The goals of APTS are to:

• 1. Provide an institution of learning for the Assemblies of God, while admitting non-Assemblies of God
• students who are in harmony with the purposes and values of the school.
• 2. Implement a Christ-centered, biblically oriented curriculum that recognizes the Bible as the infallible
• and authoritative rule of faith and conduct.
• 3. Conduct a program designed to enrich the learning experiences of all students and promote their
• effectiveness in ministry, including both those with a strong background in Bible and ministry and those
• with a secular education.
• 4. Provide a program of studies within the Pentecostal tradition of the Assemblies of God, giving
• emphasis to the person and work of the Holy Spirit in life and ministry.
• 5. Establish a curriculum designed to assist students to acquire the knowledge, skills, and attitudes
• necessary for Christian leadership and that also encourages a spirit of inquiry and develops the student’s
• skills in research.
• 6. Maintain an environment, provide activities, and offer guidance conducive to the development of the
• spiritual life and character of students as servants of God.
• 7. Offer specialized ministry programs of continuing education for Christian service.
• 8. Conduct cross-cultural, missiological training in evangelism, church planting and nurturing, and
• community development that is consistent with a spirit of obedience to our Lord’s Great Commission “to
• make disciples of all people” (Matt. 18:19-20).

Doctrinal Statement

APTS subscribes to the Statement of Fundamental Truths of the Assemblies of God. The full statement is found in the APTS constitution. The following is a summary.

We believe:

• The Bible is the inspired Word of God, the infallible rule of faith and conduct for all people.
• There is one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
• In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in
• His vicarious and atoning death, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of
• the Father, and in His personal future return to earth to rule for a thousand years.
• • All humans have sinned and the consequence of that sin is death.
• • The only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the cleansing
• power of the blood of Christ.
• • Regeneration is absolutely essential for personal salvation.
• • By Christ’s atoning death on the cross, healing for the human body is available in answer to
• faith and prayer.
• • The baptism in the Holy Spirit may be received by all believers for effective life and service.
• • The indwelling sanctifying power of the Holy Spirit enables the Christian to live a holy life.
• • In the rapture of the Church at Christ’s return to this earth–this is the blessed and living hope of
• all believers.
• •The bodily resurrection of the saved and the lost leads to everlasting life and to everlasting
• punishment, respectively.