Discover Your Place at Belmont

Belmont University has been a Christ-centered institution since 1890. Our Christian identity shapes our academic mission, guides our community values and informs how we serve Nashville and the world.

This page explains what it means to be a Christian university at Belmont — both our institutional commitments and how faith comes alive in the daily experience of students, faculty and staff.

Christ-Centered Identity Statement

The mission of Belmont University is grounded in these convictions:

Belmont’s Foundational Beliefs

Belmont University stands in continuity with Christians throughout history who affirm Jesus as the Christ and as the measure of all things.

• Christ at the center. Jesus Christ is Lord. As fully God and fully human, he is the one through whom all things were made, in whom all things hold together and through whom all things are reconciled to God. Having overcome sin and death, Christ offers forgiveness and new life to everyone (Philippians 2:11; John 1:1-3; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, Colossians 1:15-17, 19-20).
• One Triune God. There is one God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—the source of all truth, goodness and beauty. Through the Holy Spirit-inspired Scriptures, the triune God illuminates, forms and calls us ever deeper into the truth revealed in Jesus Christ (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14).
• Hope that endures. Jesus Christ is our hope, and he is “making all things new.” His resurrection from the dead is an abiding challenge to cynicism and despair. The assurance that God is at work in the world helps us move from fear and anxiety to eager expectation of God's promised future (1 Timothy 1:1; Romans 8:18-25, 1 Peter 1:3-4; Revelation 21:5).

Belmont’s Pursuit of Wisdom

Belmont University affirms that all wisdom and truth comes from God.

• Learning as worship. In seeking truth with wonder and freedom, the Belmont community honors God for the generous gift of wisdom. Scholarship, creativity and inquiry are sacred acts when pursued in the light of God’s revelation (Proverbs 2:6; Colossians 2:3; James 1:5).
• Intellectual humility. Belmont encourages study with reverence and humility, within and across all Colleges and the Belmont campus, knowing that God’s wisdom surpasses every human discipline, culture and generation. The pursuit of truth thrives in collaboration, as work unfolds across fields of study and cultural contexts (Isaiah 55:8-9; Romans 11:33-36).
• Collaboration in pursuit of truth. As an ecumenical Christ-centered university, Belmont encourages each member of the community to learn practices of respectful dialogue and wise discernment and to seek out unlikely friendships with those from different traditions, disciplines, generations and cultures (Romans 12; 1 Corinthians 12; Philippians 2:1-2).

Belmont’s Vision for Community

Belmont University aspires to live as a community that promotes love for God and neighbor:

• All people have dignity. Every human being is made in the image of God and therefore has irrevocable God-given dignity and is worthy of respect. Belmont cherishes the diverse community of believers as a reflection of God’s promised future, where “a great multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language” are gathered before the heavenly throne (Genesis 1: 26-27; Psalm 139: 13-15; Isaiah 61; Revelation 7:9-10; Revelation 21:26).
• Belmont cultivates unity and belonging. Belmont seeks a campus culture where every member is seen, valued and called according to God’s purpose, living together in mutual encouragement and peace (Romans 15:13; Ephesians 2:19-22; 1 Thessalonians 5:11).
• A call to unleash hospitality. Rooted in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus, Belmont strives to welcome everyone—including those of all faiths and those of none—with kindness, respect and care. All members of the community are invited to know they are loved, supported and encouraged to share in the life of the university (Romans 12:13; Hebrews 13:2).

Belmont’s Mission in the World

Belmont University is called to join God’s redemptive work in the world.

• Formed for character and calling. Belmont seeks to form leaders of character who think with wisdom, live with integrity and serve with humility. All members of the community are invited to discern how their gifts can serve a larger purpose, promote human flourishing and glorify God (Micah 6:8; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:1-21; Philippians 1:9-11).
• Equipped to engage a complex world. Seeking guidance from the Holy Spirit, Belmont encourages teaching, artistry, research, practice and service that addresses the world’s most pressing challenges with creativity, courage and compassion (Colossians 3:23-24).
• Hope in action. Belmont calls every member of the community to be agents of hope, working in a fragmented world toward reconciliation, renewal and shalom (Psalm 85:10; Romans 15:13; 2 Corinthians 5:17-20).