Values

Relational

  • We seek to live and serve out of our relationship with God, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Spirit.
     
  • We value people over programs and process over product.
     
  • We are committed to working in a team environment, seeking to support and collaborate with others within our department and across the campus.
     
  • We seek to live out a compelling witness to the Kingdom, as we intentionally and respectfully develop and nurture relationships with students, faculty, and staff.
     
  • We humbly invest ourselves in the lives of students, sharing our time, experience, and guidance in an effort to mentor them in the way of Jesus.

 

Inclusive

  • We celebrate diversity and include people of different races, ethnicities, cultures, and socio-economic and worship backgrounds, and help everyone find a place in this community to genuinely express themselves.
     
  • We seek out multicultural experiences, ministry opportunities, and relationships, holding in equally high esteem the diverse cultures and lives of all people.
     
  • We embrace and empower all members of the NPU community through the programs, processes, and relationships of our department.

 

Honest

  • We seek to be women and men of consistent character, inside and outside of our work environment.
     
  • We tell the truth.
     
  • We seek to have integrity; to lead transparent, truthful, and blameless lives.

 

Relevant

  • We seek to know our students and their world so that we may use tools that speak to them in a way that is culturally, racially, ethnically, and generationally appropriate and meaningful.
     
  • We teach Christian truths in applicable and practical ways.
     
  • We care about the whole person and commit to serve students, faculty, and staff in ways that lead to a life of balance, health, and wholeness.
     
  • We seek to show the relevance of following Jesus in today's world by encouraging a Kingdom understanding of the gospel: authentic community with God and others, transformational discipleship, and bringing God's mercy and justice to our world.

 

Prophetic

  • We recognize that faith is a journey and embrace students in that process while also expecting, encouraging, and supporting growth and transformation.
     
  • We seek to be salt and light in this world, radically following Jesus example of a counter-cultural witness to the status quo.
     
  • We seek to positively impact our community by both serving our neighbors and challenging practices and policies of injustice that hinder their wellness, access, and success.