ABOUT GRACE CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS

MANDATE
 Grace Christian Schools is an organizational arm of First Baptist Church of Medford, specializing in training young people in
Pre-Kindergarten through Eighth grade to be Christ-centered, productive believers through teaching the Word of God and by example, in harmony with and supporting the Christian home.

All academics will be taught from a Bibliocentric world-view, with an emphasis on each individual's personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, since our ultimate purpose is to be like Him (Romans 8:28-30).
 


MISSION STATEMENT Grace Christian Schools’ mission is to assist Christian parents in the Biblical training of their children spiritually, academically, emotionally, and physically, to be strong leaders for righteousness to the next generation.
 

VISION STATEMENT
 Grace Christian Schools’ vision is for our graduates to demonstrate servant leadership in their families, churches, communities, careers, and the world, affecting the culture for God’s glory.

PURPOSE
 It is the purpose of Grace Christian Schools to provide a sound academic education integrated with a Christian view of God and the world.  The Bible is specific in stating the principles which underlie Christian education, one of which the Apostle Paul presented when he wrote of Christ, "For by Him were all things created, both in the heavens and on earth . . . And He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together” (Colossians 1:16-17).  John, the beloved disciple, wrote in his Gospel, "All things came into being by Him; and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being” (John 1:3).

There is an important difference between the Christian and the non-Christian perspectives on a given subject.  Even though knowledge is factually the same for both, no subject can be taught in the totality of its truth if the Creator is ignored or denied.  Knowledge is purified by the recognition of God's place in it.  No other approach to education can be entirely God-honoring for parents or children than an approach through the Scriptures.

Grace Christian Schools considers the Word of God to be precise in making Christian parents responsible for the education of their children.  Education is not limited to the counsels of God revealed in His Word, but also the glory of God revealed in His world.  Grace Christian School parents want their children to be educated at home and at school with the understand­ing that all truth is God's truth, including the subject areas of math, English, history, geography, science, music, and the arts, and that Jesus Christ is to be central in all learning and living situations.  The ultimate goal is that the children be conformed to the image of Jesus Christ. 
 

STATEMENT OF FAITH
We believe that the Bible is the infallible, inspired Word of God and that it is our final authority in matters of faith and practice.

We believe in the eternally existing triune God:  Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the personal, imminent return of Jesus Christ for His own.  We believe in His later return in power and glory with His own to reign in righteousness over the earth.  We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost: they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation.

We believe that Heaven is the place of eternal blessedness for the saved and that Hell is the place of eternal conscious punishment for the lost.

We believe that regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of lost and sinful men and that all who receive the Lord Jesus Christ by faith are born again and become the children of God.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling in all believers enables them to live godly lives.

We believe in the spirit of unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ and in the necessity of all His followers maintaining good works as evidence of faith.