About
Grounded in Faith
Shaping Leaders, Strengthening Communities
The mission of the Mount Carmel Seminary and College is to form disciples of Jesus Christ for church and community leadership to serve God’s transforming of the world.
To this end we:
- celebrate the presence of the risen Christ in Word and Table;
- welcome into partnership all who seek God’s truth, love, and justice;
- cultivate the virtues, passions, and practices of Christian leadership;
- reflect critically on the sources of Christian understanding in scripture, the traditions of the ecumenical church, cultures, and experience; and
- engage the spiritual and moral issues facing the human community.
- MCSC can be 100% online, with NO RESIDENCY requirements. Complete your degree while ministering at your local church, and without relocating.
- MCSC has simple and straightforward entrance requirements.
- MCSC offers high quality Christian education that is Christ centered, Bible based, and theological balanced and evangelical.
- MCSC programs are academically challenging, practically focused, and spiritually renewing.
- MCSC is approved by MCEMG for Christian Counseling degrees
Mount Carmel Seminary and College is governed by a diversified Board of Regents comprised of members representing the academic and professional community. MCSC enrolls students who are completing their degree programs through various innovative distance education learning formats and delivery systems.
The school offers distance education courses, online courses, regional seminars in the United States and campus courses. Mount Carmel Seminary and College is committed to maintaining a community of faculty, staff, and students, which recognizes the inherent dignity and worth of each human individual as being in the image of God. We desire that all Christians should develop and nurture a racially, socially, and denominationally diverse community, even as the early church was diverse. MCSC also accepts the responsibility of being a positive example as we prepare men and women who will make beneficial social changes to society, the church, and the world.
We admit students of either gender, all races, and any national or ethnic origin, to all rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded to students. In the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, grants, and programs, Mount Carmel Seminary and College does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, color, national, or ethnic origin.
Our Campus
Since the Mount Carmel Seminary and College spark of conception in 2016 to this present moment, we have 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.
Our campus and administration offices are located in the beautiful city of New Bern, North Carolina. We are the Seminary with the spiritual vision, and it is our prayer that you will join our lovely college.
MCSC is psychically located at 310 Craven Street, Suite 10, New Bern, North Carolina where our students utilize materials in-house.
Our Mission Statement
To commit and maintain excellence in academic programs that foster intellectual enhancement. Additionally, stressing character development, which includes religious, cultural, social and ethical values.
What We Do
We equip men and women . . .
Our academic opportunities include theoretical and applied studies designed to prepare both men and women for the chosen career path
with a Christian worldview . . .
Our academic studies involve learning and utilizing Bible-based Christian theological beliefs and practices in the analysis of course subject matter
of leadership and service . . .
Our academic programs prepare adult learners for a variety of roles and responsibilities ranging from the level of the volunteer through that of a career professional
in life, work, and ministry . . .
Our academic studies apply learning to personal, interpersonal, family, social, career, and Christian service contexts
through distance education . . .
Our academic opportunities allow self-directed learners to study when and where it is convenient
that encourages professional excellence . . .
Our academic programs promote the development of best practices in the performance of the duties and responsibilities of the chosen career path
and academic excellence …
Our academic studies emphasize scholarly analysis and quality performance in the completion of learning activities and assessments.
Mission, Objectives and Outcomes
Our mission objectives reflect what MCSC seeks to foster and develop through distance learning. Our mission outcomes reflect what a student will be learning to do, and ultimately what a graduate will be equipped to do. They flow out of the mission statement, and affirm the articles of faith as they are accomplished.
Foster a Christian Worldview in Attitudes and Values (Heart)
Our graduates will be able to articulate a biblically-based Christian worldview of the subject area of study through the informed perspectives they express in their academic activities.
A biblically-based Christian worldview emphasizes the interpretation of personal and cultural beliefs and practices through the lens of Scripture apart from the theological positions of any one Christian denomination. An informed perspective is one that explores and utilizes precedent literature to compare and contrast the attitudes and values in one worldview with those of another.
Foster Spiritual Formation and Whole Person Development (Soul)
Our graduates will be able to identify best practices that contribute to personal growth and spiritual formation through self-assessment and peer evaluation.
Best practices are sustainable actions and conditions that a person has experienced as making a long-term and positive impact on their whole person development. Through self-assessment a person evaluates their formation and development, which guides them in identifying their best practices. Through peer evaluation a person receives external feedback, which help refines self-assessment.
Develop Subject Area Knowledge and Understanding (Mind)
Our graduates will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of the subject area of study through critical reflection of scholarly resources.
Knowledge and understanding involve the ability to recall factual and abstract information, and to utilize that information correctly and as appropriate to the context. Critical reflection evaluates those facts, abstractions, and applications through the lens of a biblically-based Christian worldview and the objective analysis of authoritative resources.
