Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Objectives of PIBC - Relationship With God


At PIBC we believe that education and personal transformational growth begin with the "fear of the Lord." Thus we begin our list of objectives of PIBC with a deepening and growing relationship with God.


Relationship with God: Through the staff and faculty relationships, as well as the curriculum, we nurture the spiritual life of our students. We do this through the dorm activities and devotional rhythm of campus life, times of spiritual emphasis and retreat, discipleship groups, the emphasis on personal application that is a part of all classes, classes that are devoted especially to spiritual formation, school sponsored mission trips, worship, chapel services, and through deans and chaplains whose primary responsibility is spiritual formation --

  • that the student will grow in a loving relationship with God that overflows into Christ-like concern for people and the local and global communities around them.
  • that the student will be exposed to and develop positive habits in the practices of the Christian disciplines including worship, prayer, personal devotions, and giving.
  • that the student will be encouraged to live as a part of the gathered body of Christ by affiliation with a local congregation during and after his or her college experience

Our goal is that our graduates leave PIBC as people who have encountered God and are able to minister Christ to others out of their own experience of Him here.

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