people gold ore appears to be pretty unpromising stuff it looks just like –mainly hunks of grey rock. It takes a lot of focused, dedicated refining to get rid of the dross and bring out the valuable material. But in the end all the work and expense is worth it. So is Christian school. A Growing Body of Evidence about the Importance of Christian Schooling By Mark Kennedy I have yet to see any sort of study results that present a negative picture of school education. Three well-grounded independent resources make a very strong case for us. In 2011, The Cardus Educational survey compared adult from 5 types of North American schools: Public, Catholic, Secular Private, Protestant Christian and Home Schools. Here are a few quotations from that report: of the most significant findings in this study is the long term “One of Protestant Christian school graduates to stay within the Protestant faith. Attending a Protestant Christian school seems to impact graduates’ choice to stay into adulthood within the Christian What a contrast to faith.” the increasing rate of departure of other young people from the church!” is clear that graduates of protestant Christian schools are ideal church “It members in many ways. From church attendance to congregational the Protestant Christian school is having an impact on how its participate in church we understand the need to life…….While church’s support public schools, as well as the argument to place children in these schools as and we wonder if the church would be wise to better “salt light” support Christian schools for the betterment of their families, children, their communities as a whole.” and…. It also found that in comparison to all the other groups Christian school graduates: Spend more time incorporating their faith into their family lives ( discussing God and reading scripture together) Attend church more regularly Give almost 5 times more money to their church than any other group Give 7 times more money to other religious causes Give significantly more time volunteering in their churches and an equal amount of time volunteering for other community causes
people gold ore appears to be pretty unpromising stuff –mainly it looks just like hunks of grey rock. It takes a lot of focused, dedicated refining to get rid of the dross and bring out the valuable material. But in the end all the work and expense is worth it. So is Christian school. A Growing Body of Evidence about the Importance of Christian Schooling By Mark Kennedy I have yet to see any sort of study results that present a negative picture of school education. Three well-grounded independent resources make a very strong case for us. In 2011, The Cardus Educational survey compared adult from 5 types of North American schools: Public, Catholic, Secular Private, Protestant Christian and Home Schools. Here are a few quotations from that report: “One of the most significant findings in this study is the long term of Protestant Christian school graduates to stay within the Protestant faith. Attending a Protestant Christian school seems to impact graduates’ choice to stay into adulthood within the Christian faith.” What a contrast to the increasing rate of departure of other young people from the church!” “It is clear that graduates of protestant Christian schools are ideal church members in many ways. From church attendance to congregational the Protestant Christian school is having an impact on how its participate in church life…….While we understand the church’s need to support public schools, as well as the argument to place children in these schools as “salt and light” we wonder if the church would be wise to better support Christian schools for the betterment of their families, children, and…. their communities as a whole.” It also found that in comparison to all the other groups Christian school graduates: Spend more time incorporating their faith into their family lives ( discussing God and reading scripture together) Attend church more regularly Give almost 5 times more money to their church than any other group Give 7 times more money to other religious causes Give significantly more time volunteering in their churches and an equal amount of time volunteering for other community causes
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