South Florida Bible College & Theological Seminary, Mission

Mission Statement

South Florida Bible College & Theological Seminary is an institution of higher learning where the Bible is central in preparing men and women for ministry and Christian life. This is accomplished through core curricula involving biblical, general, and professional studies, combined with Christian service, and integrated with a biblical worldview toward life and learning.

Quality instruction in biblical literature, a study of Christian history and missions, development of communicative and administrative skills, and the cultivation of spiritual life, all contribute to the success of the college and seminary.

Every student has the opportunity to prepare for the particular ministerial vocation that God has called him or her to follow.

Vision Statement

Bruce Barton once said, “Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living.” Improvements come in stages only when change is accepted and welcomed.

SFBC&TS’ twenty-year vision has been to provide a quality Christian education under the Christian tenets provided by the Holy Bible. SFBC&TS embraces opportunities that offer improvements to its programs, services, and institutional effectiveness. SFBC&TS remains committed to the utilization of techniques, methodologies, and measurement systems designed to analyze strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement, and to implement appropriate processes to effectuate successful change based on sound formulaic results.

Bruce Barton (1886-1967) was a highly influential advertising executive who was not only a Congressman

and religious author, but also the creator of the fictionalized Betty Crocker “persona” for General Mills.

Educational Philosophy

South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary is committed to the ideals of Christian education: the development of the whole person (i.e., spirit, soul and body). This requires knowledge of God’s Word, development of Christian character, specialized training for service, application of biblical principles, and the promotion of Christian love and unity. SFBC&TS believes that God’s Word alone is sufficient to develop the whole person. All faculty members accept the Bible as the inerrant and final authority in life, faith, and practice.

Doctrinal Statements

SFBC&TS believes it is essential to have doctrinal statements of faith that set forth the character of our institution with regard to theological distinctions. Applicants, students, and graduates are not required to sign or affirm SFBC&TS’ statements of faith, but they are expected to be in essential agreement with them. SFBC&TS is interdenominational in character and maintains a conservative evangelical theological position. SFBC&TS recognizes the following doctrinal statements of faith.

Statements of Faith

1.	We believe the Bible reveals the mind of Christ, and is the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God.
2.	We believe in the Triune God who is one in substance and three in person, the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3.	We believe in the reality of Satan and his present control over unregenerate man.
4.	We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and His personal return in power and glory as King of kings and Lord of Lords.
5.	We believe in the fall of man and his lost estate, which makes necessary a rebirth through confession of sin and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
6.	We believe in the reconciliation of man to God by the substitutionary death and shed blood of our Lord Jesus Christ.
7.	We believe in the resurrection of believers unto everlasting life and the resurrection of unbelievers unto everlasting punishment.
8.	We believe in the ever-present ministry of the Holy Spirit.
9.	We believe in the Ex Nihilo creation of the universe.