Christian Education is on the Rise: Why it Matters Now More than Ever with Darrell Jones

September 16, 2025·43 min·3 clips

Darrell Jones cites research showing 75% of your lifetime with your children is gone by age 12, and 90% by 18.

The conversation begins with parental weight. Davies Owens describes school choice as one of the most important decisions parents make because children spend so many waking hours inside those influences. Daryl is introduced warmly as someone leading a foundation serving Christian education, with a close view of growth across the country. The concern is concrete. School, teachers, peers, and subjects are treated as voices that shape a child's life and faith. BaseCamp Live keeps its usual posture. The excerpt speaks to parents and educators who already think of schools as places where wisdom, character, and discipleship get formed. Partner material takes up part of the excerpt. The Herzog Foundation is named around free institutes for Christian educators, including locations at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C. and the Reagan Library in Santa Barbara. Wilson Hill also appears. Joanna Hensley describes Forma as guidance for parents of K through second grade students, instead of putting five year olds on Zoom. That detail fits the larger concern. Even the partner conversation circles back to careful formation, parent support, curriculum, and a like-minded learning community. Davies then turns toward Daryl. His question places Christian education inside the familiar home, school, and church frame, while asking where school fits in a culture with an outsourced mindset. The excerpt closes with gratitude. Daryl thanks Davies for his heart and ministry, and Davies blesses the work while wondering what another five years will bring. The thread stays steady: Christian education is growing, and it matters because it helps families and schools think seriously about forming children in faith, wisdom, and character.

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A practical look at why Christian education matters beyond academics.

Basecamp Live treats school choice as part of a wider question about how Christian education shapes children over time. Davies Owens talks with a guest who leads a major foundation serving Christian education, and the conversation gives a clear sense of the movement's growth…

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Hear a faith-shaped conversation about how Christian schools help form children in faith, wisdom, and character.

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