The purpose of Christian education is to equip and train the students for service by "teaching them to obey everything I (Jesus) have commanded you." Matthew 28:18-20. Since Christ is the center of the Christian life, our education is concerned with the process of character development toward Christ-likeness. It is the task of Christian education to aid in training God's people for the work of His ministry. We believe firmly that "In Christ are hidden all the riches of wisdom and knowledge." (Colossians2:3)

We acknowledge that the Bible is the infallible Word of God and has authority to guide us in our pursuit of truth and in the instruction of the children entrusted to us. We teach our students that no area of life can be separated from God, and that no fact can be understood apart from God's revelation We have developed an approach to education based on the development of Jesus described in Luke 2:52: "And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature; and in favor with God and man."

Our vision has the following key aspects:

• To support and to build functional Christian families. Malachi 4:1-6, "turning the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of the children to the fathers."
  
• To use the Bible as the main textbook. All other material, resources, and techniques must be viewed in Its light.
  
• To be a distinct model of Christian Education involving home, school and church.
  
• To minister to all children of the Body of Christ in the greater West Cobb area.
  
• To provide a Christ-centered education ministering to the whole child.
  
• To recognize the students, not just as "children in the Body of Christ," but as present members and future leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ.
  
• To provide curriculum and grade placement based upon the child's developmental level, not upon standards of age or "curriculum expectations."
  
• To function as an integral part of the teaching ministry of the church. We can only operate successfully within the Biblical framework of God's authority in the church and family.
  
• To serve the community by participating in their events.
  
• To spiritually and academically equip our students to be a "light in today's darkness."

Posted July 7, 2006