Considering that the training of a servant-leader is a lifelong endeavor and that spiritual growth is a path consisting of various stages and reference points,

L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E. chooses the image of a pilgrimage, from an evangelical perspective, to inspire its training philosophy.

Considering that growth in all things (Ephesians 4.15) does not occur unless truth is in contact with experience, neither when experience remains isolated from truth, but rather it is in the meeting of truth and experience that a holistic, fruitful and coherent life in Christ emerges; and

Considering that the teaching content cannot be separated from its life context,

L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E. promotes training which revolves around the integration of truth and experience in the life of the Christian. Integration is central to all the activities of L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E..

Considering that personal integration of truth and experience needs a framework where the person is accompanied and accountable to others,

L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E. will provide the framework for the student's constant evaluation with regards to character formation, spiritual disciplines and Christian service while at the same time developing in him/her a spirit that, in view of his/her own growth, values and seeks feedback from surrounding brothers and sisters in Christ.

Considering that the adult believer possesses certain notions of truth, varied life experiences, beginnings of integration, and vocational objectives more or less defined; and

Considering that God gives to his children diverse gifts and calls them to varied services; and

Considering that students deserve an education that is as much as possible tailor-made,

L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E. offers each student a formation built upon his/her previously acquired knowledge and experiences, his/her capacities, and his/her personal goals.

Considering that the integration of truth and experience as well as the development of team spirit are particularly the domain of the Holy Spirit; and

Considering that it is God's desire that each one of his servants know the fullness of the Holy Spirit,

L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E., through its trainers, seeks to live out the fullness of the Holy Spirit and invites each and every servant-leader-in-training to experience this fullness.

Considering that the best environment to learn and grow includes elements of team work, accountability and pilgrimage; and

Considering that a group context favours the development of the whole person;

L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E. intentionally opts for cohort learning.

Considering that the local Church is privileged by God as the place to grow in Christ in all things; and

Considering that the best training occurs « in ministry » rather than « in view of ministry »; and

Considering that Churches as well as IBVIE need to continually grow in their own ministry of leadership training; and

Considering that IBVIE values improving its educational ministry by hearing from the local Churches it serves,

L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E. establishes with local Churches a partnership for the training of their leaders and offers these Churches tools to assist them in their own training ministry.

Considering that teachers and field supervisors are called to model the school's vision,

L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E. chooses and trains the members of its team in such a way that they demonstrate and live out, before the students, the Institute's vision, in particular with respect to accountability and team spirit.

Considering that the Scriptures, the Word of God, are not only bread for our souls but light for the paths that God calls us to walk in (Psalm 119.105); and

Considering that the Gospel lives within real individuals, and that our students live first within Quebec and secondly within their Church family; and

Considering that there is a continual need for Evangelicals to study Quebec society;

L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E. trains students not only to examine Scripture but also to study (research) the social, cultural and Church context he / her lives.

Considering that this theological school is itself on a pilgrimage; and

Considering that institutional coherence is the sign of the school's own integration of truth and experience; and

Considering that the progress of an institution flows out of constant and systematic evaluation; and

Considering that the faithfulness and success of an equipping ministry is seen only in the servant-leaders it trains,

L'INSTITUT BIBLIQUE V.I.E. evaluates not only each one of its dimensions (trainers, personnel, programs, courses, administration, finances, etc.), but recognizes that in the final analysis, its success is measured only by the quality of its graduates.