The purpose of this program is pretty simple. We focus on 3 main objectives which are to help people ground themselves in their faith in Jesus, allow people to experience and see the world in a new way, and to help students figure out what God is asking them to do with the rest of their lives! Everything we do is designed and done with the hope that God will be able to speak to you so that you actually hear and understand what He is saying. His Word. His Heart. His Mission.

- Students who want to deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ and try some college-level academic study.
- Students who can handle longs days of travel in vans and on planes to do anywhere from 10 days to five weeks of ministry.
- Students that are able to dedicate a year to reflect and discern the leading of God for what's next in their lives.

Each person in the Pursue program will have opportunity to be pushed in gifts that they have including public speaking/preaching, leading games and small groups, leading worship and music, working with children and youth, as well as working with New Comers to Canada. So if you are musical and can sing well, there is opportunity to lead worship, and be developed more in that as well!

Vancouver – Working with homeless, drug/alcohol addicts to share Jesus with them and literally give hope to the hopeless on the streets of the inner city in Vancouver (East Hastings is the poorest postal code in Canada). We partner with lots of organizations that have feeding programs, and other organizations that help the people by giving clothes, showers, and places to sleep.

Overseas – Where we go exactly will depend on how many students are in Pursue, but people will be on teams of approximately 4-6 people and will go to 1 country for 4 weeks to work with Global Workers on field, and help in their ministry. You will have possible opportunities to work with children, feeding programs, church ministries, local outreaches and gatherings, and a variety of other programming that we will prepare in Canada prior to going on field.

Local Ministry – We will be partnering with a variety of ministries and non-profits in Edmonton that work with New Comers to Canada, homeless in Edmonton, and other Local Church ministries. The goal is to help expose people to a variety of ministries, as well as working in teams, and developing community all while trying to further the Kingdom of God in Edmonton.

17 credits from the Pursue program will transfer into a certificate, diploma or degree at Vanguard College.

No, we do not have dorms.  Instead, we have student housing.  These are houses within walking distance to our campus that are leased to first-year students.

It’s pretty simple, to ground yourself in Jesus. There is no better investment and no better way to spend your time and resources than growing and deepening your faith in Christ. You will never regret taking a year to learn more about the Bible, as well as see and experience a different country and way of living!