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Christian School Movement

1985

11 interviews



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In this project, educators from Indiana state Christian schools reveal their beliefs about how modern public schools fail to impart the moral education and values that they feel are a requisite part of education. Many interviewees comment on the morally inadequate, corrupt, and even threatening environment that public schools represent to Christian (and other) students. The Christian teachers also elaborate on the teaching methods and programs used to teach students in their schools, as well as the state regulations the Christian schools must adhere to in order to remain open.

Interviewees

Bowles, Reverend Donald G

Douglas, Michael W.

Douglas, Shirley E.

Kelley, Richard D.

Kelley, Stanley O.

Kuhn, Raymond B.; Sankey, Leonard L.

Myers, Mark J.

Potter, David A.

Shields, David J.

Stashevsky, Richard J.

Wagner, David W.


Interviewee: Bowles, Reverend Donald G
Call number: 85-020
Date(s) of Interview: June 26, 1985
Physical Description: 32 pp; 2 cassettes, 1 7/8 ips, 105 minutes; index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha K.

Reverend Donald G. Bowles, pastor of Grace Baptist Temple, tells about his missionary work and how it impacted his children's education and how this effected his attitude toward Christian Education. He describes how his school is run and the values Christian education based upon.

Keywords

Corporation Names

DePaul School

Grace Baptist Temple

National Education Association

Seoul Foreign School

Personal Names

Dewey, John

Ebling, Dave

Guiler, Mary

Place Names

Bloomington, Indiana

Louisville, Kentucky

Republic, Missouri

Seoul, Korea

Springfield, Missouri

Taejon, Korea

Zaire

Occupation Names

missionary

Subjects

Accelerated Christian Education

Christian education

Christian schools

DePaul Learning Society Materials

culture shock

prayer in school

public schools

state educational role

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Interviewee: Douglas, Michael W.
Call number: 85-033
Date(s) of Interview: May 28, 1985
Physical Description: 65 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 115 minutes; no index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha

Michael W. Douglas, a reverend of the Pentecostal Faith Assembly, discusses his views of the importance of Christian spiritual education for American youth. He speaks of Christian schooling, the Christian perspective on education as opposed to that embraced by public education, and his views on the idea and governmental application of the separation of church and state. In addition, Douglas comments on corporal punishment and, in his view, the spiritual necessity of learning from the Bible.

Keywords

Corporation Names

Pentecostal Faith Assembly

Personal Names

Rogers, Carl

Place Names

Monroe County, Indiana

United States

Occupation Names

reverend

Subjects

Accelerated Christian Education

Christian schools

corporal punishment

curriculum

educational philosophy

humanism

public schools

separation of church and state

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Interviewee: Douglas, Shirley E.
Call number: 85-023
Date(s) of Interview: June 26, 1985
Physical Description: 25 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 80 minutes; index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha

Shirley E. Douglas, member of the Pentecostal Faith Assembly and teacher at and supporter of Christian schools, speaks of the Christian faith and responsibility to educate America's youth with traditional Christian values, as opposed to the humanism that characterizes public education. Douglas discusses the reasons behind her opposition to sex and drug education and comments on discipline and the gender roles she believes to be prescribed by the Scriptures.

Keywords

Corporation Names

Pentecostal Faith Assembly

Subjects

Christian schools

child discipline

drug education

educational philosophy

gender roles

humanism

moral education

sex education

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Interviewee: Kelley, Richard D.
Call number: 85-028
Date(s) of Interview: June 5, 1985; June 17, 1985
Physical Description: 9 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 90 minutes; index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha

Richard D. Kelley shares his beliefs and perspective regarding Christian schools and moral education in this interview. He discusses the humanism embraced by public schools and comments on his preferences for a dress code, parent-supported discipline, and the teaching of Christian morality, as embodied by the Christian school he created.

Keywords

Subjects

dress code

Accelerated Christian Education

Christian schools

child discipline

humanism

moral education

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Interviewee: Kelley, Stanley O.
Call number: 85-027
Date(s) of Interview: June 5, 1985
Physical Description: 30 pp.; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips; no index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha K.

Stanley O. Kelley discusses the Christian school located in the Church of Jesus Christ in Bloomington, Indiana, of which he is a pastor. He describes the differences between Christian schools and public schools and talks about the success of Christian schools.

Keywords

Place Names

Bloomington, Indiana

Occupation Names

reverend

Subjects

Accelerated Christian Education

Church of Jesus Christ

citizenship

creationism

educational philosophy

evolution

moral education

parental responsibility

public schools

religious beliefs

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Interviewee: Kuhn, Raymond B.; Sankey, Leonard L.
Call number: 85-022
Date(s) of Interview: June 28, 1985
Physical Description: 30 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 103 minutes; no index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha

In this interview, Leonard L. Sankey and Raymond B. Kuhn of the Faith Mission Church and the Stone City Christian Academy, discuss the founding of this school, the centrality of their message and mission from God to the creation of the school, and what Christian schools provide (as opposed to public schools). Sankey speaks of the ABEKA program and the Accelerated Christian Education, or ACE program, and the positive results of these programs in the academy. In addition, discipline, parental responsibility, moral education, funding, and computer education are discussed.

