'Worldview Director' Prepares Christian Students for Culture

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AgapePress reports that a Christian high school in Texas is offering a special program that equips students to engage the culture on moral and social issues. Prestonwood Christian Academy in Plano is "creating culture warriors" through biblical worldview training in its Student Leadership Institute. Headmaster Larry Taylor hired Dan Panetti, a former non-profit attorney dealing with sexual ethics, to become the school's "worldview director." Students are "free to come into his office to discuss issues that run the gamut, from 'same-gender marriage' to personal dating concerns." Panetti says Christian students usually know what is biblically right and wrong, but do not know how to verbalize it. His new position grew out of conceptual discussions as they began to ask the question: "Wouldn't it be neat if there were a full-time position of somebody whose job it was to help equip these kids to not only know the biblical worldview, but how [to] apply what you know so that as you're engaging the culture, you're there and you're being a persuasive force?" Panetti became that resource for students at PCA. Young people in the Student Leadership Institute are being taught to reason from a solid Christian foundation, while not necessarily using that language. The worldview program at PCA also serves as an effort to prevent large numbers of children in Christian homes from leaving the church when they graduate.