Real Faith. Real Future.
Arizona Christian University is a community built on a Biblical Worldview—located in the Phoenix Metro, committed to academic excellence, and growing faster than almost any university in America. Here's who we are, what we believe, and where we're headed.
Our Mission
Arizona Christian University provides a biblically-integrated, liberal arts education equipping graduates to serve the Lord Jesus Christ in all aspects of life, as leaders of influence and excellence.
Everything about ACU flows from a few deep commitments. Start anywhere—each page tells part of the same story.
The mission we serve and the commitments that shape everything we do.
Learn More What We BelieveThe Biblical convictions that anchor our community and our classrooms.
Learn More Our DifferenceHow Biblical truth shapes every discipline we teach—and every graduate we send out.
Learn More Our PeopleMeet the team guiding ACU's mission, academics, and momentum.
Learn More A Personal WordA welcome from ACU's president on what makes this community different.
Learn More Our StoryFrom our founding in 1960 to one of America's fastest-growing universities.
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Plenty of universities offer Christian education. ACU integrates a Biblical Worldview into the fabric of every discipline—business, biology, education, music, and everything in between. It isn't an add-on. It's the framework. And the results are measurable.
Research by Dr. George Barna and the Cultural Research Center at ACU
Since 1960
ACU was founded in 1960 with a simple conviction: education is most powerful when it's built on Biblical truth. Six decades later, that conviction is drawing more students than ever—from 38 states and 30 countries—to our campus in Glendale, Arizona.
Read Our HistoryACU is home to the Cultural Research Center—nationally cited research on worldview, faith, and culture, including the annual American Worldview Inventory led by Dr. George Barna.
A campus visit answers questions a website can't. Walk the grounds, sit in on chapel, and picture yourself here.
The best way to understand ACU isn't a webpage—it's a campus visit. Come meet the community, and see what real faith and a real future look like together.