THE COLLEGE
Who We Are
The Greek Bible College is an institution serving Greek evangelical churches and is based in Pikermi of Attica, Greece. Our aim is to educate and equip our students through a high level of academic teaching, through the opportunities that we offer for practical ministry as well as for dynamic character formation in the Christian environment of the student and teacher community.
In our college we train people from various denominational backgrounds so that our students are given many opportunities to broaden their horizons and learn from each other.
The Greek Bible College encourages and seeks dialogue and cooperation with the denominations of all Christian dogmas, because it maintains the belief that despite the dogmatic differences between Christians throughout the world and history, sincere believers who solely rely on the person of Jesus Christ for their salvation is the Body of Christ, which is not defined or limited by any dogma but remains under the judgment of the heart-knowing God. However, the training offered by the Greek Book College specifically serves the evangelical churches that traditionally belong to Protestantism.
Our Vision
Our vision is to inspire, train and equip persons with hearts of service so that they can participate in the development and progress of the Christian churches in Greece and throughout the world, to the glory of God.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is...
To inspire our students with the value of Christian thought, the virtue of Christian character and the vision of worldwide Christian witness and action...
To equip our students with tools for interpreting Holy Scripture and understanding historical and contemporary Christian doctrine and theological thought...
To train our students in the skills of communicating the message of Holy Scripture and the Christian faith, as well as of the pastoral care of communities of faith...
... in order to prepare persons who will serve Christian churches through pastoral ministry, preaching, teaching, counseling, mission, church planting and development, and any other Christian witness and action for the benefit of humanity and the glory of God.
Statement of Faith
1. There is one, eternal God, Creator and Lord of the universe who, in the unity of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, both governs all things according to God’s will and is accomplishing God’s purpose in the world and in the church.
2. The Holy Scripture in its entirety is inspired by God’s Spirit through human authors and constitutes the revelation of God’s truth to humanity. It is wholly true and trustworthy in all that it affirms. Whatever the Bible, rightly interpreted, is found to teach, we are bound to believe and obey. It is our supreme authority in every matter of belief and conduct.
3. All human beings are created in God’s own image and therefore have inherent value and equality before God. Human sin and guilt since the fall have rendered us subject to God’s wrath and condemnation and have resulted in our alienation from God’s life, suppression of God’s truth and hostility to God’s law. God’s love desires all to come to repentance and to be reconciled rather than condemned.
4. Salvation from the guilt, penalty and all other consequences of sin has been achieved solely through the work of Jesus Christ – his perfect obedience, substitutionary death, bodily resurrection and exaltation as Lord. Jesus alone is truly God and truly human, the only mediator between God and humanity. There is salvation through no other person, creed, process or power. Each sinner is justified before God and reconciled to God only by divine grace appropriated by faith alone.
5. The work of the Holy Spirit is necessary for the person’s new birth and growth to maturity. The Holy Spirit empowers and indwells the church, enabling its constant renewal in truth, wisdom, faith, holiness, love, ministry, power and mission.
6. There is one, holy, universal and apostolic church, which is the Body of Christ, and to which all true believers belong. The church’s calling is to worship God forever and to serve God in the world.
7. As the Father sent the Son into the world, so the Lord Jesus Christ sends his church to participate in God’s mission by words and works. The church is called: to make Christ known; to proclaim God’s truth and the gospel of God’s grace; to make disciples among all nations; to exhibit God’s character through compassionate care for the needy; to demonstrate the reality of God’s kingdom through creative and sacrificial living, the community of love, the quest for righteousness, justice and peace, and the care of God’s creation.
8. As the Lord Jesus ascended to his Father, so he will return personally, visibly and in glory. He will raise the dead and bring salvation and judgment to final completion. God will then fully establish his Kingdom and finish the new creation - a new heaven and a new earth from which all evil and evildoers, all suffering and death, will be excluded and in which God will be glorified forever.
As is clear from the above, the Greek Bible College is part of the tradition of the historic dogmas drawn up during the first centuries of the ecumenical Christian Church as these are expressed in the Nicene Creed.
The College belongs to the Evangelical tradition, but no particular system of theology dominates the class teaching. The Evangelical faith is taught in an environment of academic freedom on the basis of tolerance and respect for the views of every student and teacher and their respective denominations.
Controversial issues are handled with an appreciation of different views held by various believers. Extreme positions or emphases which cause divisions among students and teachers are avoided. Theological dialogue is encouraged only if it promotes and cultivates true unity among believers in Christ and is conducted with peaceful motives in order to edify; not dismiss or exclude.
The College trains students in biblical or theological subjects to serve the church and Christian ministry both in Greece and rest of the world. Our confession is in line with that of most interdisciplinary Bible Colleges around the world.