Our mission at Chiang Rai International Christian School (CRICS) is to “serve the servant by providing quality, innovative, affordable, family-oriented English Christian Education.”  Teachers and staff in a Christian school must be ever mindful that they instruct not only through formal explanation but even more powerfully through example and shared experience. 

A lifestyle not aligned with biblical standards of conduct is grounds for dismissal because it both violates the occupational qualification for volunteers to be Christian role models and hinders CRICS from fulfilling its mission. This agreement is not an exhaustive list, and we reserve the right to make institutional decisions (including hiring, placement, and retention) based on lifestyle decisions and behaviors that may hinder our mission as a Christian school.

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As a teacher/volunteer/expatriate staff member at CRICS, I am called to prepare young men and women to live fully for God. In order to accomplish this mission, I acknowledge that I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and I am committed to a lifestyle based on biblical standards of conduct.

In cultivating a Christ-centered life:

• I will honor God in all my relationships and activities and will strive to rid myself of anger, greed, impure thoughts, and whatever else belongs to my “sinful” nature. (Galatians 5:19-21)
• I will earnestly strive to honor God with all that I say and do, and to love others as evidence of my love for God. I will practice compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience and choose to respect, bear with, and forgive others. (Mark 12:28-31) Hateful and harassing speech or attitudes directed towards any individual are not in accord with the Bible nor CRICS’s Statement of Faith.
• I will exercise godly wisdom, sensitivity, discipline, and balance in my lifestyle choices in order to avoid offense and provide a godly model for my students, colleagues, and community. This includes refraining from the use of profanity; possession or use of pornographic materials; promotion of violence; possession, use, or promotion of unauthorized controlled substances or illegal drugs; and the abuse of alcohol or drugs. (Ephesians 4:29, Ephesians 5:18, Matthew 5:27) 
• I will engage with the body of Christ through regular attendance at a local church and fellowship with believers. (Hebrews 10:25, Colossians 3:16, Acts 2:42)
• In the event of a disagreement with an adult member of the community, I will address my concerns directly in keeping with the principles of Scripture. (Matthew 18)
• I will treat everyone with dignity and respect and strive to provide a safe and protected learning environment. I will refrain from any behavior that violates CRICS’s child safety guidelines. (Psalm 139, Colossians 3).
• I will live in accordance with biblical purity, honoring God’s design for singleness and for marriage, which is a covenantal commitment between one man and one woman. Biblical purity includes refraining from premarital, extramarital, bisexual, homosexual and incestuous conduct, as well as any form of provocative sexual behavior. (1 Thessalonians 4:3-8, Genesis 2:18-25, I Corinthians 6:18, 7:2-5, 32-35, Hebrews 13:4) 
• I will live in accordance with my biological sex as determined at birth, recognizing that God’s perfect design for humanity was male and female in His image*. (Genesis 1:26-27)

In summary, I will strive to be a Christian role model who hates evil and clings to what is good, regards each person with love and respect, is diligent and enthusiastic in service to the Lord, rejoices in hope, is patient in affliction, prays steadfastly, shares with those in need, attempts to live in peace and harmony with everyone, does what is right and honorable, avoids pride and revenge, and is not overcome by evil but overcomes evil with good. (Romans 12:9-21)

* Please note: An individual’s eligibility to serve as faculty or staff at CRICS is not impacted by being born intersex.