ABOUT ECCS
It is what we love that ultimately defines who we are. That is why Classical Christian educators seek to go beyond telling students what they should know or how they should think, and instead strive to mold who they are by shaping what they love. As John Ruskin puts it, “The entire object of true education is to make people not merely do the right things, but to enjoy them; not merely industrious, but to love industry; not merely just, but to hunger and thirst for justice.” It is our worship that shapes our worldview and the course of our lives. At ECCS, our goal is to provide students with both an academically rigorous and unapologetically Christian education. Although we hope and expect that our students will grow and excel within the classroom, our first priority is for them to grow in their knowledge and love of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, we seek to capture our students’ hearts for Christ (recognizing our absolute dependence upon the Holy Spirit) by not only offering Bible classes and chapel, but by teaching every subject through the lens of Scripture. In the ECCS classroom, there is no distinction between God’s creation and science, between God’s order and mathematics, between Church history and world history. Every class is taught from the perspective of a Christian worldview with the goal of not just informing our students’ minds but transforming their hearts. The hope and prayer of ECCS is to equip the next generation of the Church to dwell richly in the word of the Lord (Colossians 3:16), to live lives worthy of their calling (Ephesians 4:1), and to destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ (II Corinthians 10:5), so that God’s kingdom is advanced and Christ’s name is exalted.
In 2000, God planted a seed in the hearts and minds of a handful of families—a vision for educating their children. By His grace, that seed took root, and that vision was realized. Evangel Classical Christian School began educating and nurturing 53 students in its first year.
The roots have continued to grow deeper as our school has grown. We develop leaders who are being equipped to transform our culture for Christ, students who are taught every subject from a Christian worldview and who are equipped for academic success. Our faculty and staff are committed to the vision of classical education, and it has been our privilege to cultivate the rich academic and spiritual growth of hundreds of students.
As Evangel Classical Christian School has flourished, our goal has remained the same:
“We seek to glorify God by shaping the hearts and minds of covenant children through a distinctively classical and unapologetically Christian education with the goal of raising up ambassadors for Christ.”
Evangel Classical Christian School is unapologetically Christian and distinctively classical. Our school is a testament to God, the Great Gardener, who so faithfully watered, pruned, and cultivated a once tender sprout. Now in its place stands a firmly grounded tree.