International Christian Education Partners Plan New School in Nicaragua
by Allie Martin
November 21, 2003
(AgapePress) - A Christian ministry is helping bridge the gap between the rich and the poor in Nicaragua.Michigan-based Worldwide Christian Schools has just received approval to build and operate a Christian school in Managua. The school will serve students in kindergarten through the 9th grade, and will target Nicaragua's growing middle class.
Steven Geurink of Worldwide Christian Schools explains the school's mission of reaching the middle class, and its unique approach to that goal.
"The school is more than just a Bible class every day. It looks at Christian education and the effect of the gospel in all areas of the curriculum," Geurink says, "and it looks to integrate the gospel of Christ in all areas of science, math, geography and so on."
The WWCS spokesman says the school's approach "is really quite a new concept" in the region's education system, but he believes it will definitely be effective, especially in targeting a specific segment of society for impact through Christian education.
The Managua school is a joint effort with the Timothy Project and Project Nehemiah. Nicaragua's National Christian Academy will oversee the school, which is to be built next spring and should be open by late summer or early fall.
