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BY-LAW NUMBER 3
Believing that it is our duty and privilege as Christian parents to provide Christian
education for our children and believing that this can best be accomplished by
concerted action , we do hereby make and adopt the following articles of association:
Article 1 Name
This organization shall be known as the Burlington Parental Christian School
Society.
Article 2 Basis
The basis of this Society is the infallible Word of God as interpreted by the
Reformed Creeds, such as, the Belgic Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism,
the Canons of Dordt, the Westminster Confession, and the Westminster Catechisms,
(as they relate to educational principles – not theological doctrines).
These educational principles are expressed in the following statements:
EDUCATIONAL PRINCIPLES
Believing that the Lord, by graciously giving us the Holy Scriptures, has revealed
to his people ordering principles intensely relevant to education, and mandates
man to bring the whole Word of God to bear in all its redeeming power upon education,
we confess:
1. Life
That human life in its entirety is religion, for God created man to serve him
everywhere, and requires us to educate our children for this purpose.
2. Bible
That the Bible as the written Word of God is the Truth by which the Holy Spirit
enlightens our understanding of God, ourselves, and the world, and is the infallible
authority by which he directs and governs all our activities, including the education
of our children.
3. Creation
That the world in its origin and gracious preservation, is the work of the triune
God, and the glorification of his name is its purpose. We can understand the
world rightly only in its relation to him.
4. Man
That people were created in the image of God to enjoy the fellowship with their
Creator and to reflect in their person and works the excellence of their Maker,
and were instructed to exercise dominion over the world in strict and loving
obedience to God and to interpret all reality in accordance with his design and
law.
5. Sin
That sin is disobedience to God’s law and that people by sinning forsook
their office and task, estranged themselves from God and their neighbour, and
brought God’s curse upon creation. As a result, people have become corrupt
and blind to the true meaning of life, and repress and misuse the knowledge
of God, which confronts them in creation and scriptures.
6. Christ
That Jesus Christ is the only begotten Son of God, according to the Scriptures,
is both truly God and fully man. By his life, death and resurrection, he reconciles
us to God, and redeems our life in its eternity. Through his Spirit he renews
our hearts to love God and neighbour, and redirects our understanding to rightly
know God, ourselves, and the world. He is the only way of salvation.
7. The Kingdom of God
That the rule of Jesus Christ over all things established the Kingdom of God
and makes education possible and meaningful. In obedience to Christ we submit
ourselves in every area of life to his Word and Spirit to love the Lord with
all our heart and soul and mind and strength, and our neighbour as ourselves.
8. The Purpose of Education
- To
prepare the child as an image-bearer of God for meaningful
participation in
society.
- To
provide wholesome learning opportunities so that the children
can recognize and develop their God-given talents, learn
to apply these talents
and extend
their interest.
- To
receive basic instruction in all subject areas, as required
by the Ontario Ministry of Education, in
the light of God’s Word.
- To
aid the children in developing their total physical and mental
capabilities.
- To
lead the children towards willing obedience to God and authority
of his Word and therefore encouraging
a concern and respect for government
and others, a
passion to give of themselves, honestly and integrity, and helping
themselves find the joy and peace of a Christian commitment.
- To
give the children a greater awareness and understanding of
the secular and Christian communities and guide them, with
the
help of the Holy Spirit, to the
understanding that all of life is directed by God’s Word.
- To
show the children that a Christian life in this sinful world
is a life of
faith and witness to our sovereign God.
9. Parents
That God has given parents the responsibility to nurture
and educate their children. Therefore, Christians should
establish
and maintain
Christian schools.
10. The Child
That the child, entrusted by God to parents, needs ordering,
correction and inspection. Children of the Christian home
share in the promises
of the Gospel and are entitled
to Christian education.
11. The Teacher
That Christian teachers, both in obedience to God and in
cooperation with parents, have a specific pedagogical responsibility
while
education the child in the school.
12. The Christian School
That the Christian school is an institution established and
controlled by an association of Christian believers, to function
in education
in total and voluntary
submission to Christ the King.
Article 3 Purpose
The purpose of this Society is to establish, maintain and
operate a school for the daily instruction of our children,
such instruction
to be in accordance with
Article 2 of this constitution, and to be directed toward
the end that
these children may occupy their places worthily in society,
church and state.
Article 4 Education
Being committed to the reformed world and life view as expressed
in the above mentioned basis, we believe in the following
principles.
I. That all things have been created to the end that the
triune God (Father, son and Holy Spirit) may be glorified
in and through
them.
II. That the children of Christian parents are covenant
children, and that God by His wise covenant arrangement
has appointed
the parents to be responsible
for the training of the child to the end that God and his
glory shall be central and supreme in life’s total
experience.
III. That the training of the child shall be under the
parents’ supervision
in a school that carries out the basic God-centred program
begun in the home.
That this Society, which establishes, maintains and operates
such free, parent-controlled, private Christian schools,
is not an ecclesiastical
body and is not subject to
any ecclesiastical organization in carrying out its educational
principles, distinctively reformed in emphasis and character
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