Defining Your School's Mission - How the Great Commission includes Evangelism and Discipleship When schools leaders deeply contemplate their school's mission, serious questions often arise as to the nature and background of the prospective student and their family. There are schools that serve very well through being an evangelistic ministry, whereas, other schools richly develop the Christian mind by being distinctly covenantal. Yet, many covenantal schools struggle to clearly define just what is a covenant family. Is it merely found with signing an agreement on the bottom of the application indicating token church attendance? Or on the other hand, are covenantal families fully vetted to discern that they truly embrace the Lordship of Christ and the authority of God's revealed Word. Then there are even those schools that would define themselves as modified covenantal. In these schools, you may find that the school requires the family to be sincerely seeking after God and His truth claims. Here a discipleship that serves as a hybrid of evangelism with growth in Christian thought and character would be evidenced. As a final point, there are some schools that have a defined mission of being both evangelistic and covenantal where they by policy admit say 70% of their students from Christian or covenantal families. The other 30% are admitted on an evangelistic basis. These schools state that such an enrollment policy brings vibrant purpose to the campus community with the continual reminder to contend for the faith (truth) and to always be prepared to give the reason for the hope that we have (1 Peter 3:15). In Christian schooling, there will always be the call for Great Commission growth that transforms and disciples both the soul and mind for the glory of God. With 2011, we will very soon encounter re-enrollment and open enrollment. You are encouraged to be aggressively seeking new ways to market your school to further reach and serve your community to God's glory. This is the Great Commission imperative! The Imago Dei Group offers very cost effective and customized school marketing to well serve your school community. For further information or to engage in this on-site strategic school marketing - you are encouraged to contact us at the: Imago Dei Group - Christian School Consulting 912-656-7567 info@ImagoDeiGroup.com --- ______________________________________ " Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed." Proverbs 15:22 |