Mission Statement

Our Mission

As the programs of Student Statesmanship Institute have grown, its desired outcomes have remained unchanged:

  • To cultivate desire in young people to discover God's design, purpose, calling and destiny for their lives.
  • To help these young people develop a comprehensive Biblical worldview in order to apply God's eternal truths to every area of life.
  • To impart knowledge as relevant for our everyday world and not just confined to personal spiritual matters.
  • To inspire young people to be Godly leaders in their generation.

SSI has become a catalyst to the home, the school and the church for a whole new way of thinking! Young people are coming to understand that God has a destiny and purpose for their lives.

Is this working?

Feedback from students, parents and teachers tells us that SSI accomplishes its mission! The dynamic classroom sessions, combined with the insight, inspiration and affirmation students receive from interaction with local and State leaders, and a true-to-life mock legislature that becomes the practice field for presenting themselves publicly in a meaningful way, create a unique and memorable experience that no other organization in the United States is providing. SSI dynamically connects with young people and produces a positive and lasting effect in their lives. Students not only learn and have a great time doing it, but the leadership qualities they acquire will stay with them for a lifetime.

"This is the best camp I've ever attended. Thank you for investing in our lives." - Quinn H., SSI Alumnus

Our Core Values

"Core Values" represent those things which will not change about who we are as an organization. They are more enduring than staff, board, programs, services, or facilities. The following core values were developed through a strategic planning process. Each is vital to the mission and identity of Student Statesmanship Institute.

  • Young people are our most important resource, comprising a small part of the current population, yet representing 100% of our future.
  • Each person has a unique God-given purpose that cannot be fulfilled by anyone else.
  • The blessings of liberty, rooted in time-honored Judeo-Christian ideas and principles, are dependent on personal virtue and civic responsibility.
  • Sustaining the vitality of our society depends on the modeling of and transferring of those moral and social ideals to the next generation.
  • The essential qualities of good citizenship, regardless of one's vocation, include an appreciation of and participation in the processes of civil government best developed through hands-on, true-to-life experience.

Our Faith Principles

  • The Bible is the inspired, infallible and authoritative Word of God.
  • There is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
  • The Lord Jesus Christ, the only Son of God and the Savior of all humanity, was conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, lived a sinless life culminating in His vicarious and atoning death through His blood, bodily resurrection, and His ascension to the right hand of the Father. He will come a second time at the end of this age.
  • Regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for salvation, which is by grace, through repentance and faith in what Jesus did on the cross.
  • It is the present ministry of the indwelling Holy Spirit that enables the Christian to live a godly life.
  • There will be a resurrection of both the saved and the lost; those that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and those that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.
  • There is a spiritual unity of all true believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.