Living Grace Christian School -Mission Vision Statement

One of the major purposes of Living Grace Christian School is that of godly character development in the lives of the students. We define champions for God as “servant leaders of godly character who will advance the cause of Christ and make disciples of all nations.” What does it mean to be a servant leader of godly character? We take seriously Christ’s enduring mission for us to “make disciples of all nations . . . teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you” (NIV, Matt. 28:19-20, italics added). God has given many commands in his Word, including how he commands us to act and relate toward one another.

In order to be purposeful in this great endeavor, we need a strategic plan to systematically and relationally accomplish this mission. Each year the school has a godly character training plan to help accomplish these ends in the lives of our students. The plan set forward here is twofold: role modeling godly character traits by all faculty and staff, and training our students in godly character development. These two foci work in concord to help us to accomplish the purpose for which God has called us.

Each year a biblically-based godly character training plan is implemented which focuses on a particular character trait each month. The plan involves role exampling by all staff, parents, and students as well as the teaching of the godly character trait by teachers. Focus is placed on the students’ understanding of the trait, Scripture references associated with the trait, and application of the trait in daily experience. Teachers and parents strongly encourage students to apply the godly character trait to their daily lives. The hope is that the trait would be instilled in their inner being; in other words, that godly character would be written on the students’ hearts and minds by the Holy Spirit.

Examples of various biblically-based character traits are the following: the character of Christ, the fruit of the Holy Spirit, the “one another” commands, and aspects of being a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to the Lord.