Our Institutional Goals

To accomplish our Mission Teleo University seeks to…

1. Keep the cost of education accessible to all students regardless of their financial means.

2. Provide students with learning resources adequate to meet the learning objectives of every study program.

3. Provide students with accredited degrees and certificates.

4. Complement not compete with existing Bible Colleges and Seminaries.

5. Recruit and train students who are existing pastors and church leaders so they need not leave their current ministry positions but can apply their learning in their churches.

6. Make finishing the Great Commission the primary objective of all training programs.

7. Training students to revitalize local churches as disciple making churches. 

8. Empower students as trainers and equippers who multiply disciple making training and saturation church planting to finish the Great Commission.

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Our Values

Teleo University's core values define the character of the institution. Through our commitment to these values, we preserve that which has made Teleo University effective in accomplishing our unique mission:

• Applied Learning: Requiring students to have an on-the-job training context so that pastors and church leaders apply their knowledge in real-life ministry.

• Excellence in Training: Providing training that is uniquely practical, useful, and of the highest quality possible.

• Revitalizing Churches: Training church leaders how to effectively make changes in local churches resulting in measurable life change in individual church members.

• Sequential Disciple Making: Training church leaders to use a biblical phased definition of a disciple that includes “All” the beliefs, values, behaviors that Jesus commanded.

• Trainer Practitioners: Utilizing instructors who are experienced pastors that have implemented the principles of disciple making that they teach.

• Train to Finish: Training pastors not just to work at it, but to “finish” the Great Commission in their specific neighborhood, city, region or country.

• Transferability: Providing training that is transferable and multiplied from leader to leader and from church to church.

• Whole-Church Disciple Making: Training pastors and church leaders to use every ministry in their church to work together to produce the disciple Jesus intended.

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Institutional Learning Outcomes

A student completing a degree from Teleo University will:

1. Spiritual Formation (Abide) Graduates will demonstrate a biblically grounded understanding of Christian spiritual formation, exhibit Christlike character and ethical integrity, and practice sustainable spiritual disciplines and habits that reflect a mature, Christ-centered life in personal and ministry contexts.

2. Biblical and Theological Competence (Grounded) Graduates will demonstrate proficiency in interpreting Scripture using sound hermeneutical and theological methods, cultivate a worldview shaped by biblical truth, and teach others to apply Scripture in ways that result in a worldview based on competent biblical and theological understanding.

3. Missional Great Commission Engagement (Sent) Graduates will articulate a biblical theology of mission, embody a missional identity shaped by the Great Commission, and, through the leading of the Holy Spirit, actively participate in advancing gospel impact within defined regions through contextualized strategies that support saturation church planting and finishing the Great Commission.

4. Gospel-Centered Communication (Proclaim) Graduates will demonstrate competence in written, oral, and interpersonal communication, reflect a gracious and Christlike (or Christ-honoring) conduct/demeanor/character presence, and communicate biblical truth effectively across diverse ministry, cultural, and educational settings.

5. Multiplying Pastoral and Disciple Making Leadership (Reproduce) Graduates will explain the theological and practical foundations of intentional disciple making ministry, model servant leadership as disciple makers, and equip their leaders to revitalize congregations as disciple making churches. They will also mobilize neighboring churches, ministry networks, and denominations to multiply disciple making pastors and churches in alignment with 2 Timothy 2:2.

6. Catalyzing Cross-Cultural Mission and Saturation Church Planting (Transform) Graduates will discern and navigate cultural and worldview dynamics through a biblical lens, embody Christlike humility and respect among all peoples, and engage cross-culturally in ways that build relational bridges, advance the gospel, and catalyze disciple making and saturation church planting movements toward finishing the Great Commission in every culture, people group, and nation.

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Authorization, Accreditation, and Affiliation

Visit the following webpage: Accreditation | Teleo University