Mission
Delaware Christian School partners with parents and students to promote academic excellence while developing lifelong learners who embrace a biblical worldview.
About DCS
Mission & Beliefs
Our mission, vision, and beliefs define the foundation of a Delaware Christian School education and guide how we partner with families, teach students, and prepare graduates to serve with wisdom and confident faith.
Our Purpose
Purpose that shapes every part of the DCS experience.
Our mission describes the work we carry out alongside families today. Our vision expresses the kind of graduates that work is intended to develop.
Vision
Delaware Christian School’s vision is to prepare graduates to be Christ-centered leaders in their families, churches and communities by thinking critically and living biblically.
Academic Excellence | Confident Faith
Our Values
What guides our work.
These values shape how DCS approaches teaching, relationships, and the shared responsibility of educating each student.
Biblical Worldview Shaping
All Christian education should be taught from the basis of the Word of God and through the perspective of God’s sovereign and providential purpose.
Scripture: Isaiah 54:13–17 · Revelation 4:11
Partnering with Parents
DCS recognizes that children are a gift from the Lord to the family. All education is a cooperative effort between parents, faculty, and the local church.
Scripture: Ephesians 6:4 · Deuteronomy 6:6–7
Academic Excellence
DCS strives to enlighten the understanding, correct the temperament, and form habits and manners through a solid, approved, evaluated, and biblically based curriculum.
Scripture: 1 Timothy 4:4, 6, 15
"Academic Excellence | Confident Faith"
Faith informs what we teach and how we live.
The beliefs below articulate the theological foundation from which Delaware Christian School approaches education, community, and service.
Statement of Faith
What we believe.
Delaware Christian School's doctrinal statement summarizes the biblical beliefs that guide the school's teaching, leadership, and community standards.
Select a belief below to read the full statement and supporting Scripture references.
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God, the final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed.
Scripture References: Matthew 5:18 · John 16:12–13 · II Timothy 3:16 · II Peter 1:21
We believe in one triune God, eternally existing in three Persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - co-equal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfections.
Scripture References: Deuteronomy 6:4 · II Corinthians 13:14
(a)
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 man.
(b)
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.
(c)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven and is now exalted at the right hand of God, where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate.
Scripture References: Luke 1:35 · John 1:1–2, 14 · Romans 3:24–25 · Ephesians 1:7 · I Peter 1:3–5, 2:24 · Acts 1:9–10 · Romans 8:34 · Hebrews 7:25, 9:24 · I John 2:1–2
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a Person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and that He is the supernatural Agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers into the Body of Christ, and indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption.
Scripture References: John 16:8–11 · Romans 8:9 · I Corinthians 12:12–14 · II Corinthians 3:6 · Ephesians 1:13–14
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and that man is totally depraved, and of himself utterly unable to remedy his lost condition.
Scripture References: Genesis 1:26–27 · Romans 3:22–23, 5:12 · Ephesians 2:1–3, 12
We believe that salvation is the gift of God, brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of our sins.
Scripture References: John 1:12 · Ephesians 1:7, 2:8–10 · I Peter 1:18–19
We believe that God is the Creator of all things. As the Creator of all things, we believe that God created the universe in six twenty-four hour days and that before He created, nothing except God existed. We believe that within the context of this six twenty-four hour days, God created man on the sixth day and we reject, as untrue, the theory of the evolution as it pertains to the origin of man or that life itself evolved from nonliving substances. In respect to man, we believe that all people are descendants of Adam and Eve, whom God created personally and individually and as complete human beings.
Scripture References: Genesis 1 · Exodus 20:8–11, 31:16–17 · Psalm 33:6–9 · Hebrews 11:3 · Exodus 20:11 · Nehemiah 9:6 · Psalm 146:5–6 · Colossians 1:16 · Revelation 4:11, 10:6 · Genesis 1:26–27 · Genesis 2:7 · Genesis 2:21–22
(a)
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment.
(b)
We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss and fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul, and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord.
(c)
We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until the second resurrection, when with soul and body reunited they shall appear at the Great White Throne judgment, and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment.
Scripture References: Matthew 25:46 · John 5:28–29, 11:25–26 · Revelation 20:5–6, 12–13 · Luke 23:43 · II Corinthians 5:8 · Philippians 1:23, 3:21 · I Thessalonians 4:16–17 · Revelation 20:4–6 · Matthew 25:41–46 · Mark 9:43–48 · Luke 16:19–26 · II Thessalonians 1:7–9 · Jude 6–7 · Revelation 20:11–15
(a)
We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God's power and are thus secure in Christ forever.
