Over the past thirteen years, our church has been building Trinity Classical School and we have developed a model for a symbiotic relationship between the congregation and the school body. We have learned practical lessons about governance structure and spiritual formation that I will share in this workshop. I believe strongly that churches should consider starting schools, administrating them under the oversight of local elders. We have found the school has enriched the life of the congregation and believe it is a model that should be utilized more.

Nate Walker is the founding pastor of Christ Church Bellingham (PCA) and Trinity Classical School. He studied mathematics (BS, MS; WWU) and divinity (MDiv Covenant Theological Seminary). He is the author of Gospel Education: Jesus as Lord of the Classical Christian School (Lexham, 2026).