorious grace.
What we believe determines the values we embrace, which formulate the behavior we practice, thus creating the image that is seen.
Romans 8:29 gives us the most concise revelation of God's ultimate intention for those whom He foreknew,predestined, called,justified,and glorified. His purpose is nothing less than that we become"conformed to the image of His First-born Son."
