It is nothing unusual that the economic expansion of the early 20th century made many American entrepreneurs wealthy. When wealth and success came to George Pepperdine, an alumnus of Parsons Business College in Kansas, it came to man of deep Christian faith and a lifelong member of Churches of Christ.
Pepperdine Mission Statement
Pepperdine University’s Mission Statement: Pepperdine is a Christian university committed to the highest standards of academic excellence and Christian values, where students are strengthened for lives of purpose, service, and leadership.
Pepperdine Vision Statement
Pepperdine University will be a preeminent, global, Christian university, known for the integration of faith and learning, whose graduates lead purposeful lives as servant-minded leaders throughout the world.
Our vision statement declares what we intend to become. George Pepperdine envisioned an institution that would transform students’ lives so that they would, in turn, impact culture.
Pepperdine Values
- That God is
- That God is revealed uniquely in Christ
- That the educational process may not, with impunity, be divorced from the divine process
Sources:
- https://www.pepperdine.edu/about/our-story/strategic-plan/vision-statement.htm