Recently, our staff discussed 'What is Christian Education?'. One of the interesting angles on this was how we help students to make a decision to live their lives for Christ... or even if we want to do that.
Assuming that we do want to guide students towards following Jesus for life (which, if that's not the case, why are we teaching in a Christian school?), then how is it that so many students who attend Christian schools are not making this decision, and if they are, they are often not sticking to it?
In my experience, 80% of the people I know who attended Christian schools have not continued to walk as a Christian.
Interestingly, one staff member added that "...students may not choose Christianity, but we at least want them to know the options...". I agreed.
However, as we teach certain methods in other areas of education, believing those procedures to be the most effective choice; we usually find students choosing to utilise the methods we teach them.
How and why should that be different to christian education?
Surely, if we are teaching Christian Education effectively, students will continue to make 'Christian' choices.
The remaining question becomes... how do we effectively teach Christianity?
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