Vision, Mission and Values

Our Vision

EMU envisions a learning community marked by academic excellence, creative process, professional competence, and passionate Christian faith, offering healing and hope in our diverse world. To this end, we commit ourselves to

do justice,
love mercy, and
walk humbly with God.

Our Mission

EMU educates students to live in a global context. Our Anabaptist Christian community challenges students to pursue their life calling through scholarly inquiry, artistic creation, guided practice, and life-changing cross-cultural encounter. We invite each person to experience Christ and follow His call to

witness faithfully,
serve compassionately, and
walk boldly in the way of nonviolence and peace.

Our Shared Values

EMU instills the enduring values of our Anabaptist tradition in each generation:

Christian discipleship,
community,
service and
peacebuilding.