California Baptist University is a private Christian college in Southern California that offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs. California Baptist University believes each person has been created for a purpose. "The primary purpose of this corporation is to conduct regular four-year college courses in education, music, sciences and the liberal arts, and to grant certificates, diplomas and any and all degrees evidencing completion of any course of training, together with any and all honorary degrees and to provide training for Baptist youth and others desiring to be affiliated with Baptist theology and theological instruction and such other instruction as may be needful and advantageous in preparing and qualifying ministers and others for Christian work." (Articles of Incorporation of California Baptist College, 1954 .)