Are private Christian schools a recent innovation in the United States?
No! The earliest schools of our nation were Christian schools founded by churches and religious groups and supported by communities to teach children academics and moral and spiritual principles. At the college level, of the first 108 colleges and universities founded in the United States, 102 were church related. 2. How many private Christian schools are there in the United States? A survey some time ago of the nation’s telephone directories in the Library of Congress disclosed the existence of over 32,000 evangelical Christian schools. 3. How many private Christian schools are there in West Virginia? Information furnished by the West Virginia Department of Education indicates that there are about 115 private Christian schools operating among the several counties. They operate under the provisions given in the West Virginia Code 18,-8-1 and 18-28-1 to 6. Twenty-five of those schools are members of the West Virginia Christian Education Association. 4. What is the purpose of the West Vi
