Our Beliefs

We believe:

• The Bible is the written Word of God in both the Old and New Testaments: it is inspired, infallible, inerrant and impeccable as originally written; and its teaching and authority is absolute, supreme and final;
• God is one God in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit: these three are one God, but distinct in personality and work;
• Everything was brought into being from nothing by a direct act of God. Man was created in the image of God but at the Fall mankind sinned against God and became separated from God; 
• In the incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ, conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, truly God and truly man: in His sinless life, the shedding of His blood on the Cross as the sufficient and vicarious substitute for the sins of the whole world: and His bodily resurrection from the dead and His ascension into heaven, from where He will personally and physically return to judge both the living and the dead;
• Christ is the only way of salvation and a man is justified before God by grace through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ alone;
• The Church is composed of all those who truly believe in the Lord Jesus Christ as Saviour;
• All believers in Christ are called into a life of fellowship in a local church, of separation from worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and associations, and from all religious apostasy;
• The mission of the people of God is to love God and be obedient to Christ and to His commission to make disciples;
• The Holy Spirit indwells all Christians to help them understand God's revealed Word, to make them more and more like the Lord Jesus, and to empower them to serve Christ and his church in the world.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1: Why do we need a Christian University in Australia?
Answers:

• Why not?
• Choice is a good thing.
• Some students will feel more fulfilled being in an environment where their Christian faith will be openly supported and encouraged.
• Some people who work in tertiary education will feel more fulfilled being in an environment where their Christian faith can be openly shared and appreciated.

​
Q2: Aren't there already Christian Universities in Australia?​
Answers:

• There are over 150 tertiary providers in Australia but less than 50 Universities. A tertiary provider is not necessarily a University. There are a number of tertiary providers who are Christian but no tertiary provider with a Protestant (non-Catholic)  evangelical orientation that would be considered to be a "fully developed" Christian University offering Courses in a range of fields such as Science, Medicine, Law etc etc.
• Australia should have a number of Christian Universities so even when there is one "the first one" it would still be good to have more.

​
Q3: Which Church denomination (or grouping) would your University be aligned with?
Answers:

• Our Christian University will be founded, managed and operated by Christians from every Christian denomination and grouping.
• In the same way that many Christian schools around Australia are managed and staffed by people from a wide variety of Christian denominations, and students come from families connected with a wide range of Christian denominations (or no church connection at all) our Christian University will be "inclusive".

​
Q4: Will your Christian University accept enrollments from non-Christians?​
Answers:

• Yes. Absolutely.
• All students who enroll will naturally need to understand that the values and beliefs of the Christian faith are encouraged and reflected in all dimensions of the Christian Universities' activities, programs and campus life.
• Our hope would be that non-Christians feel a sense of love and acceptance regardless of their own personal beliefs.

Q5: What core Christian beliefs do you hold to?
Answers:
We believe that the Bible is the source of information that is meant to inform us about God and His relationship with man. Our Statement of Belief is above and can provide some examples of the kinds of things we believe that the Bible teaches. 

take me back to the supporter registration page