• To nurture everyone's gift for Christian ministry, leadership in society, and service to the world;

• To promote and encourage academic excellence, critical reflection, and involvement to the community service; and

• To Integrate cultural differences in effective academic developme

• God First, as the owner, creator and sustainer;

• Excellence in Teaching, Research, Scholarship and Management;

• Respect for Diverse Societies and to Fight for Justice;

• Commitment to Life-Long Learning and Teaching; and

• Effective Career Development Opportunities

Georgia Central University emphasizes and believes in the Triune God: eternal, transcendent, omnipotent, and personal. God the Father, the first person of the Divine Trinity, is infinite, sovereign, and unchangeable in all his attributes. GCU believes in the sinless humanity and the absolute, full deity of Christ Jesus, indissolubly united in one divine-human person since his unique incarnation by miraculous conception and virgin birth. Holy Spirit, the Third person of trinity resides among us always.
GCU believes that the Bible is the Word of God, and as such, it is our only infallible rule of faith and practice. We believe in the plenary, verbal inspiration of the Scriptures by the Holy Spirit; thus, we affirm the inerrancy of the original manuscripts whose objective truth is our responsibility to interpret in accordance with the principles of Scriptures and to proclaim in accordance with the imperatives of the Gospel.
GCU emphasizes and believes that the universe is God's creation and his handiwork. We believe that God created human beings in His own image.

THE PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION STATEMENT

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Georgia Central University believes that God calls each individual to prepare intellectually and spiritually to share Christ throughout the world. Specifically, the University believes it has been called to offer academic programs where the curriculum as a whole and each course within that curriculum is:

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1. Christ-centered;
2. Based on the Bible;
3. Academically relevant to degree programs that are meeting the needs of the world;
4. Pursuing academic excellence;
5. Taught by faculty who are Christians and comply with the institution's doctrinal beliefs;
6. Taught by faculty who are dedicated to quality higher education;
7. Taught by faculty who are academically credentialed;
8. Taught in an environment conducive to academic and spiritual growth;
9. Designed to integrate the academic training with Christian commitment ; and
10. Based on Christian belief in God's mission for the world.