Principles for Kingdom Education
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Dr Schultz spoke at the 2017 National Leadership retreat, and his resources and videos can be found here.
Glen Schultz – http://kingdomeducation.org/
Kingdom School Institute https://www.kingdomschoolinstitute.org/
Christian Education…
…is an overused and often abused phrase. There are many Independent schools who use the expression “Christian Education“, but what do they mean?
For some schools, Christian Education is:
- Middle class values
speaking nicely, having good manners, knowing how to conduct oneself in polite society; - Community-mindedness
focusing on social justice and community service activities; - Identifying with a church
understanding and taking part in its rituals and practices; - Adopting an ethos
focusing on a set of values or commitments.
For Christian Schools Australia, Christian Education is much more. To this end, we have begun to use the phrase “Kingdom Education”.
Kingdom Education & Dr. Glen Schultz
Looking at Developing Education God’s Way
Dr. Schultz has given his life to educating future generations according to God’s plan for the past 46 years. He began his involvement in education as a chemistry teacher and coach at Gowanda Central School in New York. After 5 years of teaching in public school, Glen entered the field of Christian school education, where he has served the Lord ever since. He has been a teacher, coach, high school principal and superintendent during his tenure in Christian schools. Dr. Schultz just completed 9 years as an associate pastor at Sherwood Baptist Church and Headmaster of Sherwood Christian Academy. Prior to this, Glen directed the Christian school work at LifeWay Christian Resources for 9 years. He also served as the Association of Christian Schools International Southeast Regional Director for 7 years.
Glen is the author of Kingdom Education: God’s Plan for Educating Future Generations and several parenting booklets including A Parent’s Greatest Joy, Home Invasion, Shepherding and 20/20 Vision. He has conducted seminars throughout the United States and several foreign countries. He also serves as an adjunct professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Schultz is the founder and director of Kingdom Education Ministries.
He received his BA degree from Roberts Wesleyan College and his MEd and EdD at the University of Virginia. He has been married to his wife, Sharon, for 45 years and has three children and six grandchildren.
Biblical Principles of Education
God’s Word provides Christians with principles that will guide them in how to educate future generations. These principles are:
- The education of children and youth is the primary responsibility of parents.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9; 11:18-21; Psalms 78;1-7; Psalms 127:3; Proverbs 22:6; Malachi 2:13-16; Ephesians 6:4 - The education of children and youth is a 24 hour-a-day, 7 days-per-week process that continues from birth till maturity.
Deuteronomy 6:7; 11:19; Proverbs 22:6 - The education of children and youth must have as its primary goals the salvation of and discipleship of the next generation.
Psalms 78:6-7; Matthew 28:19-20 - The education of children and youth must be based on God’s Word as absolute truth.
Matthew 24:35; Psalms 119 - The education of children and youth must hold Christ as preeminent in all of life.
Colossians 2:3, 6-10 - The education of children and youth must not hinder the spiritual and moral development of the next generation.
Matthew 18:6; 19:13-14; Mark 10:13-16; Luke 18:15-17 - The education of children and youth, if and when delegated to others by parents, must be done so with utmost care to ensure that all teachers follow these principles.
Exodus 18:21; I Samuel 1:27-28; 3:1-10 - The education of children and youth results in the formation of a belief system or worldview that will be patterned after the belief systems or worldviews of the person’s teachers.
Luke 6:40 - The education of children and youth must lead to true wisdom by connecting all knowledge to a biblical worldview frame of reference.
Romans 1:20; Psalm 19:1; Proverbs 4:5,7; 3:19; 9:10, Psalms 104:24; 136:5; Jeremiah 10:12; Romans 11:33; Luke 11:52; Colossians 2:3; 1 Corinthians 8:1; 13:8; Romans 1:28 - The education of children and youth must have a view of the future that includes the eternal perspective.
Colossians 3:1-2; Matthew 6:19-20; 2 Timothy 4:6-8; Acts 20:24; Hebrews 11:13; Colossians 3:23-24 - The education of children and youth must have as its primary focus the increase in the knowledge of God.
John 17:3; Romans 1:20; Romans 11:33-36; Psalm 19:1-6; Ephesians 1:16-19; 3:15-19; 4:13; Philippians 1:9; 3:8-10, 13-14; Colossians 1:9-10; 2:2-3; 2 Peter 3:18; Proverbs 2:5; Hosea 4:1; 6:6; and 2 Corinthians 10:3-5 - The education of children and youth results in performing work in fulfillment of God’s will for their lives.
Genesis 1: 26; Matthew 6:10, 33; Ephesians 5:17; Hebrews 10:36; 13:20-21; Colossians 1:9-10; 12:1-2; Proverbs 3:5-6; 20:24 - The education of children and youth must be characterized by the pursuit of biblical excellence based on godly character resulting in competent performance for God’s glory.
2 Corinthians 8:7, 10:12; Philippians 1:9-10, 4:8; 1 Timothy 6:11; Psalm 8:1; Ecclesiastes 9:10
Kingdom Education Ministries (KEM) Prime
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
A prime membership provides individuals and/or schools/churches with access to a wide variety of materials that will better equip parents, church leaders and educators to be able to disciple future generations. Individuals or organizations will have access to the subscription side of Kingdom Education Ministries’ website.
