Our future vision
- Future Educator
- Apr 8
- 2 min read
Updated: 4 days ago
I came across a blog post on the ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International) blog site titled 'Are Christian Schools Really Christian?' written by Dr. Kurt Kreassig. This was a brilliant read - the link is at the end of this post if you'd like to check it out for yourself.
Dr. Kreassig is an educational leader with 27 years of experience and since 2018, has been the Dean of the Regent University School of Education. He has also served as a principal, teacher, varsity coach, and university department chair.
In his post, Dr. Kreassig states "The truth is, integrating faith into education doesn’t happen automatically just because we work in a Christian environment. It takes intentionality, practical strategies, and sometimes even training.". It is very easy to desire a school or educational system that is centralised on faith, however, in reality, as touched upon in this post, this is more complex. Naturally, any man-powered organisation with a large number of workers, will be at risk of diverting from its original purpose. This is even tougher when the man-powered establishment is also created to serve a large assembly of people, due to the unavoidable pressures and influences of social interaction.
Any organisation that isn't intentional about focusing on their original purpose will get side-tracked by other priorities and tasks, and could end up forfeiting their purpose altogether. INTENTIONALITY is vital. Dr. Kreassig gave a few recommendations which he has developed to ensure that his faculty and staff remain aligned with their faith-driven purpose. A particular recommendation that stood out to me was the first one: communicate the mission - constantly! Constant communication about the purpose of an organisation serves as a continuous reminder to all those who are involved. Even in our day-to-day lives, we have to constantly remind ourselves of tasks, meetings, appointments etc. or we could easily forget to get those things done. The same reminder is doubly needed when working with many people. If we fail to remind ourselves and those around us of the mission at hand, it will simply become forgotten and unaccomplished.
I'm writing this as a reminder to myself! My goal is similar to that of Dr. Kreassig's - to create a Christ-centred school with the purpose of building up our future generation, our children, with faith, identity and knowledge. This is a lot easier said than done but it is very possible. There must be a constant reminder of the vision, both for myself and those who will help along the way. It is very easy for something to begin with a focus on faith but towards the end, become unrecognisable to fellow believers. We also live in a world that isn't in favour of Biblical values or visions, so without constant remembrance of why we are doing what we do, there will be no fruit. The vision will die.
The latter end can only be greater if we continue to look at the goal set before us!
A huge thank you to Dr. Kreassig for the insightful post!
Such an interesting and inspiring read! I’ll definitely be sharing this with a friend and client of mine who’s in the process of setting up a Christian childcare program with very similar goals.
Right now, her biggest challenge is figuring out how to fully incorporate her vision into the program while still aligning with the local curriculum requirements. We’re working together to create a curriculum that beautifully blends both—honoring her vision while meeting all necessary standards.
I couldn’t agree more with your point: to build a Christ-centered school focused on raising future generations with faith, identity, and knowledge, the vision must remain front and center—not just for the founder, but for everyone who joins the journey.
Thanks again for sharing…