Students, faculty and staff at Hesston College are in the process of becoming the person God created them to be, a person made and growing in God’s image. We believe a person is most able to grow when they have a sense of belonging.
Christ-Centered
Hesston College educates and nurtures students in Christ-centered community marked by radical, loving acceptance with an invitation for each member to grow, change and be formed in the image of Jesus Christ with the help of the Holy Spirit.
Christ-centered community practices obedience to Jesus, the full revelation of God, in all of life. As Christ works through this obedience, members of the community are transformed in Jesus’ image. A transformed community makes known the Kingdom of God on earth as in heaven. We fulfill this mission in everything we do.
Jesus is the center of our faith.
When empowered by the Holy Spirit, we accept Jesus as Savior and Lord, interpret the Bible from a Christ-centered point of view and follow Jesus in daily life.
Community is the center of our life.
When empowered by the Holy Spirit, we practice encouragement and forgiveness. We learn from each other and interpret scripture together.
Reconciliation is the center of our work.
When empowered by the Holy Spirit, we help people make peace with God and each other and serve as God’s ambassadors of reconciliation in the world, making visible God’s Kingdom.
We introduce all students to an Anabaptist-Mennonite way of knowing and following Jesus while we respect all students’ backgrounds and encourage faithfulness to God regardless of the faith tradition from which each comes. We invite each student to experience Christ-centered community, to explore the question "is Jesus Christ who he says he is?” and to consider the role of forgiveness and reconciliation in one’s own life and in the life of one’s family and community.