(b)
We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word, which, however, clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh.
Scripture References: John 6:37–40 · 10:27–30 · Romans 8:1 · 8:38–39 · I Corinthians 1:4–8 · I Peter 1:5 · Romans 13:13–14 · Galatians 5:13 · Titus 2:11–15 · Hebrews 12:1–11
We believe that every saved person possesses two natures, with provisions made for victory of the new nature over the old nature by the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit. We believe that all claims to the eradication of the old nature are unscriptural.
Scripture References: Romans 6:13 · 8:12–13 · Galatians 5:16–25 · Ephesians 4:22–24 · Colossians 3:9–10 · I Peter 1:14–16 · I John 3:5–9
We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Saviour and Lord; and that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices, and associations is commanded by God.
Scripture References: Romans 12:1–2, 16:17 · II Corinthians 6:14, 7:1 · II Timothy 3:1–5 · I John 2:15–17 · II John 9–11
We believe that it is the obligation of the saved to witness by life and word to the truths of the Holy Scriptures and to seek to proclaim the Gospel to all mankind.
Scripture References: Mark 16:15 · Acts 1:8 · II Corinthians 5:19–20
(a)
We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowment of all His gifts; and that the gifts of evangelists, pastors, and teachers are sufficient for the perfecting of the saints today; and, that speaking in tongues and the working of sign miracles gradually ceased as the New Testament scriptures were completed and their authority became established.
(b)
We believe that God does hear and answer the prayer of faith, in accord with His own will, for the sick and the afflicted.
Scripture References: I Corinthians 12:4–11 · II Corinthians 12:12 · Ephesians 4:7–11 · John 15:7 · James 5:15 · I John 5:14
(a)
We believe that the Church, which is the Body and the espoused Bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons of this present age.
(b)
We believe that the establishment and continuance of the local church is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament Scriptures.
Scripture References: I Corinthians 12:12–14 · II Corinthians 11:2 · Ephesians 1:22–23 · 5:25–27 · Acts 14:27 · 20:17 · I Timothy 3:1–13 · Titus 1:5–11
We believe that the Scriptures interpreted in their natural, literal sense reveal divinely determined dispensations or regulations for living that define man's responsibilities in successive ages. This view is commonly referred to as "Dispensationalism". Because we interpret Scripture in this way, we believe in the sovereign selection of Israel as God's eternal covenant people, that she is now dispersed because of her disobedience and rejection of Christ, and that after the completion of the church, she will be regathered in the Holy Land and will be saved as a nation at the second advent of Christ. We believe the church and Israel to be separate and distinct. We believe the way of salvation for the church to be the same as that for Israel, through Jesus Christ alone.
Scripture References: Genesis 13:14–17 · Romans 11:1–32 · Ezekiel 37 · John 1:14 · Galatians 3:13–25 · Ephesians 1:10 · Ephesians 3:2–10 · Colossians 1:24–25 · Hebrews 7:19 · Revelation 20:2–6
We believe that Satan is a personal being, a fallen angel, the god of this age, the great enticer and deceiver, the adversary of Christ and His people, accuser of the brethren, whose end shall be eternal punishment in the lake of fire.
Scripture References: Isaiah 14:12–15 · Ezekiel 28:12–19 · Matthew 25:41 · II Corinthians 4:3–4 · I Peter 5:8 · Revelation 12:9–10, 20:10
We believe in the "Blessed Hope", the personal, imminent, pre-tribulational, and pre-millennial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones; and in His subsequent return to the Earth, with His saints, to establish His millennial kingdom.
Scripture References: Zechariah 14:4–11 · I Thessalonians 1:10, 4:13–18 · II Thessalonians 1:5–9 · Revelation 3:10, 19:11–16, 20:1–6
We believe that sexual union was established exclusively within the context of a male-female relationship and that sexual union is to be entered into only within the context of marriage between a male and female. Homosexual activity is condemned in the Scriptures. It is described as degrading and as an indecent act. Scripture further teaches that one who persists in this practice will suffer grave consequences. 1 Cor. 6:9-10 also teach that one can turn away from this practice; therefore, we reject, as non-biblical, the teaching that homosexuality is an acceptable lifestyle and that it is the result of one's genetic makeup.
Scripture References: Genesis 2:18–24 · Exodus 20:14 · Leviticus 20:10 · Deuteronomy 22:22 · I Corinthians 6:18 · Leviticus 18:22 · Romans 1:26–27 · I Corinthians 6:9–10
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