Fellowship
of Christian Educators
In
1998 FreeWay Foundation launched a new ministry to encourage
and affirm Christians who teach in public schools. The
Fellowship of Christian Educators is a network of mutual
support groups which get together weekly in their school
building for a regular prayer-share time. We suggest
that these FCE groups meet for a brief 20-minute devotional
period before or after school one day a week to pray
for the administration, faculty, staff, students, and
families of the community.
FCE
is not a political action group nor is it an alternative
labor union for teachers. It merely is a regular, ongoing
group of professional educators who are committed to
Christ. Ideally, on each Monday morning before the bell
rings, these believers gather to worship the Lord, receive
spiritual nourishment, share burdens, and pray for spiritual
strength for the coming week.
FreeWay
Foundation has a vision of thousands of Christian teachers
all across America joining together in love and discernment,
praying for fruitfulness, character, and excellence,
as seen in Phil. 1:9-11. Imagine the spiritual impact
such concentrated intercessory prayer could make on
the public school systems of this nation.
Fellowship
of Christian Educators Covenant
With
the help of the Lord Jesus Christ, I covenant to:
- Pray
daily for the students and faculty of my school
- Exemplify
Christian love in my attitudes and speech
- Conduct
myself always according to "The Golden Rule"
- Encourage
and support other FCE members by meeting
regularly in school with them for prayer and devotions
Dr. Curt Scarborough, president of FreeWay Foundation,
writes:
"We have discovered, during more than a quarter
of a century of service to the public schools
of Missouri, that a high percentage of teachers, administrators,
and school counselors are Christians active in their
local churches. They look upon their teaching profession
as a Divine calling, in spite of the increasing secularization
of many public schools and the "demonizing"
they suffer from well-meaning (but often misguided)
Christians who characterize all teachers in all public
schools as "secular humanists."
"Christians who teach in public schools often are
targets of verbal fire from both sides. From the left
flank, they are shot at for bringing God and religion
into public schools. From the right flank, they are
shot at for propagating atheism, situational ethics,
and anti-family values."
"The truth is, public school systems (as a general
rule) indeed are more secular than a half-century ago.
But it is also the truth that a great many public school
teachers are professing Christians who are experiencing
increasing frustration at the whip-sawing pressures
being exerted upon them."
"FreeWay Foundation is in a unique position to
do something to affirm and encourage these Christian
educators. Our Board of Directors in 1998 launched a
mutual support ministry which was named "Fellowship
of Christian Educators." Our goal is to establish
a FCE group in all 88,000 public schools in the United
States."
Are
you interested in becoming a part of Fellowship of Christian
Educators?
We are looking for one active church member who works
in each of the 88,000 public schools in the U. S. Here’s
what we ask that key person to do:
1. Agree to schedule and lead a brief prayer-share time
in your school building every week . . . ideally for
20 minutes before school begins on Monday morning, to
pray for faculty, staff, students, and their families.
2. Gather together two or more of your fellow Christians
to form a FCE group, agreeing to pay the nominal $10.00
annual fee to register your group.
Here’s what you will receive from FCE for that
$10.00 registration fee:
1. FCE will add your chapter to our closely protected
listing to receive the weekly e-mail newsletter "E-merge"
which will contain an original devotional meditation
by Dr. Curt Scarborough, written especially for public
school teachers.
2. "E-merge" also will serve as a means for
sharing special, crisis prayer requests so that Christian
teachers in other schools across the nation may join
together with you in simultaneous intercession to the
Lord.
3. FCE will send your chapter an official membership
certificate, along with enough membership cards for
distribution to those who attend the weekly meetings
in your school.
FCE plans to publish an annual directory of chapters
affiliated with this organization, listing only the
name of the school and its e-mail address. If you do
not wish to be listed, please indicate that on the registration
form below.
Fellowship of Christian Educators
Registration of a local school chapter
Name of school:___________________________________________
District: _______________ County: ______________ State:________
FCE volunteer leader or contact person:
Name: _____________________________________
E-mail address: _____________________________
Official position in the school: ______________________________
Church Affiliation:__________________________________________
Approximate number of persons expected to meet as
a FCE chapter weekly: _____
___ Please do not include us in the listing of the FCE
National Directory
Fill out this form, enclose the $10.00 registration
fee, and mail to:
FreeWay Foundation
Fellowship of Christian Educators
3426 Bridgeland Drive
Bridgeton (St. Louis Co.), MO 63044
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