ChurchSchoolRevisit.pdf

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1. CHURCH-SCHOOLS REVISITED How a renewed partnership between churches and schools can invigorate sustainable mission cte@betterschoolsonline.com 512.289.1010 Slides available: https://SpeakerDeck.com/ctevans
2. The Historical Premise “Wherever the Cross has been planted, the church and school and hospital have followed.” --D. Bruce Lockerbie (in Building A Better School: Essays on Exemplary Christian School Leadership) @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com
3. The Modern Problem Meanwhile… A discouragingly all-to-common case @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com
4. The Modern Problem Re-Gaining Our Footing In the 21st Century §  Academic and cultural discipleship §  Community for and with Millenials §  Ministry to wide-ranging family needs §  Long-term commitments and planning @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com
5. The Modern Problem Unique School-Ministry Features §  Revenue Source §  Plural Constituencies §  Space @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com
6. The Modern Problem Firmly Embedded Bias Against Church-Schools §  Denominational market share §  Scandalous violations of children’s innocence §  Mistrust of traditional institutions §  Declining church attendance §  Bad breakups @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com
7. The Modern Problem Organizational/Internal Handicaps §  Competition for resources among ministries §  Personality-centered leadership §  Elitist perceptions §  Anti-intellectual theologies §  Pastoral bias based on past experience @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com
8. Seeking New Solutions A Shared Vision for Ministry §  Christian discipleship requires learning §  Schools as evangelizing engines §  “One generation away from death” @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com
9. A Modern Case Study Grace Community §  Church §  School §  Childcare §  Immigrants and refugees §  Racial reconciliation §  Institutional rigor @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com
10. A Modern Case Study Grace First Principles §  Commitment to biblical community §  High trust §  Transparency and spiritual accountability §  Incarnational 24/7 leadership §  Common vision and integrated leadership §  Acknowledgment of core callings and competencies @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com
11. A Modern Case Study Grace Mindsets §  Deferring to the total ministry §  Advocating for the legitimate benefits of Christian schooling §  Appreciating parents’ educational choices §  Embracing the church’s ministry involvement in public education §  HoS as behind the scenes mediator in fellowship §  Cheerleading for all ministries §  Policy-level commitments to Christian school @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com
12. A Modern Case Study Grace Institutional Practicalities §  Largest private school with third highest tuition §  Separate budgets and business models ú  Shared services/efficiencies ú  Overlapping capital needs/resources §  Planning for socio-economic diversity and social justice initiatives §  7-Day use of facilities and resources §  Ministry extension of the entire church enterprise @ChuckBSLLC cte@betterschoolsonline.com