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Guiding Statements

Principia Purpose

The primary Purpose of The Principia is to serve the Cause of Christian Science.

College Operational Mission Statement

Principia College exists to provide a rigorous education in service to the Cause of Christian Science. We stand out by recognizing the whole and unique person in each student. Our mission is to cultivate collaborative creative thinkers and doers who are prepared to seek and find healing solutions. We envision a future in which humanity will behold a more fair, peaceful, and abundant world.

Principia-wide Belonging and Mattering Statement

Love in Action

With Christian Science as our foundation, we view every member of the Principia community as the unlimited image and likeness of God (Gen. 1:26). We seek to elevate humanity by fostering, nurturing, and inspiring individual and collective spiritual growth.

Diversity in perspectives, experiences, and how people uniquely express themselves strengthens our community. Principia strives to provide its community members with equitable access to all opportunities and resources. We support and respect individual healthcare choices without judgment.

We commit to respectful engagement with one another and will work to remove prejudice and misunderstanding. We are a community based on prayer, integrity, respect, trust, and love. Together, we foster and sustain inclusive learning, living, and working environments where everyone feels they belong and are valued.

Values Statements

1. Principians respect that the Principia community and educational experience are rooted in and will openly reflect the beliefs and values of Christian Science.

Reference Points:

What is Christian Science?” at christianscience.com

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2. Principians strive to reflect the qualities of God’s unconditional love for all people.

Reference Points:

“God is Love” (I John 4:8).

Principia-wide Belonging and Mattering Statement

3. Principians are committed to seeing everyone as the unlimited image and likeness of God.

Reference Points:

Principia-wide Belonging and Mattering Statement: “With Christian Science as our foundation, we view every member of the Principia community as the unlimited image and likeness of God” (Genesis 1:26).

College Academic Vision Statement

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4. Principians see Christ Jesus as a role model for compassionate, selfless service and bringing healing to humanity.

Reference Points:

“Blessed is that man who seeth his brother’s need and supplieth it, seeking his own in another’s good” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 518).

“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets” (Matthew 7:12).

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5. Principians are receptive to spiritual growth.

Reference Points:

Principia-wide Belonging and Mattering Statement: “We seek to elevate humanity by fostering, nurturing, and inspiring individual and collective spiritual growth.”

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6. Principians know that prayer matters.

Reference Points:

“And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive” (Matthew 21:22).

“The prayer that reforms the sinner and heals the sick is an absolute faith that all things are possible to God, — a spiritual understanding of Him, an unselfed love” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 1).

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7. Principians are challenged and supported to develop their character through all facets of Principia’s whole person approach to education.

Reference Points:

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8. Principians support that Principia campuses and activities are dry, safe, and uplifting environments.

Reference Point:

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For more information about Principia, see Principia's Purpose and Policies.