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| Sunday, September 07, 2008
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Shiloh Christian School, an interdenominational school for Grades K-12, is commissioned by parents to provide training in which the Lordship of Jesus Christ is exemplified in the lives of those who teach and nurtured in the lives of those who learn. Biblical principles are an integral part of all activities, consistent with our founders’ vision, “Academic Excellence on a Christian Foundation.”
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Why We Chose the Name Shiloh
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The term “Shiloh” was the placename of an Old Testament city which was the first established worship center in Israel (Judges 18:31). It was there that an annual pilgrimage of God’s people ended in worship of Israel’s God, Yahweh. (Judges 21:19; 1 Sam. 1:3). Samuel, a leader of God’s people, was brought to the house of the Lord at Shiloh that his whole life would be given over to the Lord. There the Lord revealed himself to Samuel through His word so that Samuel would minister before the anointed one always (1 Sam. 1:28, 2:35).
Shiloh Christian School, like its Old Testament counterpart, provides a place where God is revealed through His Word, giving the standard for all instruction.
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- We believe in one infinite God (Ps. 90:2; 1 Tim. 1:17) in whom are three persons – Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:19, 2 Cor. 13, 14, Eph. 1:3-14).
- We believe in Jesus Christ, fully God and fully man (John 1:1-18; Phil. 2:6-8), His virgin birth (Mt. 1:18-25; Lk. 1:26-38), His sinless life (2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15), His miracles (Jn. 30:30,31), His substitutionary and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross (Rom. 5:1-12; 2 Cor. 5:16-21; Heb. 9-10), His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Acts 1:9-11; 7:55,56; Eph. 1:20-23), and His personal, physical return in power and glory (Zech. 14; Rev. 19).
- We believe in the ministry of the Holy Spirit (John 14:16), who is fully God (Acts 5:3,4); that He indwells every born-again believer (Rom. 8:9-11; 1 Cor. 6:19), giving power to live a godly life (Gal. 5:22,23; Eph. 4:30; 1 John 2:20-27).
- We believe that the Bible is the only verbally, fully inspired Word of God (2 Tim. 3:16; 2 Pet. 1:20,21), inerrant and infallible in matters of both fact and faith (Mt. 5:17; John 10:35); that is has absolute authority over all earthly wisdom (1 Cor. 1:18-31) and that it teaches us what we are to believe and how we are to live (James 1:19-27).
- We believe that man has a sinful nature from conception (Ps. 51:5; Ps. 58:3), is totally dead in sin (Eph. 2:1), unable to save himself (Tit. 1:15,16), and in need of a Savior (Rom. 3).
- We believe salvation consists of the remission of sins, the imputation of Christ’s righteousness and the gift of eternal life received by faith alone, apart from works (Eph. 2:8, 9; Tit. 3:5). All who repent of their sins and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, being freely justified by the Father are born again by the Holy Spirit (Romans 1-5; Eph. 1:3-14)
- We believe in the existence of Satan (Luke 11:18), his warfare against God (Acts 26:18, 2 Cor. 4:4; 1 John 3:8-10), and his defeat on the cross (Col. 2:15) for eternity (Rev. 20:10).
- We believe in the literal, supernatural creation (Gen. 1,2; Job 38-41) – everything existing according to God’s power (Col. 1:15, 17).
- We believe in the resurrection of the saved unto everlasting life and blessedness in heaven (Dan. 12:2; John 5:28-29; 14:1-3; Rev. 21,22) and in the resurrection of the lost unto everlasting conscious punishment in hell (Rev. 20:11-15).
- We believe The Church is the Body of Christ, composed of all born-again believers (Eph. 4:1-16; 5:25-27; Col. 1:18), meeting together in local assemblies for worship and fellowship (Acts 2:42-47; Phil. 1:1; 1 Th. 1: Rev. 1:4).
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Recognizing that the eternal God created all things, and “since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made” (Rom. 1:30), our purpose is to bring our students to understand more of their Creator through what He has made. Though sinful men “suppress the truth in unrighteousness” (Rom. 1:18), we commit our school to the study and teaching of the truth in every discipline,” “…destroying speculation and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and …taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ”…”in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (2 Cor. 10:5; Col. 2:3), “teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man complete in Christ” (Col. 1:28).
Our purpose is therefore:
- To acknowledge the limits of our human minds and the effects of sin on our thinking and understanding and therefore, seek the help of God, through His Holy Spirit, in all of our learning.
- To study the whole world and life on it, man and his behavior, to understand after the pattern of God’s understanding, to see the world as God sees it and to see God’s glory in it.
- To use the Bible as the trustworthy, inerrant, verbally and fully inspired standard of truth in all areas of study, whether study of the Bible itself, the humanities or sciences.
- To use the Bible, the written, authoritative Word of God, as the standard for all our administrative decisions in choosing staff and teachers, planning curriculum, selecting texts, materials and methods of teaching and discipline.
- To seek in our students not only an academic understanding of God and His world through their study, but also an increased commitment to faith and obedience toward God through His Son Jesus as Lord and Savior.
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Statement of Purpose
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Recognizing that the eternal God created all things, and “since the creation of the world, His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made” (Rom. 1:30), our purpose is to bring our students to understand more of their Creator through what He has made. Though sinful men “suppress the truth in unrighteousness” (Rom. 1:18), we commit our school to the study and teaching of the truth in every discipline,” “…destroying speculation and every lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and …taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ”…”in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge” (2 Cor. 10:5; Col. 2:3), “teaching every man with all wisdom, that we may present every man complete in Christ” (Col. 1:28).
Our purpose is therefore:
- To acknowledge the limits of our human minds and the effects of sin on our thinking and understanding and therefore, seek the help of God, through His Holy Spirit, in all of our learning.
- To study the whole world and life on it, man and his behavior, to understand after the pattern of God’s understanding, to see the world as God sees it and to see God’s glory in it.
- To use the Bible as the trustworthy, inerrant, verbally and fully inspired standard of truth in all areas of study, whether study of the Bible itself, the humanities or sciences.
- To use the Bible, the written, authoritative Word of God, as the standard for all our administrative decisions in choosing staff and teachers, planning curriculum, selecting texts, materials and methods of teaching and discipline.
- To seek in our students not only an academic understanding of God and His world through their study, but also an increased commitment to faith and obedience toward God through His Son Jesus as Lord and Savior.
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