RUNA at a Glance
The RUNA Community
At Redeemers University, you will see individuals from diverse backgrounds united by their faith and shared dedication to positively impacting the world. Our community fosters a sense of closeness and mutual care while providing students with a vast network of peers worldwide. It is our hope that your university experience will be filled with joy, friendship, and transformative educational moments. Throughout your journey at RUNA, our faculty and staff will be here to support you.
The RUNA Story
Redeemers University North America (RUNA), formerly known as Redeemed Christian Church of God North America Seminary, was founded by the Redeemed Christian Church of God in 2012. The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) is a worldwide organization of churches and key ministries. Founded in Nigeria in 1952, RCCG has expanded into various regions, such as the Middle East, South America, Australia, and North America.
Our President
Pastor Shola Awobajo is passionate about identifying and empowering youth and young adults and fostering their development as effective leaders within faith communities and in society at large.
Programs Offered
2
Ordination Tracks
3
Undergraduate Degree
5
Graduation Certificates
4
Graduate Degrees
2
Doctoral Degrees
Core Values
We have five core institutional values to sustain our strategic plan and offer an essential context for the successful execution of RUNA’s mission.
Passion
Our sovereign Lord, Jesus the Christ, has called us individually and collectively to love our God and to love our neighbors as ourselves – above all else. To that end, we, the board, faculty, and staff of RUNA:
Commit to pursuing our work together with the passion that comes from recognizing we are called to our work and relationships by God for purposes beyond our comfort, agendas, or understanding.
a. We place our whole heart and feeling into our work with a holy discontent with things as they are.
b. We commit to long-suffering obedience in the same direction of pursuing new solutions and better ways.
c. We commit to be the best stewards of this work that God has given to us recognizing that God will determine the outcome.
d. While we have opinions about many things, we are going to the stake on the following four values that will determine the way we work together and with students, faculty, donors, partners, the public, and every other stakeholder of RUNA.
Celebrate
Recognizing that every good and perfect gift is from above, we are thankful. We take time to recognize and mark God’s good gifts that come to us personally and in our work together. Because these gifts come to us in both success and failure:
a. We reflect on our work and celebrate ALL that we are learning.
b. We create a workplace that invites “dancing and singing” to the Lord – a place where releasing holy joy is welcome because we know the redemptive power of thankfulness and joy.
Respect
Respect People in all their diversity are gifts made in God’s image and therefore worthy of respect. We show respect by:
a. Being accountable to one another.
b. Giving and receiving praise as well as constructive feedback.
c. Dealing with conflict in a direct manner. d. We honor one another by listening and communicating in an open, patient, and sensitive manner.
e. We encourage and value each person’s input, ideas, and perspectives.
f. We show consideration through clear communications and punctuality.
g. We acknowledge our differences and work together to complement our strengths and weaknesses.
Integrity
Integrity We seek to be an honest reflection of God who became visible in Jesus Christ. The fundamental spirituality of Jesus is submission to the will of God. We therefore:
a. Listen intently for God’s direction and commit without excuse to pursue that path.
b. We pursue truth with grace, holiness with mercy, and justice with compassion.
c. We strive to be authentic in our words, emotions, and actions.
Community
Recognizing the triune God exists forever in community expressed in the church as body and family, we live into that calling.
a. We commit to listen, pray, speak, work, study, suffer, struggle, and do theology together, not solely or in isolation.
b. Our communion is local and global. It includes the saints of the past, “that great cloud of witnesses,” our partners, our teams, our students, and those they serve.
c. We are fully present, accepting one another, giving each other the gift of who we are without imposing personal biases on others.