Mission

Taylor University is an interdenominational evangelical Christian institution educating men and women for lifelong learning and for ministering the redemptive love of Jesus Christ to a world in need.

As a Christian community of students, faculty, staff, administration, and trustees committed to the Lordship of Jesus Christ, Taylor University offers post-secondary liberal arts and professional education based upon the conviction that all truth has its source in God.

In order to advance this mission, Taylor University is committed to the following purposes:

• To involve students in learning experiences imbued with a vital Christian interpretation of truth and life that foster their spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical, vocational, and social development.
• To educate students to recognize that all truth is God's truth and that the Christian faith should permeate all learning, leading to a consistent life of worship, service, stewardship, and world outreach.
• To create specific experiences wherein the integrative focus of the Christian liberal arts education is clarified, personalized, and applied.
• To foster a biblical model of relationships that acknowledges both unity and diversity of the followers of Christ and that can be evidenced in a continuing lifestyle of service to and concern for others.
• To contribute to the advancement of human knowledge and understanding, and serve the evangelical Christian church and the larger public community for the glory of God.
• To build maximum program effectiveness by maintaining appropriate support service, by consistently studying and improving all university operations, and by fostering mutually beneficial relationships between and among students, faculty, staff, administration, and trustees.

Faith

Taylor University is firmly committed to evangelical Christianity. To assure the central place of Christian principles in the philosophy and life of the university, the trustees, administration and faculty believe that:

• God is the ultimate creator and sustainer of all things in heaven and on earth.

• The Holy Bible is the inspired, authoritative written word of God, progressively revealing God's will for humankind who, though created by God in His image, rebelled and needs redemption.

• Jesus Christ is the Living Word of God, who made known God's plan for redemption in His virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death, bodily resurrection and ascension; and who will return in power and glory.

• The Holy Spirit is God present in the life of the believer, testifying to the Lordship of Christ and enabling the believer to live a godly life.

• The church is the community of believers who express their unity in Christ by their love for Him, for each other, and for all humankind.