The secular agency can not do this. Although accreditation should not be equated with God's approval, it is very important in the field of education. God is honored when a school is truly Christian, and when it is also a good, sound, educational institution. It is not right for a Christian school to be less than a good educational school. It is not proper to be right in the philosophy and objectives of education, but wrong in our educational standards.
Accreditation is recommended.
It is important to a Christian school. Roy W. Lowrie, Jr., Ed. D. is now with the Lord. His life impacted many teachers and administrators in the Christian school movement. He was the Executive Director of the National Christian School Education Association at the time he wrote this article in 1974.