Malphurs (2019) findings that approximately 65% of our churches have plateaued or declined in spiritual growth. He attributes this decline to shortcomings in evangelism and edification.  As a result, Christian Schools which are reflections of our churches in particular affiliated churches and accreditation agencies have been directly affected. To address this concern, seminary training now emphasize interpersonal communication and strategic thinking in cultivating effective leaders Malphurs, 2019). Several Christian Universities have also followed suit.

          K-12 Christian Schools are also addressing this issue by moving towards mission driven education and away from traditional text driven education addressing the "whole person" including areas of evidenced based, strategic thinking, interpersonal communication and collaboration.  “One of the most important trends that I’ve seen in Christian education,” Amy Love, director of curriculum and instruction at Liberty Christian Academy (LCA) in Lynchburg, Virginia, said. “…is connecting our content for students in real world applications, especially connecting it with worldview.” (Ramey, 2017).

According to Love, LCA places an emphasis on very intentional worldview development for its students which Love said is another trend in Christian education. This trend includes making sure students understand what they believe and why they believe it as well as being able to articulate the reasons why they believe it. The worldview LCA uses gives context to all the academic subject areas taught to students at LCA (Ramey, 2017).

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