Keywords

Corporation Names

ABEKA

Faith Mission Church

Stone City Christian Academy

Subjects

Accelerated Christian Education

Christian school funding

Christian schools

child discipline

class size

computer education

humanism

moral education

parental responsibility

public schools

television

tuition

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Interviewee: Myers, Mark J.
Call number: 85-026
Date(s) of Interview: June 12, 1985
Physical Description: 27 pp.; 1 tape, 1 7/8 ips, 60 minutes; index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha

Mark J. Myers speaks of the Christian school he began in response to his concern about the decaying or nonexistent moral education students were receiving at public schools. He discusses the necessity of parental involvement in their children's education, the importance of consistent and firm discipline, and the class equalizing effects of introducing and enforcing a dress code or the wearing of uniforms at schools. In addition, Myers comments on the means and obstacles involved in obtaining funding for his Christian school.

Keywords

Occupation Names

reverend

Subjects

Accelerated Christian Education

Christian school funding

Christian schools

child discipline

dress code

moral education

parental involvement

public schools

sin

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Interviewee: Potter, David A.
Call number: 85-032
Date(s) of Interview: June 20, 1985
Physical Description: 58 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 90 minutes; no index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha

David A. Potter discusses his perspective on the superiority of Christian schools to public education, especially in the areas of moral education, discipline, individual attention, the indoctrinization of Christian values and patriotism, and parental involvement. In addition, he speaks of the merits and drawbacks of instituting Accelerated Christian Education, or ACE, and phonics programs in the classroom. Potter speaks of the teacher requirements in place at his school, how the school is funded, and the decline of public education.

Keywords

Corporation Names

ABEKA

Personal Names

Craft, Marsella School

Subjects

Accelerated Christian Education

Christian school funding

Christian schools

child discipline

drugs

humanism

moral education

parental involvement

patriotism

phonics

public schools

religious tolerance

teacher requirements

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Interviewee: Shields, David J.
Call number: 85-029
Date(s) of Interview: June 13, 1985
Physical Description: 40 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 80 minutes; no index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha

David J. Shields speaks of his beliefs about and participation in Christian schools. A member of the Pentecostal faith, Shields lists some of his problems with public education. In addition, he speaks of the morality and values embraced by Christian schools, the teachers and congregation of his school, Indiana education regulations, and the importance of the Bible. Shields also comments on the way that the combination of racism and integration led to an increase in the creation of private, Christian, and parochial schools for white children in the South.

Keywords

Corporation Names

United Pentecostal Church

Subjects

Christian schools

Indiana education regulations

church membership

dress code

morals

public schools

racism

school buildings

segregation

values

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Interviewee: Stashevsky, Richard J.
Call number: 85-025
Date(s) of Interview: Juen 27, 1985
Physical Description: 38 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 90 minutes; no index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha

Richard J. Stashevsky, the administrator of Colonial Christian School, discusses Christian morality and values, and how these are best served in Christian schools. He speaks of the separation of church and state in the context of public education and the running of his school. In addition, Stashevsky comments on gender roles and the sexual permissiveness of modern secular society, tuition, and the modern disintegration of ethics.

Keywords

Corporation Names

Colonial Christian School

Subjects

values

Christian schools

alcoholism

ethics

gender roles

morals

public schools

separation of church and state

tuition

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Interviewee: Wagner, David W.
Call number: 85-021
Date(s) of Interview: June 27, 1985
Physical Description: 49 pp.; 2 tapes, 1 7/8 ips, 72 minutes; no index
Physical Location: Interviews are housed in Weatherly Hall North, Room 122. Copies are also housed at the Indiana University Archives in Herman B Wells Library E460. For other locations housing the interviews from this project, please contact the Center for the Study of History and Memory office.
Access Status: Open
Interviewer: Norkunas, Martha

In this interview, David W. Wagner speaks of his career as a teacher and, later, an administrator, at a Christian school in Indianapolis. Wagner discusses the importance of discipline and parental involvement, and offers some criticisms of the Accelerated Christian Education, or ACE, and ABEKA programs. In addition, he speaks of diversity in his school, the issue of busing, and the centrality of the Bible in the education provided by Christian schools.

Keywords

Corporation Names

ABEKA

Subjects

Christian schools

Indiana education regulations

Pentecostal faith

busing

child discipline

diversity

films

humanism

parental involvement

public schools

television

tuition

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