Our beliefs and values are at the core of all we do at Grace Christian School. It’s important to us that our students and families share our beliefs and values so that we can be successful in reaching the outcomes that we all want for our students.
Spiritual growth is encouraged through biblical integration in all coursework and the promotion of Christian leadership and discipleship in all activities. Academic growth is promoted through quality education in all classes, enhanced learning opportunities for high achievers, and learning support for students who need extra assistance.
GCS is committed to reaching people for Jesus. Students are taught about God’s love, led to believe the Gospel, and trained to follow Christ in serving others and building God’s kingdom.
Students are taught that Scripture is the verbally-inspired, inerrant Word of God, and the authority and sufficiency for living the life God intends.
Through modeling and empowerment, GCS promotes strong Christian leadership in its staff and student body that is committed to executing duties with righteousness and sound ethics.
As work that is done unto the Lord, GCS staff and students are expected to strive for excellence in all endeavors and activities.
The Bible is God’s word to all people. It is written by human authors under the supernatural guidance of the Holy Spirit. Because God inspired it, the Bible is truth without any error and is completely relevant in our daily lives. (Deuteronomy 4:1-2; Isaiah 40:8; Matthew 22:29; John 5:39)
The blood of Jesus Christ, shed on the cross, provides the only way of salvation through the forgiveness of sin. Salvation is a gift from God and it cannot be earned through our own efforts. (Isaiah 1:18, 53:5-,; 55:7; Matthew 1:21, 27:22-66, 28:1-6; Luke 1:68-69)
The church is a local community of believers unified through faith in Christ. We are committed to the teachings of Christ, to obey all of his commands, and to bringing the Gospel to the world. The church works together in love and unity, intent on the ultimate purpose of glorifying christ. (Matthew 16:18-19, 18:15-20; Acts 2:41-47, 5:11-14; 1 Corinthians 7:17, 9:13-14)
Baptism is a symbolic act to publicly profess one’s salvation. God commands it, but our salvation does not rely upon it. We practice full-immersion baptism, symbolizing the process of death and resurrection that Jesus went through for us. (Matthew 28:19-20, 1 Cor 11:23-24)
God has existed in relationship with himself for all eternity. He exists as one substance in three persons:
The father, the son, and the holy spirit. Although each member of the trinity serves different functions, they each possess equal power and authority. (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 61:1; Matthew 28:19; Mark 1:9-11; Luke 1:35)
God is great. He is powerful, all knowing, ever present, unchanging, and above all, He is holy. God is good. He is our father. He is loving, compassionate and faithful to his people and promises. (Exodus 3:14; Numbers 23:19; Leviticus 11:44-45, 19:2; Psalm 11:4-6)
Jesus Christ is completely human, but at the same time completely God. He lived a sinless life so that He could be a substitute for us in satisfying God’s demands for perfection. He defeated death in his resurrection so that we could have life. (Isaiah 7:14, 53; Matthew 1:18-23, 3:17, 8:29; Luke 22:70, 24:46-47; John 1:1)
His presence assures us of a relationship with Christ. He guides believers into all truth, and exalts Christ.
He convicts people of their sin, God’s righteousness, and the coming judgement. He comforts us, gives us spiritual gifts, and makes us more like Christ. (Gen 1:2; Psalm 51:11; Isaiah 61:1-3; Joel 2:28-32; Mark 1:10)
Prayer is our ability to communicate with god. Through Jesus’ salvation, we no longer need an intercessor to go between God and us; we can address Him directly. (Peter 2:5; Rev 1:6; Matthew 6:9-13)
God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged outside of a marriage between one naturally-born man and one naturally-born woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, fornication, adultery, and pornography are not in obedience to god’s will and word. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender. (Gen 2:24, 19:5,13, 26:8-9; Lev 18:1-30; Rom 1: 26-29; 1 Cor 5:1; 6:9; 1 Thess 4:1-8; Heb 13:4)
The only scriptural marriage is the joining of one naturally-born man and one naturally-born woman for life. (Gen 2:24; Rom. 7:2; 1 Cor. 7:10; Eph 5:22-23)
Grace Christian School employs a philosophy to present all truths from the superior viewpoint of faith in Jesus Christ and to instruct students in God’s perspective. In fact, keeping in mind that all knowledge, understanding, and wisdom come from God, we see that all education becomes a revelation of God and that no academic subject can be properly understood apart from that Revelation.
The components of education our students experience are:
The Bible refers to these phases of education as treasures, and all three of these treasures come from God and God alone. (Proverbs 2:1-6)
The purpose of Grace Christian School is to train Christian youth in all essentials of learning, emphasizing the fundamentals of the Christian faith as revealed in the Word of God, standing uncompromisingly and unreservedly upon these basic tenets and combating atheism and apostasy through the proclamation of the verbally inspired Bible as God’s infallible Word.
GCS students are prepared in an excellent academic environment so that they are well equipped to meet the challenges of our technological culture and workplace.
GCS students are prepared in an excellent academic environment so that they are well equipped to meet the challenges of our technological culture and workplace.
Our objectives in the education of your student are as follows:
Students who graduate from Grace Christian School will be:
Students who graduate from Grace Christian School will be:
Students who graduate from Grace Christian School will be:
Grace Christian School was founded in the summer of 1970 by a group of Grace Chapel Church parents who desired an education that was distinctly Christian for their students. The first year there were a total of twenty students in kindergarten and first grade. The next year, grades two through four were added and enrollment reached sixty-four. In the years that followed, grades five through twelve were added with the first graduating class in 1985.
The school currently includes Transitional Kindergarten through the twelfth grade with an enrollment nearing 1,000. Our Child Development Center offers a Pre-Kindergarten program for age 4 and childcare starting at infant care.
Grace Christian School is a ministry of Grace Chapel Ministries, which has supported the school as a community ministry by providing the facilities, utilities and financial support. GCS has over 45 area churches represented in our school. For more information about Grace Chapel Church and other Grace ministries, please visit www.gracechapelsanford.com.