To become a prime member simply go to www.kingdomeducationministries.com. Click on any of the buttons “Become a Prime Member”. Complete the application form. If an organization joins, choose a generic username and password as it will be shared by all staff members. (This is very important!)
Membership fees can be paid through an already established PayPal account or by credit card. If paying by credit card, you will be asked to setup a PayPal account. However, once you set this up, you can use a credit card to subscribe.
There are two prime membership options.
- One option is for an individual/family to become a member.
- The second option is for schools, churches or other organizations to become a member.
When an individual or family becomes a prime member, all members of that individual’s family can access the materials on the site.
When an organization becomes a prime member, all paid staff and board members are granted full access to the subscription site.
When a school/church becomes a prime member, it will setup a user name and a password. The organization’s user name and password can be shared with all paid staff and board members in order to login to the site. Staff members or board members are not allowed to change an institution’s username and/or password.
An institution can access and use the materials on the subscription site any way it deems most beneficial. Some examples include:
- Large group sessions where videos can be shown on a screen followed by discussion opportunities.
- Assign certain videos/articles to be watched/read individually and then discuss them in a group setting such as a faculty or board meeting.
- Assign certain videos/articles to be watched/read individually and then write summaries to be submitted to administration.
- Divide the staff into work groups and assign a different video/article to be watched/read by each group. Then each group will report/present their findings to the entire staff.
Since various organizations have different CEU requirements, organizations are free to setup their own CEU structure. This can include:
- Determining what videos and/or other materials will be covered.
- Determining the objectives that will be achieved through the study of the determined materials.
- Determining the amount of time that it will take to watch/read the material and discuss the material studied.
It is our desire to make these materials affordable to all schools, churches and families regardless of size.
Too often larger institutions are charged higher fees that end up underwriting smaller organizations. An effort has been made to make membership very affordable to all organizations, regardless of size.
An annual (12-month) individual membership costs $25.
An annual (12-month) school/church membership costs $300.
Any individual or organization will be able to access all of the material that will be uploaded on the subscription site. There will be 5 basic areas that members will have access to:
- Addressing the Issue of Education Biblically – this area will include a series of 30-minute videos that will address a wide variety of topics such as worldview, worldview integration, today’s culture war, biblical principles for educating children, excellence, vocation etc.
- A Kingdom Perspective – this area will include regularly posted blog articles on a wide range of topics that are pertinent to parents, church leaders and educators
- Kingdom Education for the 21st Century – this area will give Christian educators access to a six-hour series of video lessons designed to train teachers in the area of biblical philosophy of education and biblical worldview
- Kingdom Insights – in this area members will find insightful articles and booklets that will help parents, church leaders and educators understand what it takes to raise children to be strong followers of Christ
- Miscellaneous Resources – here members will have access to sermons and messages by Dr. Schultz in either video or audio formats
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This is why I have spent the past two years developing resources to train and equip the home, church and school in a biblical worldview and a biblical philosophy of education. These resources are now available online to everyone who becomes a KEM Prime Member.
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Steps to becoming a KEM “Prime Member”
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Steps to become a KEM Prime Member
Kingdom Education Ministries Prime Member Benefits
Institution and individual membership gives each group full access to a wide-range of resources. There are five sections of resources that members will be able to access.
In this section prime members will have access to a series of video sessions that are designed to assist parents, church leaders and educators in understanding what the Bible says about educating future generations. Each video lesson will have a downloadable listening guide, with discussion questions. Thirty-two 30-minute sessions have already been filmed to be released periodically over the next several months. Several more sessions are in the planning stages.
The session titles are listed in the second section of the document below.
Kingdom Essentials: Understanding the Essentials of Kingdom Education
In this section prime members will have access to regularly posted blog articles. These blogs will address topics that are of great importance to parents, church leaders and educators, all from a kingdom perspective. A few of these blogs will also be on the non-member side of the website.
Several years ago, Dr. Schultz filmed a 6-7 hour video training series for Christian school educators. The fourteen sessions in this series will now be online for schools to use. There is a leader’s guide and listening guide that can be downloaded for use with this series. The series was approved by ACSI to help teachers fulfill the philosophy requirement for teacher certification (A philosophy checklist can be downloaded). Material in this series is also applicable to the home and church.
In this section prime members will have access to articles and small booklets that are written to strengthen the home, church and school. These resources can be read on line or downloaded in PDF format. Items currently available and future uploads are listed below.
Available now:
- Shepherding: A Parent’s Responsibility (a parenting booklet)
- Fit for Battle: Are Children Prepared to Be Salt and Light? by Dr. Schultz
- Biblical Worldview: How to Raise Children to Think Biblically in a Secular World by Josh Mulvihill
- Understanding the Biblical Role of Grandparents by Dr. Josh Mulvihill
Future releases include:
- Home Invasion: Protecting Our Family from Attack
- 2020 Vision: Preparing Our Children for the Future
- Other articles, etc.
Prime members will have full access to special presentations by Dr. Schultz in this section. These resources include sermons preached at various churches and other presentations to different groups of people. Many of these presentations will be available in both audio and video formats. Some of the topics include:
- Children: God’s Homework Assignment to Parents (currently available)
- Living a Life of Faith
- Are We Raising Samsons or Samuels?
- Leaving a Legacy
- Several other topics