Since 1890, Whitworth has held fast to its founding mission to "provide an education of mind and heart" through rigorous and open intellectual inquiry guided by dedicated Christian scholars.

While some Christian institutions limit discussion of certain ideas or the influence of secular scholarship, Whitworth University encourages tough questions and a fearless pursuit of truth wherever it is found. And when many secular institutions dismiss the very notion of certainty or moral absolutes, Whitworth upholds a place for objective, capital-T truth.

Whitworth stands out in the higher-education landscape by affirming a grand paradox of intellectual curiosity and Christian conviction as complementary rather than competing values.