Develop Subject Area Applications and Skills (Strength)
Our graduates will be able to demonstrate skills in the subject area of study through well-reasoned applications and evaluations deployed in life, work, and ministry.
What We Believe
Articles of Faith
The Mount Carmel Seminary and College is a Christian institution that affirms the articles of faith found in three historic creeds of the early Church: The Apostles’ Creed, The Nicene Creed, and The Athanasian Creed. In particular we affirm:
The Inspiration and Authority of the Scriptures
The Existence of One God in Three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
The Creation of the Human Race in the Image of God
The Fall and Resultant Human Depravity
The Deity of Christ, His Incarnation, Atoning Death, and Resurrection
Salvation by the Grace of God Through Faith by the Power of the Holy Spirit
One Holy Christian Church, the Body of Christ
The Second Coming of Jesus Christ and the Consummation of All Things
The Gift of Everlasting Life in Heaven, With Christ, for All Who Have Trusted in Him for Salvation.
Founder and President, Mount Carmel Seminary and College
Archbishop Dr. Ronald R. Mayo Sr. is the visionary leader who founded Mount Carmel Seminary and College in 2016, building it from the ground up. With a steadfast commitment to education and faith, he has served as President of Mount Carmel Seminary and College since 2016, located in New Bern, North Carolina USA. Dedicating his career to shaping future Christian leaders through accredited theological education. Archbishop Dr. Ronald R. Mayo, Sr. is a native of Harlem, New York. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Biblical Studies and a Master of Divinity degree from Norfolk Seminary & College in Virginia. He earned a PhD in Divinity from the College of Metaphysical Theology in Minnesota. He also has Post Doctrinal Fellowship Degrees in Counseling, Psychology and Theology.
Milestones in a long and dedicated career of service include:
-Founder and Senior Pastor of Mount Carmel Worship Center, New Bern, North Carolina 1997
-President and Dean of the United American Free Will Baptist Bible College and Graduate School of Theology in Kinston, North Carolina. 2006
-Presiding Prelate of Mount Carmel Global Assembly Incorporated a 501c (3) non-profit Organization founded in Havelock, North Carolina. 2010
-Chief Executive Officer for the Mount Carmel Education Management Group Incorporated a 501c (3) non-profit organization founded in New Bern, North Carolina. 2008
-Nominated College President of the year in the Presidential Who’s Who among Business and Professional Achievers. 2012
-Recipient of Honorary Doctor of Humane Letter Degree from the International Circle of Faith College & Seminary, Washington DC. 2008
-Recipient of Honorary Doctor of Divinity Degree from Freedom Bible College and Seminary, Rogers, Arkansas. 2006
-Recipient of The President’s Lifetime Achievement Award and President’s Gold Volunteer Service Award both from President Joseph R Biden, Jr. 2023
-Recipient of a “Congressional Proclamation” from Congressman G. K. Butterfield of the First Congressional District of North Carolina. 2008
-Recipient of the State of North Carolina’s “Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award” Presented by Governor Mike Easley. 2008
-Recipient of the “Mayor’s Proclamation” and the “Mayor’s Citizen’s Medal”, City of Kinston, North Carolina. 2008
-Recipient of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People “Community Achievement Award” & the “District 15 Directors Award.” 2008
-Recording Artist with Six Mile Records of Charleston, South Carolina and released his first CD entitled, “Here Am I; Send Me.” Which received the Gold Record Sales award. 1999
-Founded the “Faith In Motion”, Television Ministry, New Bern, North Carolina. 2000
-Established United American Free Will Baptist Bible College extension site in Cameroon, Africa. 2011
-Signed by Fifth Sun Records of Goldsboro, North Carolina for the release of his second CD entitled “Have You Made A Decision?” 2015
-Contracted by President of November Entertainment of Goldsboro, North Carolina for the immediate release of his “Faith in Motion” television program onto OVNTV.COM, Channel 21, Tree of Life — TV Daily Web Broadcast. 2015
-Author of the Christian Relationship Book entitled "A Husband's Guide To Staying Married" 2013
-Author of “Healing From Church Hurt” 2017
-Retired combat veteran of the United States Marine Corps after serving for twenty- two years. 2002
-He was honorably discharged at the rank of Master Sergeant. (E-8)
-He is a member of the American Legion, and Disabled American Veteran (DAV)
-Lifetime member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP).
Archbishop Dr. Ronald R. Mayo, Sr. is married to his wife of thirty-eight years the former Ms. Connie G. White, daughter of Mr. Leslie and Pastor Shirley White of New Bern, North Carolina. They are blessed with seven children. They also have twelve grandchildren.
Archbishop Dr. Ronald R. Mayo, Sr. has been given the vision of a ministry that would be an example for the entire world to follow and see what the “Love of Christ” really means and the impact that God’s influence would have on their life’s circumstances. His goal is to live so God can use him to lead God’s people towards a Holy and Spiritual way of life.