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.

In this lecture, Mr. Heikoop addresses perhaps the most foundational questions in all of Christian education: Who is this child? What is their nature? What do they truly need? And what does God therefore require of us? How you answer those questions will determine how you teach, how you discipline, how you speak, how you pray, and what you ultimately hope for. Everything in Christian education flows from this starting point.

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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.