Let’S Change Your School: A Process for Becoming a Co-Worker with Christ to Change Your School and Start a Sustained Global Christian Discipleship Movement

By John Overton and Dot Overton

We are concerned about our culture and the decline of safety and moral and ethical practices since our school days. There are many contributors to our current condition. We will, however, identify specific ways you can be a vital agent to Change the World by overcoming evil with good on your campuses.

This book focuses on school(s) in your area because the Mosaics/ Millennials (ages 13 through 29) are the future of Christianity and are poorly equipped to cope with the evil and temptations with which our culture surrounds them. Though seemingly unlimited funds are being spent, school shootings, bullying, easy access to tempting drugs and alcohol, perverted sex, and failure to build good and lasting relationships have too often become the norm.

Students make the best change agents on their campuses. It will only take a few committed Christian students to start a sustained spiritual revolution that will spread to other campuses and around the world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: WestBow Press
• Release date: Jun 27, 2018
• ISBN: 9781973632160

John Overton

John and Dot Overton are a Christian couple married for 63 years. John is a retired NASA engineer, Dot is his faithful helpmate, and Jesus is their Lord. Their writings attempt to offer solutions rather than just identify problems.

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Library of Congress Control Number: 2018907485

WestBow Press rev. date: 6/26/2018

Contents

Dedication

Acknowledgment

Author’s Introduction

Student Session #1

Authentic Faith - (Know Your Purpose)

Student Session #2

Spiritual Disciplines

Student Session #3

Moral Boundaries

Student Session #4

Moral Boundaries Cont.

Student Session #5

Healthy Friendships

Student Session #6

Wise Choices

Student Session # 7

Ultimate Authority

Student Session #8

Others First

About the Authors

About the Editor

Dedication

To the many concerned parents, ministers, and school administrators who are frustrated at how the culture has more influence over their children, youth, and students than they do.

Acknowledgment

Statistical data and Christian classifications have been used from the Barna Group www.Barna.org/research.

The seven checkpoints from Dr. Andy Stanley’s book of the same name have been used in our equipping parents, and equipping students processes. Stanley’s book focuses on discipling students.

Author’s Introduction

We are concerned about our culture and the decline of safety and moral and ethical practices since our school days. There are many contributors to our current condition. We will, however, identify specific ways you can be a vital agent to Change the World by overcoming evil with good on your campuses.

This book focuses on school(s) in your area because the Mosaics/ Millennials (ages 13 through 29) are the future of Christianity and are poorly equipped to cope with the evil and temptations with which our culture surrounds them. Though seemingly unlimited funds are being spent, school shootings, bullying, easy access to tempting drugs and alcohol, perverted sex, and failure to build good and lasting relationships have too often become the norm.

Students make the best change agents on their campuses. It will only take a few committed Christian students to start a sustained spiritual revolution that will spread to other campuses and around the world.

An adult Christian couple (you and your spouse?) should first complete Phase I, Curriculum for Christlikeness from our book, Let’s Change the World, before attempting to change your school. You then should recruit helpers by teaching Phase II, Equipping Parents (EP) to up to three married