Biblical Integration

The educational program, methods of instruction, and all activities at Wilmington Christian School are dependent upon a Biblical philosophy of education which promotes, instructs and nurtures a viewpoint in any subject area or activity, that provides Biblical truths and the principles for interpreting and applying these truths. The entire process of education is seen as the means by which God brings the revelation of Himself to the student through personal faith and the integration of Biblical truth in every area of life. We believe that the concepts of this biblical worldview include the following tenets.

Theological Integration

• God is the Creator and Sustainer of all things, and the source of all truth (Colossians 1:15-20).
• God has revealed Himself in a general way in creation (Romans 1:18-25), and in a special way through Jesus Christ and the Bible (Hebrews 1:1-3).
• God created man in His own image, and thus man is responsible to God for his actions (Genesis 1:26-31).
• Personal faith in Jesus Christ and knowledge of the Bible are essential to proper spiritual, intellectual, social, and physical growth (2 Timothy 3:14-17).
• The Holy Spirit indwells each believer and is significant in his education by bringing conviction of sin, revealing Christ’s glory, and guiding the believer into truth (John 16:7-14).

Relational Integration

The school serves as an extension of the Christian home. Parents have the primary responsibility for the education of the child; and the school is an institution developed to aid or to complement the Christian family. The function of the school is not to replace the home, but to work in unity with the Christian home in the discipleship their children.
The school holds the parent-teacher relationship as essential to all that each seeks to do. Communication between the parent and teacher is vital to the proper development of the student, and the formation of a secure bond among the three.

The Christian family, the church, and the school provide stability in the education of the student for a life of fellowship with man and service to God (Ecclesiastes 4:12).
Prayer by parents, teachers, staff, and students is paramount in affecting the hearts, minds, and lives of the students, and upholding the ministry of the school (James 5:16).
God has created each student as a unique individual. It is the teacher’s responsibility to challenge each student according to his/her abilities and achievement level, while calling the student to righteous living (2 Timothy 2:15)

Instructional Integration

The curriculum and course of study at WCS is designed to incorporate the Christian view of God and the world.
All subjects are taught from this Christian perspective which includes the following basic assumptions:

1. Creation: the recognition that the universe is the creation of a living God, and that man was created to be the steward of this creation and that all we can know is as an image-bearer of our Creator God.
2. Fall: the realization that man, through the temptation to be like God, fell from God’s grace into sin, and that all creation bears the scars and disintegration of that fall.
3. Redemption: the acceptance of Christ’s atoning work on the cross which brought us into a new and righteous standing with God. In developing a personal relationship with Christ as Savior, we can then see knowledge and learning in its full scope and relationship to faith.
4. Restoration: the ministry of Christian education then becomes a life-long process of restoring the body of understanding, wisdom, and knowledge to its proper place as an expression of the glory of God and His Word to us.

The ultimate aim in Christian education is to develop and foster a God-consciousness in our young people, with a vision that the student will look at the world, and all therein, from God’s perspective.