Kingdom Education

Families find new allies in homeschooling
CAROLYN NICHOLS
Newswriter
Published June 3, 2004

ST. AUGUSTINE (FBW)–For hundreds of Florida families, schoolwork is homework, parents are teachers and dining rooms double as classrooms. Homeschooling, once an insular undertaking, is now made easier by established Christian schools and informal alliances which offer support and encouragement.

Summit explores ‘Kingdom Education’ efforts
‘Children are God’s homework assignment,’ participants told
JAMES A. SMITH SR.
Executive Editor
Published May 27, 2004

ORLANDO (FBW)—Billed as an “historic” meeting of Southern Baptist pastors, state convention leaders and Christian school administrators, the May 11 Florida Baptist Kingdom Education Summit was held with the hope that the gathering would “help to energize our school movement and help focus it on how we can help churches grow,” said organizer Ed Gamble, executive director of the Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools.

What is ‘Kingdom Education’?
JAMES A. SMITH SR.
Executive Editor
Published May 27, 2004

ORLANDO (FBW)—A fledgling movement among Southern Baptists to promote denomination-wide Christian education for children in elementary and secondary schools is known as “Kingdom education.” The concept was promoted at a May 11 Florida Baptist Kingdom Education Summit jointly sponsored by the Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools and Florida Baptist Convention.

Kingdom Education Resources
Published May 27, 2004

Anti-public schools resolution finds little support at Summit
JAMES A. SMITH SR.
Executive Editor
Published May 27, 2004

ORLANDO (FBW)—A resolution calling for a Southern Baptist exodus from public schools, proposed by two laymen for consideration by the Southern Baptist Convention during its upcoming annual meeting in Indianapolis June 15-16, found little support at a May 11 meeting of Southern Baptist backers of Christian schools.

Christian Education Resolution
Published May 27, 2004

CHRISTIAN EDUCATION RESOLUTION
Submitted Jointly by T.C. Pinckney and Bruce N. Shortt To the 2004 Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention
April 26, 2004

What can the SBC do to support ‘Kingdom Education’?
Published May 27, 2004

Florida Baptist Witness asked Ed Gamble, executive director of the Southern Baptist Association of Christian Schools, to outline what he believes can be done within the Southern Baptist Convention to support the efforts of grassroots Southern Baptists who are engaged in Christian schools.

The Foundation of a Kingdom School
LARRY TAYLOR
Published May 27, 2004

Building a Kingdom School is no easy task.