MISSION STATEMENT

The American Baptist Seminary of the West is a Christ-centered school that trains men and women for leadership in the church of the 21st Century who are:

	Prepared to minister in a multicultural and multiracial world
	Rooted in an evangelical heritage and tradition
	Equipped for ecumenical partnership in ministry
	Informed theologically and biblically
	Skilled in the practice of ministry for personal, ecclesial and social transformation
	Committed to the justice demands of the Gospel