Our Mission & Values

To train and equip students for ministry within the church.

Mission

The mission of Christian Bible Institute & Seminary is to provide an effective training program, together with a supportive study environment, in order to train and equip students for ministry within the church and out in the mission field.

Colossians 1:25-29 (NIV) – “[Our mission is] to present to you the word of God in its fullness… admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ. To this end [we] labor, struggling with all his energy, which so powerfully works in [us].”

Ephesians 4:12-13 (NLT) – “[Our mission is] to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ, until we come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature and full grown in the Lord, measuring up to the full stature of Christ.”

The Purposes of Christian Bible Institute & Seminary:

  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should be able to communicate the Word of God to others.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should be able to expound the Word of God in a systematic fashion, with his/her training in the analytical inductive methods of contemporary biblical scholarship.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should demonstrate genuine concern for missionary work around the world, with a special concern for the urban centers, as a missionary, volunteer, sponsor, or prayer partner.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should demonstrate Christian maturity with his/her commitment to Christ and His Church.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should be able to continue a daily regular study of the Word of God as an autonomous learner, which is characteristic of servants of God.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should be able to present a well-defined, biblically based, intellectually and rationally sound, compassionate apologetic of their faith.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should know how to acquire knowledge.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should know how to apply knowledge that has been acquired and exhibit wisdom and walk in it.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should have an awareness of personal values.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should have a high level of mastery in the skills of communication.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should be able to cooperate and collaborate with others in studying, analyzing, formulating, and implementing solutions to problems.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should have awareness, concern, and a sense of responsibility regarding contemporary events, issues, and problems.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS should have a love, loyalty, and responsibility to/for the local church as God’s primary method for societal transformation and its development.
  • Our purpose is that a graduate of CBIS will know the voice of the Lord for his/her generation and articulate God’s plan with anointed power and conviction.

With this in mind, students who enroll are in agreement with the Philosophy and Code of Conduct.