Anchor Christian University aims to amplify the reproducing mission of the local church worldwide through faith-infused biblical training and education.
*Amplify. According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, “to make larger or greater (as in amount, importance, or intensity).”
*Local Church Worldwide. The local church is the way God will accomplish his mission in the world. It is the front line for equipping the saints for the work of the ministry (Eph. 4:12), a core element of making disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:19-20).
*Faith-Infused. Our hope is ANCHORED in Jesus, our forerunner (Heb. 6:19-20). We seek to please God, believing both that He is and that He is a Rewarder (Heb. 11:6). We live and learn from this place of faith.
*Biblical Training and Education. We believe the Bible is the inspired and inerrant Word of God. Therefore, it is absolutely true and the final authority for what we believe and how we live our lives. Our Vision. The vision of Anchor Christian University is to take biblical higher education to the front lines of ministry and leadership using a distance education model to produce graduates who are biblically grounded, faith-driven, relevantly experienced, and highly competent Kingdom citizens. Our Mission. The mission of Anchor Christian University is to deliver challenging, effective, and practical biblical and professional education to students within the frontline contexts to which they are called. What is Anchor Christian University? Anchor Christian University is a private, independent university dedicated to building a sustainable model for modern ministry preparation that intentionally involves the local church and other faith-based organizations in the process of growing next-generation Christian leaders. As a global learning community, the University is marked by a rigorous integrated and individualized learning approach that leads to intellectual, spiritual, and professional skill development. Another Christian University? We agree… there are a number of great Christian college options out there. Our faculty is loaded with undergraduate and/or advanced degrees from excellent Christian schools. For many students, traditional campus programs and experiences are absolutely the right decision. Do you desire engaging Bible and ministry programs AND real experience on the front line of ministry? How important is a format that intentionally weaves the learning with your immediate challenges? The options are sparse. They dwindle even more when a student is committed to graduating without debt… an objective ACU is committed to help facilitate. Student-Centered Learning. When we set out to create ACU, we began with several core questions that focused the design elements for every part of what we do. Who are ACU students? What are they called to do and where are they called to do it? What will they need to fulfill that calling at a high level? What will be true about their contextual reality while they are learning in ACU programs? How could we deliver a program that welds the student’s individual context to robust course objectives? It is critically important at ACU to honor and align with the God-designed front-line realities of each student and ministry we engage. It takes a bit more work, a lot of attentiveness and a high level of commitment to pull it off, but we take responsibility to lead the process of honoring the Lord in everything at every level. That starts with “learning” every student as a foundation for investing. Your trajectory. Your style. Your context. Proven Educational Model. Our leadership team honed our proprietary Learning Blueprint model over the past two decades, in a wide range of courses and contexts, with the full range of student learning styles and instructor delivery styles. It stages students to achieve high levels of measurable competency with an immediate boost in impact for their front-line ministry. Dynamic Faculty. Our faculty is loaded with professional ministry experience that adds depth to their exceptional academic credentials. This is absolutely crucial to translating biblical principles into functioning skill. They are coaches and mentors, not content drones… and our courses are designed for exactly that approach. Sustainable… Globally. Every aspect of ACU’s design, from administrative infrastructure to student engagement and course delivery is crafted for economic and cultural sustainability at both the micro (local) and macro (global) levels. The financial ecosystem is designed to thrive small and scale big while seeding value to the people and organizations God brings into the process. The operating budget is fueled by tuition, not donations, so donations can be used to take new ground rather than to establish and maintain capital-intensive infrastructure. Our unique approach and partnership with other aligned organizations allows us to match tuition and costs to local economies, making the same dynamic educational approach accessible to those that would not otherwise have access. We intend to break down the economic and linguistic barriers to providing exceptional Christian education across the globe.
