Missouri Baptist University is an evangelical Christian, liberal arts institution that follows the heritage of historic Christianity as revealed in the Christian Scriptures and affirmed in the Nicene Creed and Apostles’ Creed. The University is affiliated with the Missouri Baptist Convention, a network of  1,800 independent Southern Baptist churches that work together to carry out the Great Commission. The Missouri Baptist Convention is affiliated with the national Southern Baptist Convention (SBC), which holds to the Baptist Faith & Message (2000) as its statement of faith.