Mission & Vision
"Expect great things from God;
Attempt great things for God."
Our Vision
William Carey University is a community of learners which seeks to blend faith and learning with living. Within this unique nurturing and challenging environment, students prepare to fulfill their diverse callings in the larger global community.
Our Mission
William Carey University provides a quality education challenging students to excel in scholarship, leadership, and service in a caring community rooted in Christian values and its Baptist namesake.
Our Core Values
- Stewardship as a response to the gifts of Providence
- Social responsibility as an expression of love
- Academic excellence as the measure of striving
- Faith in God as the basis for all values
- Charity and grace for those unlike ourselves
- The search for truth, which we believe derives from God;
we believe that the search for truth is a search for God - Administrators, faculty, and staff as models of Christian character
Theme Verse
Each year William Carey University chooses an annual theme that is designed to provide an idea for us to focus on and to unify the campus. The theme for 2025-26 comes from Matthew 23:11
"Called to Serve."
Just two months before his death in 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech entitled “The Drum Major Instinct.” In the speech, Dr. King stated, “If you want to be great—wonderful. But recognize that he who is greatest among you shall be your servant. That's a new definition of greatness. By giving that definition of greatness, it means that everybody can be great because everybody can serve…. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. And you can be that servant.”
Dr. King's words echo Jesus’ own words in Matthew 23:11. They remind us that greatness is not about accumulating accolades or possessions but that true greatness is found in loving and serving others. As a Christian university, we want to honor Jesus by continuing His mission to love and serve everyone we meet. This year we want to live out the truth that we are called to serve.