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Mission and Philosophy

MISSION STATEMENT

 

Reach and serve our local community, Equip their hearts, minds and souls, and Release them into the world to share God’s love.

 

PURPOSE STATEMENT MISSION

 

To develop, nurture, and equip students to positively impact their world for Jesus Christ through a Bible-based, well-balanced education.

 

PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

 

At Red Hill Lutheran School, we believe all students are blessed with unique gifts, talents, and abilities. We encourage a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and recognize the diverse ways students learn and grow. Through rich learning experiences, we foster critical thinking, collaboration, communication, and creativity, empowering students to lead with purpose, compassion, and resilience. Our goal is to cultivate confident leaders who thrive in their God-given calling, serving God and others.

 

RELIGIOUS BELIEF POLICY

 

Red Hill Lutheran School (RHLS) is an outreach ministry of Red Hill Lutheran Church. RHLS welcomes students and families from a variety of Christian denominations and religious backgrounds. As a Lutheran Church, RHLS believes, teaches, and confesses the unchanging truth of Holy Scripture, subscribes to the Lutheran Confessions as true expositions of the Word of God, and professes the Christian faith as described in our Statement of Faith. Red Hill Lutheran Church and School is a member of Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC), an association of Biblically and confessionally orthodox Lutheran Churches. Students, parents, or family members who do not share these beliefs and practices agree to communicate their concerns in a manner that does not lead to division or disruption to the school day, the classroom setting, and the normal operation of the school or the school community. Students, parents, or family members who disagree, in whole or in part, with the fundamental beliefs of RHLS, also agree not to behave and/or promote behavior or doctrinal positions contrary to these beliefs and practices on campus, at school sponsored events, or in any media form identified with RHLS.

 

STATEMENT OF FAITH

 

As a Lutheran Church and School, we ascribe to the ancient creeds of the historical Christian Church: the Apostles’, Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds. From these statements of faith, we believe, confess, and teach:


About God

We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons––Father, Son, and Holy Spirit; co–eternal in being, co–eternal in nature, co–equal in power and glory, having the same attributes and perfections (The Holy Trinity) (Deuteronomy 6:4-5; 2 Corinthians 13:14).


About Jesus

We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit, and born of the Virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful humankind (John 1:1-4, 14; Luke 1:35). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption

through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice, and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead (Romans 3:21-24; Ephesians 1:7; 1 Peter 1:3–5; 1 Peter 2:24). We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended into heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of

God, where, as our High Priest, he fulfills the ministry as Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate (Acts 1:9-11; Hebrews 7:25-28, 9:24; Romans 8:34; 1 John 2:1–2).


About The Holy Spirit

We believe that the Holy Spirit calls all Christians through the Gospel, enlightens and empowers believers with His gifts, convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment; and that He is the Supernatural Agent in the regeneration of the human heart, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption (John 16:8–11; Romans

8:9, 31-34; 1 Corinthians 12:12–14; 2 Corinthians 3:4-6; Ephesians 5:18).


The Bible

We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be the verbally inspired word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God–breathed (Matthew 5:18; John 16:12-13; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:19-21).


Humankind

We believe that humans were created in the image and likeness of God and beloved by God; however, through Adam’s sin the human race fell and became alienated from God; because of sin’s total effects, human beings of themselves are unable to remedy their lost condition (Genesis 1:26- 27; Romans 3:21-24, 5:12, 8:1-2; Ephesians 2:1–6, 12-13). 

 

Salvation

We believe that salvation: forgiveness of sins, reconciliation with God, and God’s power in our lives is the gift of God brought to humankind by God’s grace and received by faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on the cross for the forgiveness of our sins and reconciliation with God (John 1:12; Ephesians 1:7-8, 2:8–10; 1 Peter 1:18–19).


Heaven and Hell

We believe that once someone puts their trust in Jesus and is saved, they are kept safe by God’s power and can be sure they belong to Him forever (John 6:37–40, 10:27–30; Romans 8:1, 38–39; 1 Corinthians 1:4–9; 1 Peter 1:5). Because of that, believers can live with joy and confidence, knowing their future is secure. We’re called to live lives that honor God now, with the hope that one day we’ll be with Him forever when He restores everything and makes the world new (John 14:1–6; 1 Corinthians 15:1–10, 35–49; Colossians 3:14–17; 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18; Revelation 21:1–5). But turning away from God and rejecting His gift of forgiveness through Jesus means being separated from Him—and that separation is what the Bible describes as hell (2 Thessalonians 1:6–9).


The Church

We believe the church is more than just a building—it’s the body of Christ and His bride, made up of people who’ve been forgiven and brought back into relationship with God through Jesus (1 Corinthians 12:12–14; Ephesians 1:22-23; 5:25–27). The Bible shows us clearly that local churches were started and meant to keep

going (Acts 14:27; 18:22; 20:17; 1 Timothy 3:1–3; Titus 1:5–11). We believe the church is called to follow Jesus and help others do the same—to be disciples who make disciples (Matthew 28:19-20). We also recognize that Baptism and Communion are special ways God gives grace to His people, and they’ve been part of the church from the very beginning (Acts 2:41-42; 18:8; 1 Corinthians 11:23–26).


Serving God

We believe that through baptism, the Holy Spirit gives divine grace, spiritual gifts, and establishes the Christian into the Body of Christ, the church. God is sovereign in the bestowing of spiritual gifts. It is, also, the believer’s responsibility to grow in their understanding of the Christian faith and to develop their sovereignly given spiritual gift(s) to the glory of God and the blessing of others (Ephesians 2:13-22, 4:1-7). We believe that it is the privilege and responsibility of every believer to serve God according to the gift(s) and grace of God that is given to them (Romans 12:1–8; 1 Corinthians 13; 1 Peter 4:10–11). We believe that God hears and answers the prayer of faith, in accordance with His own will, for the sick, afflicted, and the needs of His people (John 15:7; 1 John 5:14-15).


Marriage and Family

We believe and confess that the marriage of male and female is an institution created and blessed by God. From marriage, God forms families to serve as the building blocks of all human civilization and community. We teach and practice that sexual activity belongs exclusively within the biblical boundaries of a faithful marriage between one man and one woman. (Genesis 1:26- 27; Romans 3:21-24, 5:12, 8:1-2; Ephesians 2:1–6, 12-13).


Sex and Gender

  1. Our physical bodies are essential to our bearing of God’s image. Genesis 1:27 says, “God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.”
  2. The perfect original intent for humankind was for all humans to be classified as either male or female.
  3. All scripture speaks to the intentional creation of man and woman, that gender and sex are one and the same.
  4. Jesus affirms all of the above in Matthew 19:4-5 when He references Genesis 1:27.

Because the scriptures clearly describe humans as distinctly man and woman, RHLS will treat all students in accordance with God’s original creation of their bodies and souls. Students whose biological sex at birth was male will be classified as boys, and students whose biological sex at birth was female will be classified as girls.