STUDENT LIFE
STUDENT LIFE PURPOSE STATEMENT
The mission of Student Life is to help students cultivate healthy relationships with Christ and others through providing leadership, a discipleship atmosphere, and development in spiritual disciplines.
OBJECTIVES The specific objectives of the Student Life Department are to help every student to: 1. Develop and incorporate spiritual disciplines into daily life with the goal of long-term spiritual success.
2. Learn and apply biblical principles of leadership within various contexts. 3. Learn and apply principles of discipleship within various contexts.
STRUCTURE The Dean of Men and Dean of Women, under the authority of the Executive Dean, lead the Student Life Department. They minister together, overseeing all aspects of campus life, including housing, spiritual, and social activities or events, counseling, discipleship, and discipline.
The International Student Coordinator and the Student Life Deans assist international and off-campus students with their specific needs.
Resident Directors are selected to assist the Deans in the management of Student Life programs and the training, oversight, and discipleship of the Resident Assistants. Each Resident Director reports directly to a Student Life Dean.
Student leadership (Resident Assistants and Team Leads) is comprised of students selected by the faculty and staff who have demonstrated leadership potential and personal responsibility. They serve to facilitate and maintain the standards of the Bible Institute as set forth in this handbook. They exercise vital leadership roles in the dorms, in the classroom, in work areas, and on ministry teams. They also serve to encourage students in their walk with the Lord. I. STUDENT LIFE GUIDING PRINCIPLES The Christian life is a walk of faith. Without faith, it is impossible to please God (Hebrews 11:6). Unbelief turns us away from the Lord, hardens the heart, and neutralizes the benefits of hearing the Word of God (Hebrews 3:12-4:2), whereas faith energizes the work of the Holy Spirit in our lives. Therefore, we want to help students learn to walk by faith and not by sight (2 Corinthians 5:7). As we seek to encourage this, it is our desire that the following biblical principles guide our approach. A. The Sufficiency of Christ Through His Word (Colossians 2; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:1-4) Sanctification is the process by which believers change to become more like Jesus Christ. Salvation and sanctification are both of the Lord, unmerited favors that we access by faith. As we trust and obey God’s Word, the Holy Spirit transforms us through the renewing of our minds (Romans 12:2). Scripture alone can accurately evaluate every situation and provide effective guidance for authentic life change. When external checklists, programs, and policies claim to prescribe a cure for the human condition or to generate spiritual growth on their own, they compete with the sufficiency of Christ through His Word. Therefore, our focus will be to constantly direct students to the Scriptures and help them to internalize truth.
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