16 | Phoenix Christian Preparatory | Winter 2021
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DOCTORAL FACULTY Congratulations to faculty members Dr. Keith de Laet and Dr. Ryan Stephens, who successfully passed their thesis review and received their Doctoral degrees.
DR. KEITH DE LAET earned his Doctor of Ministry from Phoenix Seminary. He based his thesis research on the unique missional model Phoenix Christian adopted in the last decade. The purpose of the thesis was to evaluate current school methods, policies, and procedures in the light of Missional Theology as a whole to clarify the school’s mission, enabling PC to best meet the needs of our current students and their families. These adjustments fell into five specific areas. 1.
Phoenix Christian is called to support church attendance and must look for ways to actively connect school families to local churches.
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Phoenix Christian must emphasize the eternal truths of Christian faith understanding that it has existed and continues to exist in diverse cultures that may be simultaneously relevant to the people within those cultures.
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Phoenix Christian must continually address ways in which the school culture may shift in terms of ethnicity, social-economic status, or other indicators and adjust as needed to express the unchanging truth of Christ within the changing context of the school, the city, the state, etc.
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Phoenix Christian will express the faith as living and dynamic and clearly distinguish between matters of eternal truth and matters of preference.
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Phoenix Christian needs to emphasize that an active faith can be put into practice naturally and we should look for and encourage community service opportunities that are natural, real, and relevant to our students as activity promotes more activity.
