Sterling College

Our mission: The mission of Sterling College is to develop creative and thoughtful leaders who understand a maturing Christian faith and go forth to change the world.

Our vision: To be recognized as the most innovative Christ-centered, liberal arts institution in the nation, driven by the principles of servant leadership.

Our core values: In active, vital partnership with church, community and strategic partners, and ever striving for first-class quality in all that it does, the Sterling College community will be guided in all its work by the following intrinsic values:

• Faith: Faithful discernment of and response to God’s self-revelation in Christ in Scripture
• Calling: Faithful discovery and pursuit of each person’s particular calling in life
• Learning: A love of learning and a dedication to the pursuit of truth
• Integrity: Integrity in scholarship, the arts, athletics, and all other co-curricular activities
• Service: Faithful practice of redemptive servant leadership involving a vision of wholeness in a broken world
• Community: Mutual respect amid diversity as members of the body of Christ

 Our Beliefs:

• Jesus Christ alone is Lord of all and the way of salvation
• Holy Scripture is God's revealed Word and Christian believers' only infallible rule of faith and life
• Logically, then, all the ways in which we live will be in accordance with what the Bible teaches so that we may glorify God through Jesus Christ.
• We are committed to living and teaching a Christ-like lifestyle and attitude.

Process: The College works to achieve its priorities through the learning experiences of the lberal arts curriculum, faculty/student interactions and a residential lifestyle.  The liberal arts curriculum is designed to build breadth and depth of understanding through a general education core, specialization in a major and attention within majors to career preperation.  The College affirms the primacy of the faculty/student relationship and the importance of excellence in instruction and advising.  Relationships of the faculty to students are built around principles of serving, mentoring, modeling, and discipleship.  The campus lifestyle is designed to provide a unifying community experience for social, educational and faith development.

 Our relationships: Founded in 1887 by the Synod of Kansas of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, Sterling College continues to affirm its historical ties with the Presbyterian Church. Through the years of denominational change and reshaping, the College has held solidly to its covenant relationship with what is now the Presbyterian Church (USA). The College is governed by an independent self-perpetuating Board of Trustees. Sterling College holds strong the mandate of the original charter to be thoroughly Christian, but not in any sense sectarian, and cherishes its covenant relationship to the PCUSA. The diversity of God’s people is welcomed and the College respects the differences in denominational distinctives and worship traditions.