newlifelawton - History and Background

NEW LIFE BIBLE SCHOOL

The New Life Bible School was founded in 1999 to help equip believers to do the work of the ministry and fulfill their divine destinies. This ministry became the fulfillment of the vision for the New Life Fellowship Church that was given when God called Dr. Robert F. Dowell and his wife Alicia in to the pastoral ministry in 1995.

In July of 2001 the New Life Bible School entered into partnership with the Minnesota Graduate School of Theology and became an associate school. In doing so, the NLBS was enabled to begin offering degree programs at the Bachelor, Masters, and Doctoral level through Minnesota Graduate School of Theology.

Minnesota Graduate School of Theology is accredited with Accrediting Commission International for Schools, Colleges, and Theological Seminaries. Accrediting Commission International is the largest independent accrediting commission in the world.

ACISCTS is an international accrediting commission which holds as its primary objective the encouragement and maintenance of sound scholarship at the highest academic achievement in the areas of private education from the lowest to the highest level.

Minnesota Graduate School of Theology receives recognition from many organizations such as the: Full Gospel Fellowship of Ministries and Churches International, American Academy of Clinical Family Therapists, New Beginnings Family Counseling Center, and Brooklyn Center for Psychological Testing Services.

STATEMENT OF FAITH

We Believe. in God the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

We Believe. that Jesus Christ the Son suffered in our place on the cross, that He died but rose again, that He now sits at the Father's right hand until He returns to judge all men at the last day.

We Believe in the Holy Scriptures as the inspired and inerrant Word of God.

We Believe that by the grace of God every person has the ability and responsibility to choose between right and wrong, and that those who repent of their sin and Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ are justified by faith.

We Believe that God not only counts believers as righteous, but that He makes them righteous, freeing them of sin's dominion at conversion, purifying their hearts by faith and perfecting them in love at entire sanctification, and providing for their growth in grace at every stage of their spiritual life, enabling them through the presence and power of the Holy Spirit to live a victorious life.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

The primary purpose of New Life Bible School is to provide education and training for Christian workers, Bible teachers and ministers. This task is achieved with a positive commitment and belief that the Bible is God's infallible Word. As such, it is trustworthy, authoritative, and sufficient.

STRATEGIC PROFILE

Core Values:

The primary value for New Life Bible School is Christ likeness. The challenge to follow Christ compels us to pursue a personal and professional life-style of:

� Excellence

� Commitment

� Learning

� Serving

� Stewardship

Educational Aims:

New Life Bible School will prepare each student to fulfill their divine destiny and become a world changer. We will accomplish this by drawing students into an integrated experience of spiritual growth, intellectual challenge, and leadership development. Thus we will:

� call students to Christian character;

� expect academic excellence;

� mentor them in leadership;

� equip them for success;

� prepare them for Christian service.

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF

NEW LIFE BIBLE SCHOOL

STATEMENT OF FAITH