Bethel College Bethel College is a four-year, liberal arts institution committed to a distinctly evangelical Christian philosophy of education. The integration of faith and learning is encouraged in curricular and co-curricular ways.
Biblical perspectives are applicable and enriching to the entire range of academic inquiry.
The college model for student development rests upon Christian assumptions regarding the nature of the self, interpersonal relationships, values, and life purposes. The college is sponsored by the churches of the Baptist General Conference and is affiliated with Bethel Seminary. The college, along with Bethel Seminary, forms a single institution to meet the educational needs of the churches of the Baptist General Conference and of the wider evangelical Christian community. Bethel seeks to serve society on the local, national, and international levels through scholarship, social service, and Christian leadership. Learning at Bethel promotes self-knowledge, appreciation of intellectual and cultural heritage, evaluation and understanding of physical and societal surroundings, exercise of critical judgment, creative communication of ideas, effective cooperation with others, and establishment of lifelong learning habits.