What Makes Christian Education Christian?

These are the speakers for the on-line Biblical Integration Summit to be held this coming Wednesday, November 14. Attendees will have the ability to select any presentations they want to view, and view them as many times as desired on that day. Unlimited viewing of all of the sessions after that day will be provided at a reasonable fee through Faith Markets.  

What makes Christian education Christian? Is it having Christian teachers? That's a good start. Christian teachers are necessary. But many dedicated, God-called teachers are working in the state schools. How much Christian education is taking place there? Having Christian teachers, even in Christian schools, does not guarantee Christian education will be occurring. 

What about having chapel service once a week, or daily Bible instruction, and opening classes with prayer? These are important, too, but they do not necessarily Christian education make.

Christian education is "made" when a biblical worldview permeates all academic subjects, after-school sports, and the fine arts program. But what does that mean?

This is where the Biblical Integration Summit comes in! 

Anyone with access to the Internet, worldwide, may attend the Summit at no charge this coming Wednesday, November 14. All of the speakers have been pre-recorded on video, so each speaker's presentation may be viewed individually, as many times as desired on that day, rather than having the whole event streamed linearly.

One special aspect of the Summit is that 3 teachers I know will be sharing about their own "biblically integrative" experiences in teaching elementary and secondary students at their respective schools in Washington State, Iowa, and Virginia. 

I have seen these teachers' presentations and they are truly excellent, both in terms of information and inspiration. These concise presentations by 3 master practitioners in their field are each about 15 minutes long. You will not be bored! I guarantee it! The teachers are Kim Tarr, Vicki Greer and Gaby Urgo.

As for myself, I will be introducing "3 Tools for Biblical Worldview Integration" during my 20-minute session. I will share why "biblical worldview integration" can best be understood as "contextualization," and I will illustrate this through 3 tools that are used by the most "biblically integrative" teachers I know.  

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Posted by Dr. Christian Overman