Gathered in Kuala Lumpur
Six days of fellowship, Table Talks and prayer – and an honest conversation about how GCSN is called to serve Christian educators in the years ahead.
The gathering also marked 20 years of GCSN, which we celebrated together on Monday.
Table Talks
Focused, interactive conversations in small groups – the heart of the programme on Friday and Saturday. Each topic ran twice so that everyone could take part in two of them.
| Topic | Facilitator(s) |
|---|---|
| The Christian Educator in the Age of AI: Essential, Enhanced, or Endangered? | Simon Lau |
| Ancient Wisdom, Present Faithfulness: Recovering the Vision of Christian Classical Education | Denise Strickland |
| Global perspectives on Mission and Service: an inclusive approach | Kathryn Button |
| Approaches to Biblical Christian Curriculum – can AI help? | Christian Baldauf |
| Encouraging Deep Learning in 7,000 Indonesian Christian Schools and beyond | Dave Michel, Oh Yen Nie, Fini Chen |
| Supporting Christian Educators everywhere | Stephen Fyson |
From GCSN to GRACE
After 20 years of gathering, we asked together where the network should go next: continue, transition to GRACE – Global Relationships Advancing Christian Education, a broader fellowship for Christian educators wherever they serve, or conclude with gratitude.
In mixed groups we worked on questions such as:
- What has GCSN done well, and what must we preserve?
- What is the greatest unmet need among Christian educators, and what could we contribute?
- Which direction best serves Christian educators now?
- How do we turn a gathering into a lasting community?
- What happens now?
Together in Malaysia
Between sessions there was time for what GCSN has always been about: meeting people. A shared bus ride, conversations over coffee, a visit to a local church and to a school, and the sights of Kuala Lumpur.
