The semester began with a call to wisdom.
In the first chapel of 2026, we opened the book of Proverbs. Proverbs calls us to an enduring posture: trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. The opening chapters are an urgent appeal to seek wisdom, hold fast to instruction, and not forsake understanding.
As a college committed to rigorous study of Scripture, this framing matters deeply. Our work is not simply the accumulation of knowledge. It is learning to receive God’s Word with attentiveness and allowing it to shape how we live and serve.
For us, the start of semester is more than a return to lectures and assessments. It is a renewed commitment to our mission: to train Christians for a lifetime of ministry, mission, and maturity in Christ.
We are grateful for a new cohort of students who have stepped forward to be trained for Christian service. Each arrives with their own story, questions, and sense of calling. Some have left established ministries. Others are only beginning to discern what long-term service might look like. All are entering a season that will stretch them intellectually, spiritually, and personally.
The coming months will involve careful study, robust classroom discussion, community life, and the steady discipline of assessments. Yet beneath all of it is a deeper prayer: that through Scripture, shared worship, and life together, our students would be shaped into wise and faithful servants of Christ.
We invite you to pray with us.
Pray for new students as they settle into new habits.
Pray for returning students as responsibility deepens.
Pray for our faculty as they teach with clarity and pastoral care.
Pray for our staff as they faithfully serve the daily operating of the college.
Pray that in all things, we would seek the wisdom that comes from the Lord.
A new semester has begun. And by God’s grace, the work of forming men and women for a lifetime of Christian service continues.
