At Hiwassee, students are not required to adhere to a prescribed set of beliefs. However, students—as well as faculty and staff—are expected to study, work and live together in a manner that respects individuals, honors faith, and encourages understanding about the values that are foundations for one’s life.

We believe Christians--and all persons of faith--should take their faith seriously as we live and serve together—on this campus and beyond. Required weekly chapel services, and optional fellowship and Bible study groups provide regular opportunities to gather for worship, celebration and study, as well as to explore who we are called to be and what we are called to do with our lives. Education at Hiwassee includes helping persons prepare for lives of responsible citizenship, service and leadership.

Education is not just training persons for a job. It is supporting individuals as they discover and affirm their vocation, that which they are called to do. We want to provide the environment where that can occur.

• respects and honors religious practice;
• believes faculty and students have the right to explore the place of religious belief and practice, and the intellectual dimensions of Christian faith, in all academic disciplines and co-curricular activities.
• honors and provides the teaching of religion, including appropriate scholarly theological teaching in the Christian tradition, within the curriculum.
• encourages exploring the place of religious belief and practice in society and advocates appropriate recognition of the contributions of religion to public life.
• works to create a community of scholarship and learning which facilitates social justice and personal responsibility.