How we shape leaders
Worldview Academy helps you discover and apply the Bible’s ancient wisdom on how to think, how to live, and how to lead. A lot of organizations talk about culture, theology, and apologetics. That’s a good thing. Still, there's something that makes Worldview Academy unique. Our approach to every subject starts by digging into the foundations, examining the underlying assumptions, lifting the hood to see how the engine of rival philosophies work.
The essential concepts behind our curriculum.
Worldview Academy has brought together an engaging and talented theological faculty united by the conviction that there is no square inch of creation where God doesn’t have the last word. They challenge students by addressing underlying assumptions and bring the Gospel to bear on questions of culture, family, science, politics, work, and art — the whole scope of the divine plan for human flourishing.
Worldview Academy serves the broader church, drawing on faculty from a variety of denominational backgrounds. What unites us is our commitment to think and live in accord with a biblical worldview, expressed in our Statement of Faith. The wellspring of our many lectures, conference talks, and resources can be found in a document we refer to as the Key Concepts. Here, you will find a concise summary of the ideas that our curriculum unpacks from every angle.
Each of our talented faculty members develops engaging and accessible teaching based on this foundation.
It is not only the material that is accessible: our faculty are, too! We encourage dialogue and interaction one on one over meals and with small groups throughout the week of camp or during conferences. Our watchword at camp is “engage”—engage the ideas and the people of camp—to encourage both students and parents to continue to connect with our faculty members as a resource on site and throughout the year.
Worldview Academy helps you discover and apply the Bible’s ancient wisdom on how to think, how to live, and how to lead.
Why we started Worldview Academy.
Twenty-five years ago, the writing was already on the wall. To bring the hope of the Gospel to an increasingly post-Christian culture, the next generation would need leaders with a deep-rooted and profoundly biblical faith.
They would need to be trained in grace and truth, equipped in the key areas of biblical worldview, apologetics, and servant leadership. And the work of formation would need to begin early, in the pivotal teen years. Four visionary men came together in 1996 to figure out how to accomplish this task, and the result was Worldview Academy.
Bill Jack had a passion for evangelism and apologetics. Jeff Baldwin brought his insight into worldview thinking and the humanities. Todd Kent possessed a love for theology and its interaction with politics and government. Randy Sims understood servant leadership and how to create an intensive camp experience to shape students intellectually and spiritually.
Together they developed a week-long curriculum for teens that would address culture, science, politics, family, art — the whole divine plan for human flourishing — from the underlying assumption of God’s absolute sovereignty over all creation. Starting with just forty students and a handful of staff, they launched a series of intensive week-long summer camps across the nation that has gone on to train more than 42,000 students to think and live in accord with a biblical worldview. At the end of 2020, longtime faculty member Michael P. Schutt took the helm as Worldview Academy’s new executive director, building on the legacy of the founders to train the next generation in grace and truth.
Statement of Faith
All scripture is God-breathed. The words of the sixty-six books of the Bible were written by men of God moved by the Holy Spirit. The whole Bible is without error in the original manuscripts and therefore authoritative in all matters of faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:20-21).
God eternally exists in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and these three are the one God (Matthew 28:18-19, Deuteronomy 6:4).
Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of a virgin, Mary. He is the true God and true man (Luke 1:30-35, John 1:18, Hebrews 4:15).
Man was originally created by God in His own image. Through sin man fell and lost his spiritual life becoming dead in his sin and subject to the power of Satan. Thus man is in need of salvation (Genesis 1:27, 3:1-24, Ephesians 2:1-2).
In response to man’s need, God the Father sent Jesus to this world to make atonement for sin. His substitutionary death on the cross and His bodily resurrection from the dead provide the basis for salvation. His atonement is sufficient for all, yet efficient only for those who believe (John 3:16-17, 1 Timothy 2:3-6, Mark 10:45).
Salvation for man comes only by grace through faith in Jesus and His provision on the cross. Since salvation is a gift from God, a believer is secure forever (Ephesians 2:8-10, Romans 11:29).
The Holy Spirit indwells every believer at the time of conversion. His baptism unites all believers to Christ in one body. He is the believer’s source of power for all acceptable worship and service (1 Corinthians 12:13, Ephesians 5:18:20, Ephesians 4: 7-16).
It is God’s will for believers to live a holy life in cooperation with the indwelling Holy Spirit while putting to death the deeds of the flesh. God the Father does discipline His children when they sin (1 Thessalonians 4:3, Romans 8:13, Hebrews 12:4-11).
The primary purpose in the life of the believer is to glorify God in everything and to make Christ known to the unbelieving world until His return (Colossians 3:23-24, 2 Corinthians 5:18-20, 1 Thess. 4:13-18).
We believe God has ordained and created marriage to exist between one man and one woman, with absolute marital fidelity. (Genesis 1:26-28, Genesis 2:18-24, Matthew 19:4-9, Mark 10:5-9, Ephesians 5:31-33)
Appendices
Please also see the following appendices to our Statement of Faith which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully set forth herein: