GTC Graduate Profile

The graduate profile is an important tool that will help us evaluate and assess the extent to which we are achieving our vision, and how far we are in accomplishing our mission. These are desired outcomes that we prayerfully and intentionally direct our students toward. Christ said, “… apart from me you can do nothing” (John 15:5), and God said, “… Not by might nor by power, but by my spirit, says the LORD of hosts” (Zechariah 4:6), so as we lay down our graduate profile, we admit that we can only succeed in directing our students toward these desired outcomes in total dependence in Christ and His inexhaustible power.

The graduate profile represents the ideal of what we hope our graduate will look like. Therefore it is not to be used as a legalistic document to pass judgment on individual student. It is not a graduation requirement nor a student self-assessment standard, but a practical way to see and assure that our vision and mission is being accomplished.

The graduate profile will be used by the College in designing relevant, context-conscious, and vision-driven programs. It will assist in developing and evaluating curricula of the different programs offered by the College. The faculty can also use it to prepare materials and design instructional methods that will produce the desired outcomes in our students.

Graduates of GTC will have completed their academic programs with a heart for effective ministry, passion to obey God’s word, and the necessary skills needed to integrate the word of God in all areas of their lives and ministries.

Students will

Explain the content offered in their programs and be ready to apply them in their personal lives and ministries.
Demonstrate a passion to obey God’s word and use it in all areas of life and ministry

Develop critical thinking skills and use the word of God to form logical conclusions and make informed, God-honoring decisions in all areas of life and ministry.

Successfully explain any Bible passage to others individually or in a group discussion.
Demonstrate the organizational skills and discipline necessary for effective ministry within the church and the society.
Demonstrate respect and understanding of local, national, and global societies, and the individual's role to impact them for Christ.

Explain the main events, characters and key teachings in both the Old and New Testaments.
Participate in the mentorship program to learn from the experiences of others and invest in the mentoring of others.
Explain the biblical bases of the various ministries within the Church.

Graduates of GTC will have sound theology rooted in the word of God, saturated by grace, and explained through the lenses of the Reformed faith, confessions, and tradition in a contextualized manner within the context on South Sudan.

Demonstrate a systematic knowledge and theology of the doctrines of grace. (Believe and practice sound doctrine).
Be grace-conscious in all areas of life and ministry.Recognize and practice prayer and a godly lifestyle as effective means of grace for impacting the world for the glory of God.
Demonstrate discernment and wisdom in making decisions while recognizing the need to seek God's direction.
Explain key events in Church history including the 16th century Reformation.Demonstrate awareness of God’s sovereign work in South Sudan and all around the world.
Explain why the prosperity gospel is misleading, unbiblical, and unethical.
Explain and exercise the spiritual disciplines of grace Understand that there is no secret – secular divide, but the whole life is to be surrendered to God to use it wherever, whenever, and however He chooses.
Describe the importance of the church as a covenant community.

This graduate profile is a tool to assess the extent to which we are accomplishing our God-given vision and mission. It is also a desired outcome toward which we direct our students as they “grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ” (2 Peter 3:18). We hope that this graduate profile will be a God-placed burden in the hearts of Board members, faculty members, management team, and students; something that will drive all to depend on God, pray persistently and work hard to have the desired outcomes for the glory and praise of our God.