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News and UpdatesThe Battle is Hot, but Hope is Not Lost!
By Jeff KeatonI’ve been a student of American culture for most of my 51 years, and I can honestly say that I have never witnessed anything like we see today. Social media has pulled everyone and every opinion out of hiding and into the mainstream. Some want to blame social media, and it surely has…
HeadlinesBreakPoint: Defining and Defending Religious Freedom
John Stonestreet & G. Shane MorrisWe’ve not seen in the United States, at least in recent memory, so many efforts to force Christians to act in ways that violate their consciences. Almost always, these demands are made in the name of sexual freedom—whether we’re talking about nuns being forced to…
RevitalizationChristian School Revitalization in Action at First Academy
On April 25 and 26, Ron Gordon and Jared Clark conducted a Christian school strategic deployment session with First Academy (FA) in Douglas, GA. As a ministry of First Baptist Church of Douglas, First Academy enjoys a thriving preschool program with a growing elementary school which recently…
News and UpdatesWise County Christian School Partners with Renewanation Scholarship Foundation
Renewanation recently had the privilege to visit Wise County Christian School, one of the 30 incredible schools partnering with the Renewanation Scholarship Foundation in the Virginia Education Improvement Scholarship Tax Credit Program. Although WCCS is celebrating their 41st year in operation,…
HeadlinesBreakPoint: The Green New Deal: Government Is Not Our Savior
By John Stonestreet & G. Shane MorrisBelieving that the impossible becomes possible by congressional mandate is the essence of what Jacques Ellul called “the political illusion.” That illusion was on clear display when freshman New York Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Massachusetts…
News and UpdatesGraduate Program Scholarship Opportunity
Renewanation - in conjunction with Covenant College and as the result of a generous donation - is offering a significant scholarship towards the completion of a Master of Education degree. Current Christian school administrators, as well as future candidates for Christian school leadership, are…
News and UpdatesJohn Knox Christian School
Jeff Keaton spoke last week to a group of parents at John Knox Christian School in Brampton, Ontario, CA. Jeff’s speech, “What’s the Big Deal about Worldview?” was the first in a series of presentations to parents at John Knox to help nurture and train them to raise their children in the most…
News and UpdatesSuper Exciting News About Teacher Training Camps 2019
Registration for our July 29-30 and August 1-2 Biblical Worldview Training Camps for Teachers and Administrators is now officially open at renewanation.org/events. Here’s the exciting news. Even though we only have space for 300 on-site campers, we will be simulcasting (live or on demand) the July…
News and UpdatesComprehensive Sex-Education Bill Will Ban Abstinence-Only Education
The new sexual orthodoxy that is being passed into law around the USA will soon cause Christian parents to make big new decisions about education. Beyond that, if we fail to stand against this, it will cost Christians the freedom to practice their faith openly in the years to come. In Canada, where…
News and UpdatesRenewanation Annual Board Retreat
Our Renewanation board of directors met at Manderley Christian Camp last week to assess our progress in 2018 and to plan for 2019 expansion and development. We were honored to be joined by Pete Talbott of the The Talbott Group and Andrew Ballard of Marketing Solutions. These men have developed a…
EventsRenewanation at Children's Pastors Conference
On January 14-17, 1,600 children’s pastors gathered in Orlando, Florida from all over the country to be equipped to minister to children at the Children’s Pastors Conference, the largest national conference for children’s ministry. Dr. Josh Mulvihill spoke at two breakout sessions, filled to…
News and UpdatesOne-Day Parent & Grandparent Conference
Jeff Keaton and Dr. Josh Mulvihill held their first biblical worldview conference for parents and grandparents at First Baptist Church in Baxter, MN. In spite of the fact that the temperature was a cool -27, several hundred hearty Minnesotans still came out for all or part of the conference. It was…