The Calling of a Levite-teacher

As our church has entered its 22nd year and the Tree of Life is growing and maturing, God is leading us into a new stage – even a new realm – the Tree of Life education.

In fact, we had the prompting to do education at an early stage but the timing was not right. Six years ago, the Tree of Life Kindergarten started. Over these years, its Tree of Life vibe is getting stronger and stronger, bringing forth love among teachers, students and their parents. Meanwhile the discipleship and capacity of our church are expanding. We know that now is the time to go on to set up a primary school.

In order to build a school, besides looking for campus and gathering resources, I realise that teachers are important. They are not merely passing knowledge, rather, they are passing their lives. If their lives are crooked, the knowledge they pass will make their students even more deviated. So right at this point, we need Levite-teachers.

It is known that many schools in Hong Kong were founded by churches, amounting to more than 30%. However, there are only 3% of Christians in Hong Kong. What happened to the purpose of a church school reaching out to the lost? It’s because these schools have turned secular gradually and made themselves like social services. The Godly values they are supposed to pass on to the next generation have been lost. On the other hand, their students seem to be immune to the gospel, having the reaction of “I know it already”. It’s even harder to remove their presumptions. In this case, we need to pave a new way. We need Levite-teachers who are passionate about education so as to influence other people’s lives with their own.