Jack Graham calls for kingdom schools

by Todd Starnes & Erin Curry                                                                Vol. XV, No. 9, October 2002

Southern Baptist churches should establish Christian schools to develop young disciples and empower kingdom growth through education, said Southern Baptist Convention President Jack Graham. Graham, pastor of the Dallas-area Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano, issued the call to plant new schools during his address to members of the SBC Executive Committee Sept. 16 in Nashville, TN.

"I think it's time that Southern Baptist churches and associations and groups of churches look more seriously at establishing kingdom schools, Christian schools," Graham said. "I think it's time we look at not only ... equipping young leaders at seminaries and colleges, but we look more seriously at starting at the earliest years, developing disciples and empowering kingdom growth through education."

Prestonwood Christian Academy, sponsored by Graham's church, provides a Christ-centered education for 1,064 students in lower and upper schools. [BP]