Western Seminary's educational mission is to "serve as a catalyst and resource for spiritual transformation by providing, with and for the church, advanced training for strategic ministry roles." This mission can best be fulfilled if Western Seminary attracts and admits the right kinds of students to its training programs.

This admissions philosophy takes into account more than the applicant's academic record. Western seeks to admit and nurture men and women whose lives evince the goals, gifts and graces consistent with the Christian ministry roles for which Western provides training. They should be characterized by genuine compassion for others; a willingness to submit to the authority of Scripture; a spiritually-focused vision ambitious for the glory of Christ; a teachable spirit; and a conviction of a divine commission for Christian ministry.

Western's students represent a broad range of denominational and doctrinal backgrounds. All students are expected to join the rest of Western's community in affirming the evangelical convictions represented by the Statement of Faith of the World Evangelical Alliance (listed on your right), and to exhibit a teachable attitude in their studies. Students should also understand that instruction from full-time faculty will reflect the more specific doctrinal statements represented by the Faculty Teaching Position, as presented in the academic catalog.

World Evangelical Alliance Statement of Faith

We believe…

In the Holy Scriptures as originally given by God, divinely inspired, infallible, entirely trustworthy; and the supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct...

One God , eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit...

Our Lord Jesus Christ , God manifest in the flesh, His virgin birth, His sinless human life, His divine miracles, His vicarious and atoning death, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, His mediatorial work, and His Personal return in power and glory...

The Salvation of lost and sinful man through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ by faith apart from works, and regeneration by the Holy Spirit...

The Holy Spirit , by whose indwelling the believer is enabled to live a holy life, to witness and work for the Lord Jesus Christ...

The Unity of the Spirit of all true believers, the Church, the Body of Christ...

The Resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.