CHRISTIAN EDUCATION - A UNIQUE VISION

We believe that the Lord God, by graciously giving us the Scriptures has revealed to His people ordering principles intensely relevant to education, and mandates man to bring the whole Word of God to bear in all its power upon education, we confess that:

Life

Human life in its entirety is religious, since God created men and women to serve Him everywhere.  This requires us to educate our children for His service.

Bible

The Bible as the written Word of God is the Truth by which the Holy Spirit enlightens our understanding of God, ourselves and the world, and the infallible authority by which He directs and governs all our activities, including the education of our children.

Creation

We can understand the world rightly only in its relation to God, because the world, in its origin, gracious preservation and ultimate restoration is the work of the Triune God, and since the glorification of His Name is its purpose.

Humanity

We were created in the image of God to enjoy covenantal fellowship with our Creator and to each reflect the excellencies of our Maker, and were instructed to exercise dominion over the world in strict and loving obedience to God and to interpret all reality in accordance with His design and law.

Sin

Sin is disobedience of God’s law and that mankind by sinning forsook its office and task, became estranged from God and neighbour, and brought God’s curse upon the creation.  As a result, we have become corrupt in heart and blind to the true meaning of life and repress and misuse the knowledge of God which confronts us in creation and in Scripture.

Jesus Christ

Through our Saviour, Jesus Christ, there is renewal of our educational enterprise because He is the Redeemer of, and the Light and the Way for, our human life in all its range and variety.  Only through Him and the work of His Spirit are we guided in the truth and recommitted to our original calling.

The Kingdom Of God

The Kingdom of God is His present and future, righteous and universal reign through Jesus Christ.  This reign of grace and power makes education possible and meaningful.  In obedience to Christ we submit in every area of life to His commandment to love the Lord with all our heart and mind.

Purpose Of Education

The purpose of Christian education is to direct and guide the child to commit his or her heart to Christ the Truth, to attain to understanding, wisdom and righteousness, to perform his or her competent and responsible service to the Lord in church, state and society.

Marriage

God’s plan for marriage is the union between one man and one woman. Recognizing that breakdowns in God’s plan occasionally take place, we strive to uphold God’s ideal. God’s plan does not sanction or approve of same sex unions.

Parents

God has given parents the responsibility to nurture and educate their children.  Therefore, Christian parents should establish and maintain Christian schools.

The Student

The student, as child, entrusted by God to parents, needs ordering, correction and instruction.  Children of the Christian home share in the promises and demands of the Gospel. Hence they ought to receive Christian education.

The Teacher

Christian teachers, both in obedience to God and in cooperation with parents, have a unique pedagogical responsibility while educating the child in the school.

The Christian School

The Christian school established and controlled by a society of Christian believers, in accordance with legitimate standards and provisions, possesses the freedom to function in education in total and voluntary submission to Christ the King.

Christian Unity

We believe that, based on the directives of I Corinthians 13 and Romans 14, and because of the unique nature of the school as being non-denominational in character: for that reason, doctrinal views which may be divisive (e.g. baptism - by water or Spirit, speaking in tongues) are to be neither promoted nor practiced within the Society at any level.

Christian Behaviour

We believe that the Christian life should be an inner attitude and outward demonstration of total commitment to God.  Such a Spirit-filled life is characterized by loving God with all one's being and loving one's neighbour as oneself, including one's willingness to set aside one's personal freedoms for the sake of those weaker in the faith.  The fruit of the Spirit is the evidence of this life, against which there is no law.  This spiritual life is also in complete conformity with the Scripture.