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Back to Schools and Universities Berea College To achieve this purpose, Berea College commits itself Originally adopted by the Board of Trustees in 1969; this revised statement adopted by the Board of Trustees of Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
 * [[image:berea-college.jpg width="387" height="306"]] || Berea College, founded by ardent abolitionists and radical reformers, continues today as an educational institution still firmly rooted in its historic purpose “to promote the cause of Christ.” Adherence to the College’s scriptural foundation, “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth,” shapes the College’s culture and programs so that students and staff alike can work toward both personal goals and a vision of a world shaped by Christian values, such as the power of love over hate, human dignity and equality, and peace with justice. This environment frees persons to be active learners, workers, and servers as members of the academic community and as citizens of the world. The Berea experience nurtures intellectual, physical, aesthetic, emotional, and spiritual potentials and with those the power to make meaningful commitments and translate them into action.
 * To provide an educational opportunity primarily for students from Appalachia, black and white, who have great promise and limited economic resources.
 * To provide an education of high quality with a liberal arts foundation and outlook.
 * To stimulate understanding of the Christian faith and its many expressions and to emphasize the Christian ethic and the motive of service to others.
 * To provide for all students through the labor program experiences for learning and serving in community, and to demonstrate that labor, mental and manual, has dignity as well as utility.
 * To assert the kinship of all people and to provide interracial education with a particular emphasis on understanding and equality among blacks and whites.
 * To create a democratic community dedicated to education and equality for women and men.
 * To maintain a residential campus and to encourage in all members of the community a way of life characterized by plain living, pride in labor well done, zest for learning, high personal standards, and concern for the welfare of others.
 * To serve the Appalachian region primarily through education but also by other appropriate services.

April 24, 1993 || Guided by this inclusive Christian message of impartial love, Berea’s founders held fast to their radical vision of a college and a community committed to interracial education, to the Appalachian region, and to the equality of all women and men from all “nations and climes.” This scriptural heritage compelled Berea College to serve all persons regardless of race, creed, color, gender, or class and led the College to draw its students from two immediate constituencies: African-Americans freed by the American Civil War and “loyal” white mountaineers. || Resources: berea.edu blackpast.org
 * [[image:_Berea_College_Class_of_1901.jpg]] || Since its founding in 1855, [|Berea College]’s scriptural foundation, “God has made of one blood all peoples of the earth,” has shaped the institution’s culture and programs. Founder John G. Fee, an ardent abolitionist, asserted that Berea was founded “in the midst of many privations and persecutions to preach and apply a gospel of impartial love…”