Exploring the Importance of Christian Schools and Missions

Both Christian schools and missions demand a place in the life of the Christian. On the one hand, missions are an imperative. They are a biblical mandate. Jesus Christ himself put great emphasis on them. As related in Go and make disciples!, “Each of the four Gospels ends with a ‘Great Commission’…Jesus says that his will is that his disciples take the gospel to all peoples everywhere.”[1] Four texts are then cited: Matthew 28:18–20, Mark 16:15–18, Luke 24:44–48, and John 20:21–23. Missions...