Education: The Conclusion

So, I've hit almost every aspect I can think of when it comes to Adventist education (or all I want to actually get into). What does it all come down to? I would hope that it comes as no surprise that I don't have a solid opinion of the system. Throughout the weeks, the pros and cons balance each other out fairly well, really.

The potential of such schools is incredible, but the support of those schools is so small anymore that I don't see that they will demonstrate that potential very often (at least not in the Midwest). Shame.

I'd love to see the schools thrive again. Unfortunately, the schools are so connected with the Seventh-day Adventist church, that with their falling, the church is aching as well. I've felt for a while now that the schools should be cut off as if they were a rotting limb that would contaminate the body--and I still think they are contaminating. However, the good done at the schools is irrefutable. Whether it's for the student body or an individual student, the schools show and nurture in Christ in a way equal to no other ministry in the church. I may say all sorts of things against them in the long run, but I still love the idea. I'll defend them against many, and abuse with many more because they aren't perfect.

Whether souls have been also lost is something that people will have to answer. But souls have been won in those buildings.