Denver Seminary

2020-2021 Student Handbook (Revised 2.5.2021) 13 respecting and encouraging others, giving and receiving constructive feedback, praying for one another, and cultivating the disciplines needed for effective service. Denver Seminary may initiate remedial or disciplinary action when these community values and behavioral commitments have been violated. All remedial and disciplinary action will be carefully enacted as per institutional policy outlined within the Employee and Student Handbooks, balancing the goals of redemptive restoration for the individual with the preservation of a godly community. Violations of these commitments, including failure to self-report offenses, will be addressed according to the severity and/or impact of each offense on the individual or community. This includes, but is not limited to bullying, harassment, and violence, slander, demeaning comments or behavior, plagiarism, and cheating. In addition to the Employee and Student Handbooks, institutional policies containing procedures for addressing such violations are the Seminary's General Code of Conduct, Sexual Misconduct Policy, Acceptable Use of Technology Policy, and various harassment policies and academic integrity policies. To this end, the Seminary reserves the right to impose differing sanctions in response to each offense, ranging from verbal warning to expulsion or termination of employment. We make these commitments in order that all who come to Denver Seminary may flourish in community while following our shared calling to be the holy people of God. In this light, we, as a community, agree to these commitments (per Matthew 18:15-17; 1 Corinthians 6:13, 18-20, 10:31, 13:4-6; Galatians 6:1-5; Ephesians 5:1-21; Philippians 1:27; 1 Timothy 3:2) as follows: Personal and Relational Health We will foster connection with God and others, developing lives marked by self-control and peace, and seeking appropriate balance between work and rest. Such health includes seeking liberation from addiction, honest and vulnerable living, participation in the Church, and living in congruence with God's desires. We will demonstrate respect for self and others through contextually sensitive and appropriate attire, self-care, and personal hygiene. Redemptive Relationships We will maintain a good reputation with all people, serving the marginalized and upholding relationships characterized by love, grace, and truth. We will use wise judgement as outlined in the scriptures and pursue reconciliation by taking initiative to resolve differences whenever possible and by responding with civility to others when they do the same. In dialogue, we will listen to each other and respond with respect and a genuine desire to understand, even when consensus cannot be reached. We will endeavor to demonstrate the fruit of the Spirit (love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control per Galatians 5:22-23) in all of our interactions with others. Sexual and Gender Integrity Denver Seminary's Statement on Human Sexuality forms a framework for instruction on matters related to human sexuality. It also serves as a framework for employment and enrollment decisions as they may relate to sexuality. Sexual integrity presupposes a commitment to God's original design and intent for human sexuality as well as an admission that, because of The Fall, we are all sexually and relationally broken. It requires that we pursue fidelity to God's overarching redemptive plan in every area of life, including sexuality. Therefore, we commit to abstaining from all forms of sexual engagement that distort God's original intent for humanity to experience sexual relations solely in the context of heterosexual marriage. At the same time, we will demonstrate compassion for one another as we struggle with our respective brokenness. We commit

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