Mission & Vision
Pasifika Communities University (PCU) embraces a communities-based learning approach, prioritizing social transformation and self-determined awareness over traditional institutional models.
The PCU Mission
‘To provide for the Pasifika Household of God a ‘whole of life’ integrated education that is regionally and internationally recognized, transformative and communities-based, prophetic and justice-driven, missiological, academic, socially contextual, and ecologically respectful; to celebrate diverse ecumenical, cultural, and faith identities, and their relevance to a vision
of regional stability and self-determination; and to be informed by life-affirming Pasifika philosophies, theologies, and values in an ever-changing environment’
of our students successfully graduate and begin their career development.
Vision
‘Shaping a “whole of life” education for transformation for the Pasifika Household of God to meet the challenges of our time’
Our Objectives
To establish as its core mission the delivery of the churches’ vision of the Pasifika household of God;
To establish and run a University for the advancement and dissemination of knowledge by teaching, consulting, research, and otherwise in providing appropriate levels of education and training responsive to Pasifika peoples, communities, and leaders;
To invest in and promote the “whole of life” vision for transformative education;
To invest in the communities-based model of learning and communities informed research that promote “whole of life” ways of being and self-determined knowing and learning;
To take spirituality with its many dimensions of biblical, theological, ecumenical, and indigenous as its core foundation and driver;
To establish and promote the centrality of Pasifika identities and values in its institutional, academic, and delivery structures that recognizes and protects Pasifika livelihoods and heritage;
To produce a unique type of transformative leadership capable of a justice-driven mission to promote the wellbeing of all dimensions of life in the Pasifika household;
To nurture an educational environment that bridges the gap between the academia and communities, church and society;
To establish and promote contextuality and “pasifika-ness” to be central to its institutional, academic, and delivery structures;
To host an educational platform for Pasifika churches, governments, and communities to work together in partnership for national and regional stability.