Our Purpose, Mission and Goals
Purpose
Vea University exists to serve the Assembly of Reformed Churches by training its leaders, with a priority on pastors and including missionaries, educators, counselors, and others, through a program of theological education based upon the authority of the infallible Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Bible.
As the theological school of the Assembly of Reformed Churches, Vea University has as its primary purpose the preparation of ordained ministers of the Word for that church.
Vea University aims to prepare leaders who nurture disciples and serve the church. Today, graduates of Vea University can expect to be ready for effective ministry in a rapidly-changing, multicultural world.
Mission
Vea University is a learning community in the Reformed Tradition that forms church leaders who cultivate communities of disciples of Jesus Christ. Under the lordship of Jesus Christ, our specific mission is to provide the theological foundations and personal spiritual formation needed to equip the students for biblically faithful and contextually effective ministry of the Word.
Goals
We know that a Vea University education has accomplished its mission when graduates:
⚫ Preach and teach the Bible.
⚫ Grow in their pastoral identity.
⚫ Discern and engage ministry contexts.
⚫ Cultivate and lead communities of disciples.
⚫ Equip the church to renew communities for the glory of God.
