Strategic Plan
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Appalachian Bible College is committed to intentional strategic planning known as “Our Path for Servants” (OPS) as we pursue our mission.
Vision Statement
The vision of Appalachian Bible College is to be a quality fundamental ministry of Biblical higher education by:
- Training students through a truth-driven curriculum and transformative co-curriculum that prepares Christlike servants who are skilled in interpreting, obeying, and proclaiming God’s Word for the global spread of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ and the strengthening of His Church.
- Impacting the Church with Christ-centered ministries, which challenge people through God’s Word to wholly follow Christ.
Our Path For Servants (OPS)
The design for our OPS has been outlined with the following planning cycle adopted by our Board of Directors and implemented by the Planning Committee of ABC as directed by the Board.
Assess
Each division assesses their effectiveness in fulfilling our mission and achieving our vision through their area of responsibility. From this review a report will be composed noting specific deficiencies.
Prioritize
The Planning Committee compiles the reports from each division and prioritizes the deficiencies from this list. It will determine which ones to address as Strategic Initiatives for the coming year. Those not selected will be maintained for future consideration.
Adopt
The Board of Directors will review and approve the proposed Strategic Initiatives.
Organize
The Planning Committee will select appropriate persons to develop action plans to accomplish the initiatives.
Implement
Progress reports for each of the Strategic Initiative Action Plans will be provided to the Planning Committee and the Board of Directors.
Evaluate
Evaluate the effectiveness of the strategic initiative action plans.
Current Strategic Initiatives
The following Strategic Initiatives were adopted by the Board of Directors (April 2023) for our 2023-2024 OPS planning year. The Administrative Committee serves as the Planning Committee for the College. Under the Planning Committee, specific subcommittee units have been established for the purpose of developing strategies to accomplish the initiatives. Various staff members have been assigned to serve on these subcommittees being led by specific members of the Planning Committee.
- Continue to develop relationships and connections with churches through our “Church Partnership Plan” by intentionally offering resources and ministries to them, and by actively seeking to increase their in-person presence on our campus.
- Evaluate, prioritize, and implement a facility-wide improvement plan for selected areas of campus particularly used by our students and Alpine guests.
- Improve campus security by implementing campus-wide monitoring, comprehensive facility and campus access control, and reviewing of emergency protocols and training in order to provide a safer and more secure environment for our campus family and guests.
- Analyze and evaluate our processes of developing Christian character in our students.
