The Graduate School endeavors to prepare individuals on the graduate level academically and professionally for the tasks of evangelism, Christian education and leadership training in evangelical churches, schools, missions, and other Christian agencies. Underlying the educational philosophy of the Institute is the conviction that the Bible in its original manuscripts is the verbally inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God. Consequently, a study of the Bible constitutes the most significant discipline for any person. The Bible, therefore, is the central integrating factor of the total curriculum.
All truth ultimately is related to and unified by the revealed Word of God.
The Bible reveals a triune God who is the Creator, Redeemer, and Source of all truth. He desires to communicate Himself to mankind and has done so throughout history. The Bible reveals that man, who was created by God in His own image, was alienated from God by sin. Yet he is a being of infinite worth and when regenerated is able to discover God's plan for the individual's fulfillment. The Bible also reveals that education is a process in which a student, guided by a professor and in his own studies, receives knowledge by which he modifies his attitudes and behavior to conform more and more to God's purpose and to the character of Jesus Christ.