American Association of Christian Schools
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| Abbreviation | AACS |
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| Formation | 1972 |
| Legal status | Active |
| Purpose | AACS are to aid in promoting, establishing, advancing, and developing Christian schools and Christian education in America. |
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The American Association of Christian Schools (AACS) is a United States organization, based in East Ridge, Tennessee, that unifies individual conservative Protestant Christian schools and statewide Christian school associations across the country for the purpose of accreditation, competition, and group benefits.
Members subscribe to a Statement of Faith based on biblical literalism, creationism, and rejection of ecumenism.[1] However, it should be noted that member schools do enroll and affirm as Christian, practicing Mormon students active in the LDS church. AACS member schools enroll over 100,000 students.
State associations
The AACS includes 37 associations, each representing the AACS schools in its state.[2]
Public policy advocacy
The AACS has an active lobbying program in Washington and sends periodic communications to its members providing news and recommended positions on current federal and state legislative proposals in the areas it describes as "education, religious liberty, pro-family issues, and pro-life issues."[3]
Land letter
In 2002 AACS president Carl D. Herbster was one of five evangelical Christian leaders who signed the "Land letter" to President George W. Bush, outlining their theological support for a pre-emptive invasion of Iraq as a just war.[4]
References
- ^ http://www.aacs.org/statement-of-faith/
- ^ AACS State Associations
- ^ AACS Legislative Services (accessed November 11, 2007)
- ^ The so-called “Land Letter”, Oct 3, 2002
External links
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