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NYACK College

NYACK College

NYACK College

Introduction

Our Mission

Nyack College, a Christian and Missionary Alliance educational institution, through its undergraduate, graduate and seminary programs, pursues its historic mission of preparing men and women to “take the whole Gospel to the whole world.”

Core Values

Nyack seeks to exalt Jesus Christ and fulfill its mission by being:

Academically Excellent
The academic excellence of Nyack has been recognized by the Middle States Commission on Accreditation, The New York State Department of Education, and The Association of Theological Schools.

Globally Engaged
We live in a world that demands engagement from all of its citizens. Nyack will meet these 21st-century challenges with a commitment that for us dates back to the 19th century.

Intentionally Diverse
Nyack is the most ethnically diverse Christian College in the history of American higher education. We celebrate this as an important part of both our effectiveness and our identity.

Personally Transforming
This transformation is what occurs when students encounter Jesus Himself on our campus and abandon their citizenship of a self-centered, materialistic world in favor of becoming citizens of the Kingdom of heaven.

Socially Relevant
Nyack graduates do more than take the words of Jesus to those who have never heard. Our graduates take the love of Jesus to those who have not known love.

A Little History

Over one hundred and thirty years ago, God ignited an overwhelming love for people of every race and tongue in the heart of a Canadian named A.B. Simpson. In those days, Simpson was pastor of a large and affluent church in Manhattan. In response to what God was doing in his own life, Simpson urged his congregants to reach out to the immigrants who were pouring into the city. He even went so far as to bring the poor and the downtrodden into his church. When he began to do this, many in the church were less than pleased.

So in a Sunday morning sermon in 1882, Simpson declared, “I am not interested in being a respectable Christian.” He left the church and began a new venture in which his burning desire to serve all people could be satisfied. He left his church to start a school in which people would be trained to take the Good News of God’s love wherever this news needed to be heard.

That school today is known as Nyack College.

Since its inception on the back of a Broadway stage in 1882, Nyack College has grown to become an institution of over 2,500 students pursuing a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate degrees on multiple campuses. At the heart of it all, is a burning commitment to bring the good news of God’s love wherever this news needed to be heard.

A.B. Simpson described this commitment as taking “the whole gospel” to “the whole world.” Today, as Nyack College serves students who represent “the whole world,” the result is a diverse and vibrant community unlike any other in higher education.

Campus Features

Welcome to Nyack College

You live in the city that never sleeps, so take classes that fit your schedule. We have day, evening, weekend, and online course options as part of our undergraduate, graduate, and seminary programs. With all that New York City has to offer you, why wouldn’t you pursue your degree here too? Brush shoulders with artists, actors, and advocates. Whatever your field of interest, you’ll have easy access to industry influencers and innovators.

Like Manhattan, Nyack’s recently renovated building has a lot to offer you: an extensive library, state-of-the-art classrooms and science laboratories, a music composition lab, a rehearsal studio, a writing lab, and a group counseling observation space. In addition, Nyack’s campus is located in the center of Manhattan’s financial district and boasts beautiful views of Battery Park and the Hudson River.

At Nyack, you’ll have access to a comprehensive list of course offerings and accomplished professors who care equally about your intellectual and spiritual growth. Plus, everything New York City has to offer (fantastic food, art, and entertainment) will be right outside your door. Come see what Nyack has to offer you. Visit us today!

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    Locations

    • New York

      2 Washington Street, 10004, New York

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