How good and pleasant it is when God’s people live together in unity!
– Psalm 133:1, NIV
Biblical Unity at Christian Academy School System is the pursuit of God-honoring oneness with Jesus Christ and Christlike oneness among all of our employees, all of our students and in all of our households – for God’s glory, for all of our good and for the sake of our surrounding communities.
Maintaining our Pursuit of Biblical Unity this Election Season
As we enter into another election season, we want to remind our school community that the Christian Academy School System is partisan only to the Bible and our shared Biblical and Foundational Statements. We support each person’s right to vote as led by God’s Word and the Holy Spirit. In keeping with our school, parent and employee partnership commitment, we have agreed to treat our neighbors with respect and honor, as fellow image bearers of God, including engaging in responsible discourse. Christian Academy is firmly dedicated to promoting unity rather than divisiveness in all aspects, including politics.
Election Season Devotional #1: Mr. Deon Parker – What does the Bible say about national leaders and how we should view them?
Mr. Deon Parker
Director of Biblical Unity for Christian Academy School System
Deon Parker grew up in the state of Michigan. He was a 2004 graduate of Piedmont Baptist College (now Carolina University in Winston-Salem, NC). He has been married to his wife Julie since 2001, has five children and two grandchildren. Deon has spent over two decades in vocational Christian ministry as a Pastor, Chaplain, Coach and Teacher. Deon is currently serving as the Director of Biblical Unity for the Christian Academy School System (Louisville, KY and New Albany, IN).
It is historically true that when God’s people from all backgrounds work together our world changes for the better. Biblical unity takes God, you and me.
– Mr. Deon Parker
Mr. Parker’s 2024 Book – “Biblical Unity: It Takes You and Me”
“United we stand; divided we fall”. If we truly believe these words—which are rooted in the wisdom of Jesus Christ (Psalm 133:1; Matthew 12:25), why do we accept division among us, generation after generation? It does not have to be this way. God has a better way.
In his book, “Biblical Unity: It Takes You And Me,” author Deon Parker shares many ways we have become unbiblically divided and many ways we can pursue biblical unity. He also shares his personal journey to becoming a biblical unifier and pays homage to some of American history’s greatest unifiers. Most importantly, Deon shares the eternal value of being united with Jesus Christ and with all of God’s children—across racial, gender, denominational and political lines.
This book offers Christ-centered hope and guidance for people who want to enjoy long-term loving and respectful relationships with God and one another. Any household, school and church can be blessed by the insights of this book and assisted in their biblical unifying efforts.
“Biblical Unity: It Takes You And Me” is available here on Amazon in paperback and Kindle (eBook). A portion of the profits from this book will be donated to Christian Academy School System.
At Christian Academy –
We pursue Biblical Unity at all of our schools, by striving to honor God in everything we do (spiritually, socially, academically, athletically, artistically, etc.).
We pursue Biblical Unity at all of our schools, by welcoming Christian students from every racial and national background to be a Christian Academy School System student. Please click here to see our school system’s 2024-2025 racial demographics and click here to read our school system’s 2020 Diversity Commitment.
We pursue Biblical Unity at all of our schools, by having weekly middle school “We Unify” meetings, and striving to have monthly high school “We Unify” events. These meetings and events give our students opportunities to gather together, band together, and strategize ways to display Christlike love toward everyone in their schools.
We pursue Biblical Unity at all of our schools, by having weekly Chapels (students collectively singing God-glorifying songs and listening to teaching rooted in God’s Word – the Christian Bible).
We pursue Biblical Unity at all of our schools, by offering a variety of team sports, led by Christian coaches, working together to pursue positive common goals.
We pursue Biblical Unity at all of our schools, by offering an annual 8th grade field trip to Berea, KY – highlighting and reflecting on the miraculous Biblically unifying work of Christian abolitionist pastor John G. Fee (1816-1901).
Biblical Unity Events
2023-2024 High School and Middle School “We Unify” Groups
2023-2024 Field Trips to Berea, KY
Groups of 8th graders and high schoolers from our school system will have an opportunity to participate in a Field Trip to Berea, KY. (In future school years, this field trip is planned to be an annual 8th grade field trip for all of our schools.)
2024 First Annual “Tables of Brotherhood” (MLK-inspired) Lunches
2022-2023 Christian Academy of Louisville – English Station High School Field Trip to the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center (Cincinnati, OH)
2022-2023 Several High School and Middle School students participated in “Rachel’s Challenge” (“advocating for respect, kindness and compassion over violence, bullying and negativity”). Please click here for more information about this conference.
2022-2023 “Image of God” Conference: Professional Development (which featured speeches and discussions about Biblical Unity) for School System employees. Please click here for more information about this conference.
2021-2022 Two-Day Virtual Conference for High Schoolers (hosted by Director of Missions at Christian Academy of Louisville – English Station, Ms. Ace Hubbard, and featuring multiple student panels)
2020-2021 Professional Development for School System employees and Annual Gala Keynote Speaker, Pastor Miles McPherson (author of “The Third Option: Hope for a Racially Divided Nation”)
2024 Black History Video (created and narrated by Director of Biblical Unity for Christian Academy School System, Mr. Deon Parker, and featuring multiple student cameos)
2024-2025 Planning Annual Opportunities for High Schoolers from our School System to Participate in a Newly Crafted Field Trip to Cincinnati, OH. – John 17:23, NLT
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