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6 Global concern. We are people of the kingdom, committed from our founding in 1950 to global mission because of God's concern for the redemption of all peoples. Our commitment to mission provides rationale and urgency to our task. We will make the uncomfortable realities of a blinded and broken world an abiding issue in our educational process, and we will challenge ourselves to courageously face the indifference and self-indulgent tendencies that keep us from whole-hearted commitment to the mission of God in the world. Furthermore, we value and embrace the marvelous diversity of God's people and we will nurture meaningful partnerships with other like-minded schools and agencies in the work of the kingdom around the globe. VISION We commit ourselves and our resources to being a seminary that: • is more widely recognized as a leading institution in evangelicalism; • is impacting a broader spectrum of God's people with theological training; • is committed to valuing and nurturing diversity in our community; • is growing each year in all key institutional indicators; • is intentionally and regularly pursuing improvement and innovation in every area of operations; • is attracting and retaining exceptional students and employees. DOCTRINAL STATEMENT Denver Seminary is committed to the great truths and abiding fundamentals of the Christian faith as evidenced by its confessional platform. The Word of God We believe the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the inspired Word of God, inerrant in the original writings, complete as the revelation of God's will for salvation, and the supreme and final authority in all matters to which they speak. The Trinity We believe in one God, Creator and Sustainer of all things, eternally existing in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; that they are equal in every divine perfection, and that they execute distinct and harmonious offices in the work of creation, providence, and redemption. God the Father We believe in God the Father, an infinite, personal Spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. He concerns himself mercifully in the affairs of men and women, hears and answers prayer, and saves from sin and death all who come to him through Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ We believe that Jesus Christ is God's eternal Son and has precisely the same nature, attributes, and perfections as God the Father and God the Holy Spirit. He is not only true God, but true Man, conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary. We believe in His sinless life, His substitutionary atonement, His bodily resurrection from the dead, His ascension into heaven, His priestly intercession on behalf of His people, and His personal, visible return from heaven.