Who We Are

Institutional Vision
Erskine College exists to equip students for lives of service and leadership, building Christ’s Church and influencing society for God’s glory.

Institutional Mission
The mission of Erskine College is to glorify God as a Christian academic community where students integrate knowledge and faith, equipped to flourish as whole persons prepared for lives of service, leadership, and influence through the pursuit of undergraduate liberal arts, graduate, and seminary education.

Seminary Vision
Erskine Theological Seminary and School of Biblical Studies, rooted in a gracious Reformed theology, aspires to equip servant leaders to advance Christ’s Kingdom.

Seminary Mission
Erskine Theological Seminary and School of Biblical Studies glorifies God as a theological community where students embody the gospel of Jesus Christ, confess historic Christian orthodoxy, engage Reformed theology, value the Church, and grow as whole persons to serve as pastors and leaders who advance Christ’s Kingdom.

Erskine Theological Seminary & School of Biblical Studies affirms seven core values.

1. Gospel Centrality & Historic Christian Orthodoxy
   We believe that God calls us to proclaim and embody the gospel of Jesus Christ and to participate in his Kingdom mission to renew all things. We confess the lordship of Jesus Christ and believe that the Bible is God’s infallible and inerrant Word. Further, we adhere to the historic, orthodox expression of the Christian faith, best summarized in the Nicene Creed.
   
   
2. Biblical Worldview
   Grounded in the eternal truth of God’s Word and reliant upon the transformative work of the Holy Spirit, we seek to guide students to love, think, and act more like Jesus Christ throughout God’s world. A biblical worldview includes viewing all aspects of life through the lens of God’s Word and aligning the desires of our hearts with God’s character and Kingdom values.
   
   
3. Gracious Reformed Theology
   We believe that the Reformed understanding of the Christian faith, as articulated by the Westminster Standards, best expresses the teaching of the Bible. As recipients of God’s grace, we humbly hold this conviction and respectfully engage with those who interpret the Bible differently, inviting them to appreciate the treasures of Reformed theology.
   
   
4. The Priority of the Church
   We value ministry in and through the local church because the Church is God’s central vehicle for accomplishing Christ’s mission in the world. As the denominational school and seminary of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church, we especially seek to meet the educational and pastoral training needs of our denomination. Further, we serve the broader Church by welcoming students from many denominations, equipping them for diverse ministries.
   
   
5. Faithful Stewardship
   We are committed to financial responsibility, providing an affordable and valuable theological education accessible to students from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their location, stage of life, or ministry context. We aim to be good stewards of our students’ time with us, equipping them for effective, life-long ministry.
   
   
6. Academic Excellence with Practical Application
   We strive to deliver a high-quality theological education that fosters thoughtful and humble engagement with academic scholarship, while also emphasizing practical pastoral application. Our goal is to equip students for effective ministry and leadership in Christ’s Kingdom.
   
   
7. Whole-Person Formation
   We value the whole-life transformation of our students towards greater conformity to the image of Jesus Christ as pastors and ministry leaders. Therefore, we teach and seek to facilitate learning that integrates students’ intellectual, spiritual, emotional, relational, and ministerial formation.

Erskine College and Theological Seminary adheres to an evangelical understanding of Christianity and affirms that the Bible is God’s inspired Word and that an individual can become a Christian only by accepting Jesus Christ as their personal Savior. Erskine College and Theological Seminary faculty, staff, administration, and trustees affirm that:

1. The Bible alone, being God-breathed, is the Word of God Written, infallible in all that it teaches, and inerrant in the original manuscripts.
   
   
2. That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
   
   
3. In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His Virgin Birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through the 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.
   
   
4. That for the salvation of lost and sinful man, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential.
   
   
5. In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.
   
   
6. In the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; that they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
   
   
7. In the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.