King's Business - 1947-06

deplore professionalism in the pas­ toral ministry, so by the authority of God’s Word, we should deplore it in the teaching ministry. In Luke 9:57-62, Jesus gave the qualifications of those who would enter into His ministry. First, there must be a willingness to sacrifice for the sake of the gospel and the ex­ tension of His kingdom. There must be a willingness upon the part of teachers called to this ministry to deny self and to take up the cross daily and to follow the Master, who left heaven’s glory to live among men as the Saviour, and who gave His life as a ransom for many. There must be a willingness to live by faith. A follower wanted to go and bury his father, and Jesus point­ ed out to him that a disciple could not insist upon “social security” and old-age pension. A disciple must be willing to trust God, and be willing to enter a ministry whether or not a pension is offered. Lastly, Jesus called for faithful workers. “No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.” The Emanuel School Board, and those who become associated with it, must persist through opposition and heartache and disappointment, look­ ing up toward the Lord from whence cometh salvation.

movement. As we have looked to the hills, we have seen the approach of the coming of the Lord. We know that He is in this educational min­ istry which is seeking to direct the little ones to God. Calls have come in from various cities in Northern California for the extension of the Emanuel School movement. A rally was recently held in Modesto in the Brethren Church, and a committee was formed to pre­ pare for the opening of an Emanuel Grammar School, and possibly a Junior High School by September. An Emanuel School rally was held in the First Baptist Church of Peta­ luma; a committee was formed to investigate the possibilities of open­ ing a Grammar School and Junior High in the fall. Other calls and con­ tacts have been made for further openings in Oakland, Berkeley, the Peninsula cities, Santa Rosa and San Francisco. We are looking to the Scriptures to discover the best approach to this educational adventure. Too long now teaching has been considered a pro­ fession, whereas God, through His Word, presented it as a calling and a ministry. Jesus commanded His disciples to go out and to teach all nations. The Apostle Paul placed teaching high in the scale of min­ istries in the church. Just as we

11c school system of America Is based on the evolutionary theory. The hu­ man race is part of an evolutionary process that has been going on blind­ ly or atheistically directed, but never­ theless the progress is inevitably up­ ward. Some of the top philosophers of the country have been disillu­ sioned by two world wars, but never­ theless the educational system has not adjusted to any new philosophy. Having this underlying basic phi­ losophy, the teacher looks upon the child as naturally, innately good, so all that 'the teacher needs to do is to co-operate with the evolutionary process at work in the body and mind of the youngster. Freedom of expression, with certain limitations, is quite acceptable, though progres­ sive education, as it has been expe­ rimented with in California, is ex­ ceptional. Yet the average class­ room is dominated with this philos­ ophy of the innate goodness and in­ evitable progress of the child. The Christian philosophy of educa­ tion is based on the teachings of the Word of God. There is the recogni­ tion of the depravity of the human race apart from God. A child is not looked upon as innately and inevit­ ably good, but rather potentially good, if a proper surrender to God is made. The recognition of the au­ thority of God is considered the chief motivating power in true Christian education. “The respect for God is the chief part of knowledge.” In the Christian classroom there is not the desire for self expression, but for the expression of God through the lives of the youngsters. There must be a denial of self, a taking up of the cross, with its mean­ ing of surrender, devotion, or sac­ rifice. This is the basis of the Eman­ uel School system, and it is by this recognition of God in each classroom, and through the total program, that Emanuel School proposes to remedy the failures of the public school system. The first Emanuel School opened on February 3 in East Oakland in the Trinity Baptist Church. It was started in the middle of the year, but even with that handicap a large number of students responded. A great many lessons are being learned by the Board of Directors, as well as by the teachers, in regard to this educational ministry. There is no one associated with the Emanuel School movement who pretends to know all the answers. There is the recognition of utter dependence upon Almighty God. Great comfort is taken from Psalm 121:1, 2: “ I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the Lord, which made heaven and earth." The vision is before us. It is our deep conviction that God is in this P«ge Ten

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