That is, United Methodist institutions are committed to values-centered inquiry, critical thinking, and a liberal arts curriculum. Education should appropriately relate faith and reason . Education should help individuals make full use of their capabilities and experience for service. Therefore, liberal and classical learning is critical, along with professional and vocational training, and neither is subservient to the other. Education should aim at high standards of student achievement based on deep concern for what is best for the person.
Today there are new issues and challenges facing all levels of education.
The United Methodist Church is involved in higher education because it is the nature of the church to express itself in the intellectual love of God. The Wesleyan heritage has supported the idea of uniting knowledge and vital piety within a diverse community from the beginning. This nature and this idea are clearly reflected in the statements of values, mission and educational goals of Central Methodist College .