Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

3-4-2017

Abstract

Evangelicals serving in public schools share a religious mandate with fellow Evangelicals to spread the gospel. That mandate must coexist with role-based professional obligations to students, staff, and the school community. In this paper, evangelizing in public schools by teachers and administrators is explored with emphasis given to evangelistic instincts rooted in religious socialization. Christian educators generally seek to offer a Christian witness within the boundaries of the law and there is evidence that most Evangelical educators avoid overt proselytizing, however counterexamples are plentiful. An analytical frame is proposed that describes common approaches to evangelism in public schools and points to important questions concerning churched-based instruction in this aspect of practical theology.

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Presented at the Evangelical Theological Society Northwest Region Meeting, Multnomah University, Portland, Oregon, March 4, 2017.

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