Our Goal for Our Students
Trinity aims for graduates that love God, love others, love learning, think and communicate effectively, engage culture, delight in beauty, and walk humbly.
Loves God
- Gladly submits to God’s authority in his/her life
- Seeks to know the heart of Christ and be transformed into His likeness
- Regards all work as a grateful response to the Good News of Jesus Christ
- Seeks understanding in God’s Word and nurtures affection for it
- Cultivates a life of prayer
- Values participation with a local church body
- Trusts God and His means of grace in the midst of trial or temptation
Loves Others
- Dignifies and respects all people as made in the image of God
- Practices hospitality with his/her gifts and resources
- Pursues servant-leadership
- Honors authority in thought, word, and deed
- Extends grace and mercy to others
- Displays compassion for the brokenhearted
- Protects the weak and oppressed
Loves to Learn
- Values learning as a lifetime pursuit of truth, goodness, and beauty
- Delights in all subjects and disciplines with wonder and awe for the Author of them
- Undertakes the study of challenging subjects
- Reads carefully, critically, and copiously
- Seeks to understand both sides of an argument with intellectual honesty
- Exhibits mastery of subjects and excellence in academic pursuits
- Physically trains his/her body for health and fitness as an act of stewardship
Thinks and Communicates Effectively
- Listens carefully and asks probing questions
- Thinks clearly while discerning what is true
- Logically evaluates choices and applies biblically-informed wisdom
- Allows for patient reflection as a means of discernment
- Employs principles and tools contained within the liberal arts and sciences
- Writes and speaks eloquently, persuasively, and honestly
Engages Culture
- Understands the progression of Western thought through the study of theology, philosophy, and literature
- Applies a Christian worldview to personal and cultural questions
- Trusts in the authority, clarity, necessity, and sufficiency of Scripture
- Is faithfully present in the world, even if it is hostile to the Christian faith
- Views career as a vocation from God and a service to His Kingdom
- Confronts arguments raised against the knowledge of God
- Is always prepared to defend his hope in Christ and to do so with love and humility
Delights in Beauty
- Recognizes and loves beauty as displayed in God’s creation
- Values God’s common grace given to man via the arts and in society
- Possesses aesthetic sensibilities to discern beauty in the arts
- Promotes what is most beautiful
Walks Humbly
- Embraces humility as the root of all virtue
- Understands that virtue is Spirit-led as a result of God’s grace alone
- Demonstrates genuine growth in fruits of the Spirit for the good of others
- Seeks wisdom from godly counsel
- Lives in community and seeks accountability
- Pursues a respectful decorum in speech, attitude, and demeanor
- Practices discipline in the training of mind, body, and spirit
