Cedarville Mission & Objectives

Cedarville University Mission Statement

Cedarville University is a Christ-centered learning community equipping students for lifelong leadership and service through an education marked by excellence and grounded in biblical truth


To achieve its purpose, the University seeks to accomplish the following objectives:

  1. To undergird the student in the fundamentals of the Christian faith and to stimulate each student to evaluate knowledge in the light of scriptural truth.

  2. To encourage growth in Christian character in each student and to help the student accept responsibility for faithful Christian service.

  3. To increase each student's awareness of the world of ideas and events which are influencing our contemporary culture and to prepare each student to participate knowledgeably in our society.

  4. To enable each student to develop sound critical and analytical reasoning.

  5. To provide sufficient opportunities for each student to practice the skills of communication.

  6. To offer opportunities for academic specialization and preparation for graduate study and to assist each student in selecting and preparing for a vocation.

  7. To foster each student's appreciation of and participation in wholesome avocational and cultural activities.