Among the many aspects of Clapham’s Portrait of a Graduate are these two:
- Believe and cherish the Gospel, enjoying a growing faith in Jesus Christ and
- Love and serve Christ the King, proclaiming the gospel and serving one’s neighbor wherever God calls
The contours of the gospel story shape the student experience at Clapham, from the rhythm of daily worship and biblical study to the thoughtful integration of faith and academics in the classroom. As a covenant school, our school families are also regularly worshipping at local congregations.
Our goal is for every student to have a genuine personal relationship with the living Christ. Together as a community, we rejoice in the salvation God offers through his Son’s substitutionary atonement on the cross for our sin and his subsequent resurrection and ascension to eternal life. At Clapham, Jesus is Lord. We celebrate the fact that salvation is a gift; a product of God’s grace and unattainable through works.
As a classical school, we believe that education entails more than information transfer and the memorization of content. Rather, the true goal of education is to aid in the cultivation of wisdom, virtue, and character. But as a Christian classical school, we recognize our dependence on the sanctification of the Holy Spirit to cultivate virtue within us. After all, it’s God who gives the growth (1 Corinthians 3:6-7).
To help students live out Christ’s call to service, we introduced a new international missions trip this year—an opportunity to move from the mystery of grace into active obedience.
Dallas WillardGrace is not opposed to effort. It is opposed to earning.
For several of Clapham’s Upper School students, 2026 began in tropical conditions in their first-ever overseas mission trip. In partnership with GO Ministries and under the leadership of local Dominican pastors, our students learned about their strategies and goals for church planting (GO’s goal: one thousand churches in ten years). They also participated in essential community development projects driven by neighborhood pastors, and learned about the connections between infrastructure and public health.
In this episode of the Clapham podcast, students share the details of their trip, including their favorite memories, and reflect on the significance of what it means to be an “everyday missionary.”
