Statement on School Discipline

STATEMENT ON SCHOOL DISCIPLINE

The threefold purpose of school discipline is to glorify God by maintaining purity in the local church/school body (1 Cor 5:6), to edify believers by deterring sin and promoting purity (1 Tim 5:20), and to promote the spiritual welfare of the offending believer by calling him or her to return to a biblical standard of doctrine and conduct (Gal 6:1).

The Lord Jesus Christ has entrusted the local church with the authority and responsibility to discipline members for flagrant sin or serious doctrinal error, with the goal of the restoration of the offender. This discipline is entrusted to the School’s Administrative Staff and School Board and is to follow the biblical pattern as set forth in Matthew 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 5; 2 Corinthians 2:7-8; Galatians 6:1; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; Titus 3:10-11; and 2 John 7-11. Any member of this school, its administrative staff, teachers, staff members or students who practices or affirms a doctrine or conduct that, in the judgment of the Administrative Staff and School Board, is opposed to the teaching of the Word of God, or is threatening to the testimony of the school, or is divisive to the body, shall be subject to discipline.

Discipline will follow the biblical pattern, and is an effort to bring the individual to repentance and protect the school from unrepentant sin. Discipline may involve exclusion from participation in activities and events, as well as dismissal from the fellowship of the school. An individual may be disciplined by the Administrative staff or School Board short of dismissal from the school, as they deem appropriate for the specific circumstance (for example, an individual may remain in certain circumstances a member of the student body or faculty/staff but be denied the privilege of serving in a particular event or activity).