Vision and Mission of Belhaven College
Belhaven College prepares students academically and
spiritually to serve Christ Jesus in their careers, in human relationships, and
in the world of ideas.
Belhaven College affirms the Lordship of Christ over all aspects of
life, acknowledges the Bible as the foundational authority for the development
of a personal worldview, and recognizes each individual’s career as a calling
from God. Each academic department is committed to high academic goals for its
students and clarifies the implications of biblical truth for its discipline.
Belhaven upholds these commitments in offering undergraduate or graduate
programs, by conventional or technological delivery modes, and in local,
national, and international venues. The College requires a liberal arts
foundation in each undergraduate degree program in order to best prepare
students to contribute to a diverse, complex and fast-changing world.
By developing servant leaders who value integrity, compassion, and justice in
all aspects of their lives, the College prepares people to serve, not to be
served.
Revised November 2005
Statement of Faith
We believe that there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His
sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood,
in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His
personal return in power and glory.
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, inerrant, and only infallible,
authoritative Word of God, which exercises ultimate authority over the individual, the
Church, and human reason.
We believe that justification through Christ is received by repentant sinners
through faith alone, without works.
We believe that God, by his Spirit, progressively transforms the lives of those
who are justified by God.
We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are
saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of
damnation.