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2024-2025 Student Handbook 13 Vision We are a Seminary… Voice…Whose voice plays a greater role in shaping the identity and future of evangelicalism. Reach…Providing relevant, transformative theological education for a broader spectrum of God's people. Diversity…more profoundly shaped by the presence and voices of diverse communities. Vitality…with the resourcing needed to achieve annual growth in all key institutional indicators. Excellence…known for excellence in teaching, scholarship, formation and governance. Theological Foundations Each year trustees, administration and faculty are required to affirm without mental reservation and sign Denver Seminary's Statement of Faith. Students and Seminary staff affirm and sign the National Association of Evangelicals' Statement of Faith. Denver Seminary Statement of Faith 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 these are equal in every divine perfection, and that they execute distinct but 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 intersession on behalf of His people, and His personal, visible, return from heaven.