Christian Education
There are probably over one hundred of the new Christian Schools in Britain. In such schools it is considered vital that education is consistent with biblical teaching as matter of Biblical principle.
At Emmaus we do not believe that knowledge is ‘neutral’. For example, Christians take a distinctive view of the origin and purpose of life. Science is not the study of impersonal chance laws; it is the study of God's created order and design. History is not the examination of random events or the march of progress; for the Christian, history is the unfolding of God's plan. No school subject is neutral. If a school leaves God out of the curriculum the school is making a religious statement, namely that God is not relevant to the majority of life, and that life can be interpreted without reference to God.
The Governors believe that the Bible places prime responsibility upon parents for the physical, intellectual, emotional, moral, spiritual and social development of their children. The school's aim is to work in partnership with parents in order to help them fulfil their Biblical obligations.
The idea of the school as an extension of each family has had a considerable effect upon the way in which Emmaus School has developed. It is to supplement rather than take the place of the family. The school must never be so large that it loses the familiarity, informality and the caring discipline, which should be features of family life; and perhaps most importantly, parents should be involved in the education of their children alongside those who, because of training, may have greater experience. Professional teachers assist parents at Emmaus, they do not replace them.
In all our work at Emmaus we take the Bible as our starting point.