The mission of Urbana Theological Seminary is to provide graduate theological education which prepares people for Christian ministry and leadership, equipping them to love, know, and serve God.
Urbana Seminary will seek to serve God and his eternal purposes by providing an education that will be academically excellent, faithful to Scripture, missional, and student-focused.
We desire that each student would love God more deeply, know His truth more profoundly, and apply it daily. We demonstrate this commitment through accessible professors, flexible curriculum, and student-professor interaction.
Since our students are often preparing for ministry, we don't want to saddle them with debt. Therefore, we strive to keep tuition low to be accessible for everyone. Two of the ways we do this are avoiding unnecessary administrative overhead, and creating agreements with local churches to hold our classes in their buildings instead of building our own.
We believe that learning happens best in a face-to-face environment. We also believe that the presence of teachers and students in the same physical space and time is best not only for learning, but also for spiritual growth and community-building. The physical classroom more appropriately reflects the reality of the incarnation. Therefore, while some of our classes do have online elements, our classes primarily occur in person.
