What does it mean to be a Christian School in the 21st Century?
Noted below are five models of Christian education. No claim is made that the list is exhaustive: 1. Some Christian schools appear to isolate themselves from popular culture and protect their students from the excesses of consumer society. They focus on the teaching of the Bible and seek to enable students to grow up in the “knowledge and love of God”. The majority of students in these schools come from Christian families. This model often is accompanied by a strong sense of Christian community. It can also be accompanied by a conservatism that represents Christian faith as on the defensive. 2. Some Christian schools seek to embrace inclusiveness as their central purpose and seek to build bridges within their community. One Church of England School in the Blackpool region in the UK is in a predominantly Islamic area, and is very popular with the local Islamic community. It has passages from the Bible and the Qur’an side by side as students enter the school. The majority of teachers are
