Statement of Faith

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  Statement of Faith              

ALL TRUTH IS FROM GOD

Such faith motivated the founding and maintaining of our Christian schools in the Western Michigan area. Our commitment has always been to God and His Word. We realize that all learning must be brought under His authority. We do not imitate that which the world considers to be wise and good. The world's view of truth is subjective and shifting; secular knowledge is fragmented and in­complete. Therefore, we seek truth and direction in the light of God's eternal truth and purpose. We understand that knowledge must be interpreted in the light of God's eternal truth and purpose. Through God's revelation we understand the origin, the design, and the ultimate destiny of life. For there is but one God, the Father, and there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we live.  I Corinthians 8:6

CHRIST IS LORD OF ALL LIFE

In establishing and maintaining Christian schools, we realize the difficult nature of life and learning in a broken and corrupted world. We are aware that goodness, excellence, and progress are possible only through hard work, discipline and self sacrifice. Our students must understand that God-honoring choices for our world and society will be opposed because of the tension between good and evil in the world.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.  Ephesians 6:12

FAITH-FOUNDED EDUCATION

Christian schools exist apart from public education because the Christian community, in obedience to God, is obligated to transmit the Christian faith to its children. We desire a total life commitment as our faith-response to Christ. No educational activities are neutral; all are faith-founded. Therefore our convictions become evident in our teaching:

•    In history, particularly our conviction that history is not cyclical, mysterious, or fatalistic, but has a created beginning, a redemptive purpose, and a judicious end.

•    In science, particularly our understanding of the divine origin (Creation) as well as the composition, care and laws that govern the universe ( Providence ).

•    In literature and language arts, particularly in our expression and interpretation of the human condition and our development of the use of language as a gift of God.

•    In mathematics, in which principles and theorems are seen more as discovery than invention, and where order and precision are viewed as representative of the order and precision God placed in creation.

•    In technology, art, physical education, and music where work and play are seen as a part of creation (redemptive) rather than part of the fall (drudgery).

We go forward with the firm conviction that the education of our children must be conducted within the context of our religious faith and commitment. Each of our students must learn that true progress in the world is to be measured not by fame or prosperity but in building the City of God where goodness, justice, righteousness and peace prevail. We pray with Moses:  May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish the work of our hands for us—yes, establish the work of our hands.  Psalm 90:17