Adopted by the Board of Trustees October 22, 1997

The mission of Eastern Nazarene College is to serve God, the Church, and the World by providing a quality liberal arts education to students of all ages. Consistent with its Wesleyan heritage, ENC seeks to create and maintain an environment which awakens and fosters truth, righteousness, justice, and holiness as made possible by God's transforming grace through Jesus Christ.

To be faithful to our Wesleyan heritage requires that we as a community of scholar servants:

• recognize the primacy of Scriptural authority,
• be consciously and proudly part of the broad, ancient tradition of the Christian faith -- that we be genuinely ecumenical,
• affirm justification by grace through faith,
• recognize that God's grace "transforms," as well as "pardons,"
• be effective apologists of the Christian faith,
• commit ourselves to discipleship and accountability, and,
• be committed to compassionate ministries.

ENC seeks to serve the Church of the Nazarene in particular and the Church in general by equipping people for Christian leadership and service to humanity. As a Christian community, the College strives to embody academic excellence, personal integrity, and respect for each individual. The entire educational program encourages each person to become a creative and redemptive force in the world through integration of the richness of the Christian tradition and the human quest for understanding.

Eastern Nazarene College seeks to fulfill its mission by striving towards the achievement of the following goals.



ENC is a Christian Community Striving for Excellence

• ENC seeks to foster a Christian educational community where every policy and all relationships are grounded in the biblical mandate to love and treat each person as a child of God.
• ENC seeks to be a community where every member is encouraged to move holistically toward their full physical, social, intellectual, and spiritual potential. ENC affirms the concept of a "seamless curriculum" which emphasizes the importance of both formal and informal learning opportunities.
• ENC recognizes that the campus spiritual environment is the responsibility of the entire community.
• ENC seeks to be a diverse community which models the biblical description of the Kingdom of God -- a kingdom formed "...from every tribe and language and people and nation." (Revelation 5:9).
• ENC strives to create an environment of excellence in all that it does and is -- spiritually, academically, culturally, financially, and in terms of personnel and facilities.
• ENC seeks to be an agile institution which secures financial resources sufficient to fulfill its mission, while cultivating an attitude toward the future which prizes flexibility in adapting to a rapidly changing world.
• ENC strives to create an atmosphere focused on providing ever better service to its students and constituents. Service must be the concern of every member of the community.

ENC is a Wesleyan Educational Community

• ENC seeks to foster a community of Christian scholars and teachers who reflect a Wesleyan perspective which centers on the dynamic interaction of Scripture, tradition, reason, and experience, and which responds in word and deed to the biblical mandate to live fully consecrated lives infused with the power of the Holy Spirit.
• ENC intends to provide a quality liberal arts education in which each student can discover the breadth and relevance of the literary, philosophical, aesthetic, scientific, and religious achievements of human culture.
• ENC seeks to develop the analytical, creative, and technical skills necessary for logical thought and clarity of written and oral expression.
• ENC intends to offer undergraduate and graduate education informed by the Christian perspective which meets professional and constituent needs, and to do so in both traditional or non-traditional formats utilizing delivery methods appropriate to the age of the students.
• ENC seeks to serve all students who have the capacity and desire to pursue a college education, and commits to offer the academic support services necessary to meet the needs of students representing a broad range of academic preparation.
• ENC pledges to recruit and retain faculty willing and able to serve within the spirit of the College and the Church of the Nazarene, who are academically and professionally qualified, effective and inspirational teachers and committed and active Christians, preferably within the Wesleyan tradition. ENC faculty will continue to affirm the historic teachings of the Church as expressed in the Apostles' and Nicene Creeds, participate in the life and ministry of a local church, and model lives which reflect the love of Christ.

ENC is a Community Dedicated to Serving its Students, the Church, and the World

• ENC strives to prepare students for careers, graduate studies, and service through our educational curriculum and career counseling.
• ENC strives to prepare students to grapple successfully with the moral dilemmas of our day by cultivating an understanding of the Christian tradition and the broad liberal arts in order to foster knowledge of God and our world.
• ENC purposes to inspire students to accept responsibility and to prepare them for leadership which will energize the Church, serve the community, and foster stewardship of God's creation.
• ENC seeks to strengthen its relationship with alumni by providing opportunities to collaborate with the College in planning for the College's future, securing the necessary resources to accomplish the mission, mentoring college-bound students, and assisting those who have graduated.
• ENC seeks to foster a sense of shared mission through communication, collaboration, and cooperation between ENC and the Nazarene churches of the Eastern Region and throughout the world.
• ENC commits to fostering a closer, more collaborative relationship with the larger evangelical community and historic Christian communities who affirm with us the creeds of the early Church.
• ENC strives to develop ever closer ties to the South Shore and the Greater Boston communities, educational institutions, businesses, governments, and human service organizations in order to play our part in creating through education and service a more humane world.