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Doctorinal Statement
Under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, the School of Theological and Ministerial Studies prepares men and women as future leaders to serve Jesus Christ in ministries marked by faith, integrity, scholarship, competence, compassion, and joy equipping them with the spiritual excellence and well developed knowledge in the Scripture. The primary responsibility of the School is to equip students with conforming to Christ's image for Christian ministry as ordained ministers, evangelists, Bible teachers, and missionaries for Christian churches, especially for Reformed Churches.
Our specific mission is to support the church in its mandate to equip the saints for ministry. We pursue this mission in three ways. First, we seek to form men for ordained gospel ministry as pastors, teachers, evangelists, missionaries, and other tasks specified by the church. Second, we seek to train men and women to serve Christ in kingdom ministries other than those that require ordination. Third, we seek to serve as a center for Christian research and scholarship and to communicate the fruits of our labors to the church and the world.

The school is to pursue the Motto of Reformation, namely Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, and Sola Scriptura in offering instruction in biblical, theological and ministerial disciplines to both men and women as the heart of a program to help students to develop intellectually and spiritually as future leaders.

We Believe

...in the trinity, meaning in the unity of the Godhead there are three persons, of one substance, power, and eternity; God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy Spirit.

...that the Bible is the very inspired word of God as His infallible and inerrant revelation so that it is alone the source of truth for the faith, and life of Christians and of the churches.

...that the only mediator between God and humankind is Jesus Christ our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and fully shared and fulfilled our humanity in a life of perfect obedience. By His death in our place, He revealed the divine love and upheld divine justice, removing our sins and reconciling us to God. Having redeemed us from sin, the third day he rose bodily from the grave, and overcame death and the powers of darkness. He ascended into heaven where at God's right hand, he intercedes for His people and will return to earth to judge all people according to the deeds done in the body and to establish His glorious kingdom.

...in the deity of the Holy Spirit who through the proclamation of the gospel, renews our hearts, persuades us to repent of our sins and confess Jesus as Lord, indwells in our hearts, sanctifies and glorifies us until completing our salvation.
...that there is no one who can save by oneself due to the total depravity by both imputed sin from Adam's and actual sin committed. This means that the salvation for human being is possible by God's grace alone through the faith in Jesus Christ.

...that the church as the body of Christ is summoned by Christ to offer acceptable worship to God and to serve Him by preaching the gospel and making disciples of all nations, by tending the flock through the ministry of the word and sacraments and through daily pastoral care, and by relieving human distress and need.

...that God's redemptive purpose will be consummated by the return of Christ to raise the dead, to judge all people according to the deeds done in the body and to establish his glorious kingdom. The wicked shall be separated from God's presence, but the righteous, in glorious and resurrected bodies, shall live and reign with him forever.