Livets Ord Theological Seminary was founded 1994 as a distinctively Christian Seminaryy and was established for the purpose of providing a base for the training of workers in church, school and society.

Foundational to the purpose of Livets Ord Theological Seminary is its commitment to the historic Christian faith, to assist students in their quest for knowledge about their relationship to God, man and the universe. The baccalaureate program of the School of Higher Biblical Studies and Missions seeks to equip students with knowledge of the Bible and the Christian heritage and to lead them to the realization that such knowledge, when properly assimilated and developed, permeates and directs all phases of life. The Seminary offers several theological degree programs, including Bachelor of Arts New Testament Major and Master of Divinity.

- To proclaim the Christian faith in the power of the Holy Spirit
- To defend the evangelical faith 
- To pursue truth in a scholarly and scientific manner
- To counteract and expose distorted information about Israel
- To provide a shield against the onslaught of New Age
- To be a beacon for the truth

- To form students who are Christ-like through education, scholarship, and example, who by faith and integrity of life will expand the Kingdom of God.
- To establish and cultivate, as the foundation for scholarship, the Christian perception of man, which assumes that each individual has an absolute and inviolable value.
- To restore the traditional relationship between scholarship and character development.
- To counteract and expose distorted information about the Christian Church and to provide a shield against the onslaught of New Age and other non-Christian philosophies.