Foundations of Christian Education

What does it mean to provide children with a Christian education? This is one of the most important questions facing Christian parents, teachers, and school communities around the world today. It is a question that goes far deeper than curriculum or classroom—it reaches to the very foundations of what we believe God calls us to do, and what we owe to the generation that comes after us. In this six-lesson series, we will explore those foundations together. We will consider how the duty of Christian education relates to the child, the home, the curriculum, the teacher, and the different settings in which this labour of love is to take place. This series is for parents, teachers, school leaders, and church communities everywhere. We hope it will be an encouragement and a blessing to all who watch.

We begin with the foundation itself, as seen in the conclusion to Jesus Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, “Whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.” As the house on a sandy foundation will not stand, likewise our efforts to educate our children must be built on the solid foundation of God’s Word.

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Mr. John Heikoop has retired from his 32 years in Christian education, 16 years as a teacher, 16 years as Principal at the Rehoboth Christian School, in Norwich, Ontario, Canada. He and his wife, JoAnne, have eight children and a growing number of grandchildren.