Distance Learning School
Founded in 1980, in Lakeland Florida, Whitefield College offers Associate and Bachelor of Arts degree programs in Bible, Education, Philosophy, and Interdisciplinary Studies.
When distance education was frowned upon, or considered to offer a less than effective education, Whitefield offered its students the opportunity to work towards their AA or BA in the privacy and comfort of their own home, or while deployed while serving in our military. Our graduates and former students who have gone on to other colleges will testify to the high academic standards, and the convenience of working on their own schedule, rather than being tied into a fixed college structure.
We are a distinctly Christian college, with each program based on a Bible curriculum that seeks to prepare our graduates with a real-world, relevant understanding of their faith. We teach the doctrines of the Reformation, believing that Gods sovereign will governs all of mankind, and that all of history is the working out of His eternal plan.
Whitefield College offers Christ-centered, home-study programs for students seeking an alternative to the usual college experience. Our courses are specially geared for graduates who intend to teach their own children at home, teach in a Christian school, or prepare for other Christian vocations such as Pastor, Elder, Deacon, counselor etc.
A Whitefield Associate or Bachelor degree is also an excellent preparation for those intending to go on to other professional studies. Our degree programs will prepare you to apply the Christian faith to all aspects of life, to defend your faith, and teach it to others
We are experiencing a crisis in higher education today. The crisis is theological and ethical. Secular institutions (and this includes a large number with a Christian heritage) have rejected, consciously or unconsciously, the absolute truth of the Bible and the sovereign Lordship of Christ Jesus. Secular academe so often delights in turning students received from Christian homes against the faith, and often views Western, Christian culture as an embarrassment and the antithesis of goodness, modernity, and progress.
Tragically, in the “religious” sphere, the situation is not much better despite the valiant efforts of a handful of faithful institutions that carry the banner for their own groups or denominations. Many so-called “Christian colleges” pay homage to the Bible but operate contrary to its direction by maintaining a strict separation between biblical teaching and so-called “secular” disciplines. They may talk of a Christian worldview but fail to define such a view in terms of the only reliable standard–the Word of God–or they promote dogmas which are opposed to the development of a unified biblical perspective.
Furthermore, there has come to be a scarcity of educational institutions strongly committed to the biblical faith of the Reformation and all of its implications. The doctrines of God’s sovereign grace, and all its social consequences have long been neglected as the foundational and fundamental components of true knowledge and wisdom.
Whitefield College is an antidote to what one man called “this poisonous environment.” Our goal is to provide a consistently Reformed alternative to the modern chaotic, ethically devoid educational establishment, full of secularism, liberalism, synthesis, Christian surrender, and ignorance. We trust you will catch our vision and join us in recognizing that quality higher education can be “nontraditional.” Scripture teaches that the Lord Jesus Christ and His Word are the beginning of wisdom; it is our commitment to this truth that makes Whitefield College a school to seriously consider.
We seek to equip our graduates with the skills necessary for them to take their places in the home, Church, or nation, and to bring their godly and mature influence to bear in the sphere God will grant them.
