• 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 Christ are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (Colossians 2:3); and that “Christ is the beginning of all things and by Him all things are and were created” (Revelation 4:11).
• The Christian 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.

“Parents, bring your children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.”

— Ephesians 6:4

• 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” (Matthew 28:20). The school is to function as an extension of the home and church to meet this obligation.
• In the 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.
• For optimal Christian education to take place, the culture of the home, church and school needs to be in harmony (Amos 3:3).
• 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.
• 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.

Mentor Christian School began with a burden…

… a burden on the hearts of the men and women of Bible Community Church in an age of moral and spiritual decline in public education. Prayerfully exploring the Lord’s will, the people of Bible Community Church began the ministry of Mentor Christian School in 1967 with its first kindergarten class and celebrated its first graduating class in 1980. Today, Bible Community Church continues to invest significant resources in preparing MCS students to be productive members of society and profitable servants of the Lord.

The Session of Bible Community Church voted to begin MCS in 1967 with a kindergarten class.

As the Lord prospered, one grade and one teacher was added each year until 1980, when the first class was graduated from MCS. A school board was created with three men serving; one of these men, Charles Adams, later served as principal.

Mentor Christian School was housed at the church property on Hopkins Road until it began its 6th grade. At this time, the school was moved to its current location at 8600 Lakeshore Boulevard. It soon became apparent that there was a need for more classrooms. God made this possible, and the school was able to purchase modular buildings that were available from the Xenia School System in southern Ohio. The current building was dedicated in 1978.