MCS Beliefs
Our Biblical Statement of Faith
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We believe that the
Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the divinely inspired Word of
God.
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We believe in one
God, eternally existing in three persons. God the Father, God the Son, and
God the Holy Spirit are co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature,
co-equal in power and glory and possessing the same attributes and
perfections.
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We believe that God
the Son, by the medium of the Virgin Birth, became flesh in the person of
Jesus Christ in order that He might die on the cross, bearing our sins as a
vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice.
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We believe that Jesus
Christ was resurrected bodily from the grave, ascended to God the Father,
and will return for His people according to His promise.
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We believe that
salvation is to be received by the sinner as a free gift which cannot be
earned, and that when a person has truly received Christ he is kept by God’s
power and is thus secure in Christ.
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We believe that the
Christian should be separated from religious apostasy as is represented by
the National and World Councils of Churches.
Our Philosophy of Spiritual Education
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The Bible is the source for a
correct philosophy of education. It is the
final authority in all matters (John 17:17). Education is true if it is
Biblical. Since God’s purpose in the creation of man was to glorify Him,
education must ultimately serve to that end as well.
- The Christian
philosophy of education has as its foundation several premises: that God is
the essence and source of all truth; that reverential fear of God “is the
beginning of wisdom”, understanding and “knowledge” (Psalm 111:10: Proverbs
1:7; 9:10); that Christ is “the Way, the Truth, and the Life” (John 14:6);
that “in Him are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians
2:3); and that “He is the beginning of all things and by Him all things are
and were created” (Revelation 4:11).
- The educational
process must begin by leading the individual to a personal acceptance of
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. It must present all truth as God's truth,
interpret it with God's Word and seek to relate the whole person to
God--spiritually, mentally, socially and physically.
- All activity
should be designed to bring the Christian to eventual conformity to the
image of Christ (Romans 8:29). Since this is God’s goal, it must be the
primary goal of Christian education to lead every student to continuing
transformation into the image of Christ.
- The Bible places
the responsibility of educating children upon the parents. Parents are
instructed to teach God’s Word “diligently” (Deuteronomy 6:7) and to “bring
them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord” (Ephesians 6:4). The
church also has an education function, which is to teach believers to
“observe all things” (Matt. 28:20). The school is to function as an
extension of the home and church to meet this obligation.
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fulfillment of Biblical directives regarding the education of children
(Matthew 28:19-20), the Christian school is responsible to the local church
authority. The Christian school is one of the edification ministries of the
church (Ephesians 4:11-16). Since all education is inherently religious, the
Christian school must be immune from the authority of governmental intrusion
in the exercise of its mandate.
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The culture of the home, church and
school needs to be in harmony with each other in order for consistent
Christian education to take place (Amos 3:3).
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Mentor Christian
School is primarily for children from fundamental Christian homes where at
least one parent or guardian is in basic agreement with the Christian
philosophy and policies of the school.
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We expect any student
who applies for admission to MCS and at least one parent to be actively
attending a Bible-preaching church that believes the doctrines of the
historic protestant faith.
Proverbs 22:6-
"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not
depart from it."
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