I read this and thought about our current list of elders and couldn't think of one that is currently sending his children to Christian school. As far as I know, it's not a requirement to be an elder or even a pastor (yes, we had a pastor that sent his children to public school as well).
The Christian education debate is a delicate issue not only if your church is gaining members without a CRC background (like myself) but also if your church is in a non-CRC area, so Christians schools tend to be Catholic or otherwise not following in the outline laid out in this recent and well-written Banner article. That is where our current congregation stands. They did try to have their own school for a while but they couldn't keep it going.
Where do I stand? We prayerfully sought direction from God, and He confirmed what we always felt -- that we are called to be beacons of light in our neighborhood, and our neighborhood is centered around the public elementary school. So our daughter went to kindergarten in the public school. We couldn't have prayed for a better teacher than the one she had, as well as a better administration. The road may not be easy, but we know this is what God wants for us now.
And how does our church answer the pre-classical censure question? When I was on council last (5 years ago) we answered that we did not do a very good job supporting Christian education. As far as I know, nothing has ever come from it.
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I read this and thought about our current list of elders and couldn't think of one that is currently sending his children to Christian school. As far as I know, it's not a requirement to be an elder or even a pastor (yes, we had a pastor that sent his children to public school as well).
The Christian education debate is a delicate issue not only if your church is gaining members without a CRC background (like myself) but also if your church is in a non-CRC area, so Christians schools tend to be Catholic or otherwise not following in the outline laid out in this recent and well-written Banner article. That is where our current congregation stands. They did try to have their own school for a while but they couldn't keep it going.
Where do I stand? We prayerfully sought direction from God, and He confirmed what we always felt -- that we are called to be beacons of light in our neighborhood, and our neighborhood is centered around the public elementary school. So our daughter went to kindergarten in the public school. We couldn't have prayed for a better teacher than the one she had, as well as a better administration. The road may not be easy, but we know this is what God wants for us now.
And how does our church answer the pre-classical censure question? When I was on council last (5 years ago) we answered that we did not do a very good job supporting Christian education. As far as I know, nothing has ever come from it.