The goal of BPI community is to live, work, serve, and worship together as a learning and discipling community centered around the Lord Jesus Christ. Our mission is not merely the transmission of information; it is the development of whole and effective Christian leaders who will impact the church and society worldwide. We believe effective Christian leaders are best developed in the context of strong community where healthy relationships are developed and deepened. Along with the privileges and blessings of membership in such a community come responsibilities. Students and staff are expected to take these responsibilities seriously.

Integrity

Integrity is a character trait that is essential for effective leadership. It is the willingness to do what is right even when no one is looking. A person has integrity to the extent that everything he does is based on the same core set of beliefs and values. While values may change, it is a person's consistency in relationships and behavior that determine his integrity. One's inner and private life should be consistent with his spiritual values. Likewise, one's daily and public life at BPI, in the church and beyond, should be consistent with and reflect the values and standards of Christ.

Supportive and challenging environment

Healthy community is characterized by a balance of support and challenge. The challenges are used and change encouraged while, at the same time, the members of the community feel that they are affirmed and their setbacks are not fatal. This gives each member the  freedom to share not just our successes, but also our failures, problems, struggles, and temptations. It is a safe environment where we are not judged but accepted in God's grace and helped to deal with our issues. It is an environment where to learn not just how to succeed but also how to fail.

Purity of life

Purity is the call to pursue holiness in every aspect of thought, motivation and behavior (2 Cor. 7:1; 1 Thess. 4:7; Heb. 12:14; 1 Pet. 1:15-16).  We recognize that we all face temptations related to sex, money and power. We fight this fight together by a willingness to be transparent, supporting and helping each other in every possible way.

Mutual respect

Leaders will often have an important conversation that just can't be interrupted, or a phone call that needs to be made. However, for the sake of our community, and out of respect for each other and those who have put in the effort to prepare for the session, we should strive to come on time. We must break the habit of feeling that we don't need what God is giving us through the worship or prayer time, or through whatever sharing might be happening at the beginning of each session. We also don't want to give priority to those that come late by waiting to start our sessions when they get there. Out of respect for those who come on time, we will start our sessions on time. Mutual respect for each other contributes to a healthy growth environment.

Service

We want to make sure that the students and staff do not get everything handed to them. We want everyone to go out with a servant's attitude, so we want to create space in the program for everyone to contribute (cleaning up after themselves, raising funds for ministry trips, etc.) Every way we contribute lowers the expectation that I deserve more and more and more... Serving each other and giving will always lead to greater freedom (Gal. 5:13)!

Responsibility for learning

Because we are in a ‘Christian' community we tend to feel that we should always express ‘grace' one to another. However, the attitude of letting assignments wait until the last minute most likely reflects an area of character that God needs to transform. Growth in this area will make us more effective ministers of His gospel. At the least, these types of habits contribute to lack of peace and high stress levels.  We should challenge ourselves during this season of life toward allowing God to transform this area of our lives. Communities of people ‘beating their bodies' and ‘not running aimlessly' (1 Cor. 9: 26-27) are a great place to grow!

Healthy talk

It is a lot of fun living in a community of people in the same season of life and with the same ministry focus. However, if we are not careful unhealthy talk and sarcasm can subtly become a poison for our community and spiritual growth. Sarcasm becomes more natural as we become more like a family, but undermines trust and openness in our relationships. This in turn hinders the growth that God wants to bring about in us, as we love one another. Healthy humor and love for each other is a part of a healthy growth environment (Eph 4:29, James 3:1-12).

Humility

Pride and selfishness can show themselves in many ways, and will also poison the spiritual environment. Not mutually serving each other; viewing what God is doing as "our work" or an affirmation of our greatness; not submitting to authority; all of these postures are subtle forms of pride and selfishness, and deeply affect the environment in which the Holy Spirit can work. Humbly receiving and acknowledging what God has done and is doing will always lead to deeper transformation (1 Peter 5: 5-7).

Healthy conflict resolution

Healthy community can be maintained only when conflict resolution is done in a healthy way.  Conflict resolution is the process of resolving disputes, misunderstanding or conflicts. Successful conflict resolution occurs by listening to and providing opportunities to meet the needs of all parties, and adequately addressing interests so that each party is satisfied with the outcome. Each party should take responsibility in recognizing and expressing his needs, as well as, taking responsibility for his anger. When conflict arises among community members, we must be ready to resolve it as well and as quickly as possible and in obedience to the Lord. We must be ready to ask for forgiveness as well as grant it. Together we are committed to solving conflicts in our midst as well as to learning how to do it best.  (Eph. 4:29-32)

Commitment to excellence

Excellence refers to the expectations that we hold for ourselves and our efforts. It reflects a passion toward continuous quality improvement. Conversely, mediocrity, or the attitude of "it is good enough", is the enemy of success in ministry. We must not be satisfied with mediocrity, but pursue excellence in all things.  Our pursuit of excellence must not be motivated by pride but by a desire to do all things for God's glory. He cares about our work and wants to be involved in everything we do. We will do our best for and before God, with the time and resources available. God deserves our best in everything from sweeping classrooms to preaching on Sunday. Striving for excellence is not about emphasizing performance nor perfection. We strive for it, but recognize that at times we and others will fail; then we are ready to give grace to ourselves and others.  (1 Cor. 10:31)

Confidentiality of personal information

Personal information, especially struggles and issues of a student, shared in class or BPI community will remain confidential within the group in which they were shared. Personal information shared with staff will be considered confidential unless it has implications for student's family and/or ministry life.