1. Lutheran Education
By: Liz King

2. What is the purpose of education?

3. Thesis:
To protect religion and values, Lutheran schools had to be made in order to fulfill the LCMS’ educational goals and purposes.

4. Great Commission
“Then Jesus came to them and said, ‘All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.” --Matthew 28:18-20 NIV

5. Key Words GO
BAPTIZE
TEACH

6. LCMS Martin Stephen C.F.W. Walther 12 pastors and 14 congregations
founder
C.F.W. Walther
“Father of the Missouri Synod”
12 pastors and 14 congregations
Church body’s constitution signed April 26, 1847

7. Education Public Education Parents’ Responsibility
Christian Nation
Parents’ Responsibility
God will hold them responsible for their children’s education
Church’s Responsibility
Responsibility to its members

8. Problems
“But the history of the Lutheran school in America shows that just in this point glaring mistakes were made.” –Dr. H. O. A. Keinath
Language
Money
Instruction
Discipline

9. Purpose of Lutheran Education
“Christian education will by the grace of God save itself if we only give it a chance.” --Building the Parochial School of Tomorrow
To be a ministry from the church
To be a ministry to the church
Discipline and Instruction are based in God’s Word.

10. Purpose of Lutheran Schools
“God has moved in history to provide an opportunity right on the cutting edge of mission. The Lutheran school is a field for harvest, an opportunity for mission, right in our ecclesiastical backyard. The Lutheran school is indeed an opportunity for mission.” --The Lutheran School: Opportunity for Mission
Aid to parents
Aid to ministry
Aid to State

11. Lutheran Schools Today
“God has given the task of raising and educating children to their parents.”
Lutheran Witness June/July 2013

12. Bibliography
Beck, Walter H. Lutheran Elementary Schools in the United States. St. Louis, Missouri: Concordia Publishing House, 1939.
Beiderwieden, George Sr.; Boerger, J. F. Sr.; Keinath, H. O. A.; Rupprecht, O. C.; Schwiebert, E. G. Building the Parochial School of Tomorrow. Wisconsin: F. L. Weber, 1941.
Carlson, Edgar M. Church Sponsored Higher Education and the Lutheran Church in America. New York. Board of College Education and Church Vocations Lutheran Church in America, 1967.
Dittmar, Herman A. Lutheran Religious Elementary Education. Missouri: Faculty of The Graduate of Saint Louis University, 1944.
Gaustad, Edwin S., Philip L. Barlow, Richard W. Dishno, and Edwin S. Gaustad New historical atlas of religion in America. New York: Oxford University Press.
Greinke, Gary A. Survival With A Purpose: A Master Plan Revisited. Lutheran Educational Conference of North America, 1977.
Hunter, Kent R. The Lutheran School: Opportunity for Mission!. Missouri: The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s Board for Evangelism; Board of Parish Education, 1978.
Jahsmann, Allan Hart. "The Purposes of Lutheran Education." In What's Lutheran in Education? Explorations into Principles and Practices., St. Louis: Concordia Pub. House, 1960.
Kramer, William A. General Course of Study for Lutheran Elementary Schools: With Supplement. St. Louis: Concordia Pub. House, 1943.
Lutheran Witness Vol 1-3, no. May 21, 1882-May 7, 1885.
Solberg, Richard W.  Lutheran higher education in North America. Minneapolis: Augsburg Pub. House, 1985.