STATEMENT OF FAITH

1. The Scriptures:
We believe in the plenary and verbal inspiration of the Scriptures, both of the Old and New Testament.  By this we understand that the Holy Spirit not only inspired the thoughts of the writers, but also formulated the very word structure into which the thoughts were inerrant as to fact and infallible as to truth. (I Cor. 2:13; II Tim. 3:16-17; II Pet. 1:20-21)

We further believe that the Scripture is to be interpreted normally according to the grammatico-historical method.

2. The God Head:
We believe in one Triune God: Father, Son and Holy Spirit; eternal in being, identical in nature, equal in power and glory, and having precisely the same attributes and perfections.
(Deut. 6:4; II Cor. 13:14)

3. Man's Creation and Fall:
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God but through Adam?s sin became alienated from God, acquired a sin nature, and came under the judicial sentence of death. 
(Gen. 1:25-27; Rom. 3:22-23; Eph. 2:12)

4. The Person and Work of Jesus Christ:
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that he might reveal God and redeem sinful man.  We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our sacrifice, and that our redemption is made sure to us by His resurrection from the dead in the identical though glorified body in which He was crucified.
(John 1:1-2; Luke 1 1:35; Rom. 3:24-25; I Pet. 1:3-5)

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is now in heaven exalted at the right hand of God where, as High Priest for His people, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. (Heb. 9:25; Rom. 8:34; I John 2:1-2)

We believe in the personal return of our Lord Jesus Christ and in His kingdom reign.
(I Thes. 4:13-18; Zach. 14:4-11; Rev. 20:6)

5. The Holy Spirit:
We believe that the Holy Spirit, the third person of the God-head, in the present age regenerates and indwells all believers in the Lord Jesus Christ, baptizes them into the Body of Christ and seals them unto the day of redemption, and we believe that every believer is commanded of God to be filled with the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 8:9; I Cor. 12:12-24; Eph. 1:13-14, 5:18-20)

6. Salvation:
We believe that salvation is the gift of God offered to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that this faith is manifested in works pleasing to God.
(Eph. 2:18-20; Titus 2:11-14). 

We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers.  We believe that all who are saved shall have eternal life. (Rom. 8:1, 38-39; John 10:27-30)

7. The Church:
We believe that the church is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons in this age irrespective of their affiliation with Christian organizations. (Eph. 1:22-23, 5:25-27; I Cor. 12:12-24)

We believe God's plan for this present age involves world evangelism through the church and through the witness of every believer in Jesus Christ.

8. The Final State:
We believe that the condition and retribution of the lost and the salvation and blessedness of the saved are conscious and everlasting. (Mark 9:43-48; Rev. 20:15, 22:3-5, 11)

STATEMENT OF PHILOSOPHY

The Foursquare Christian School is a Christian School, as opposed to a public or even a private school.  The one point which distinguishes a Christian school is its philosophy.

Our philosophy, simply stated, is to provide a God-centered education (as opposed to a man-centered or humanistic education) and view of life.  We believe that reality centers on God and not on man.  God is the creator, the source of all truth and the reason for all things.  Man was created by God, in His image, and we are spiritual beings.  We are intended to find our purpose and meaning in God and He has revealed truth to man through the Holy Scriptures.  Anything that is inconsistent with God's Word is not true and therefore is a lie. 

The responsibility for a child's education rests with the parents, not with the government or the church.  Children belong to God and are given by God to parents.  The teachers stand in the place of parents and the school should complement and supplement the home.  When parents choose a Christian school for their children and go though the enrollment process, they affirm that they are in general agreement with the spiritual and academic mission of the school.  They also affirm they will back the school in prayer support, financial support, and parental support of the school's rules.

Parents who are not in harmony with the spiritual, academic and social purpose of the school should not enroll their children.  Students will conform much better to the standards of the school if they know their parents and the school are united on the rules.  The same is true in families when children know their parents are in solid agreement about family rules; they respond much better when they see united leadership.  The leadership principles that apply at home also apply at school.  Students must see the school and the home united.