First Lutheran School is a Christian elementary school in Benton, Arkansas serving Kindergarten through 4th grade students. Our mission is to partner with families to supply a strong academic foundation rooted in God’s Word.

Our Mission

First Lutheran School Benton provides an education which is comparable in quality to the best public elementary schools. In addition, FLSB is wholly consistent with a traditional biblical worldview. While confessionally Lutheran, FLSB also serves the larger Christian community by including religious instruction that emphasizes the narrative of Scripture and the fundamental tenets of traditional Trinitarian Christianity.

First Lutheran School Benton endeavors to serve Christian families of all traditional, trinitarian denominations as ecumenically as possible. Religious education at FLSB will focus on what all traditional Christian denominations share in common. First of all, we will focus on the Scriptures (and in particular, the biblical narrative). When it comes to doctrine, our focus will be on the fundamental doctrines articulated in the Nicene Creed, all of which are shared across denominations. (For example, we will teach our children that we worship One God in three persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Also, we will teach them about the incarnation, atonement, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus, and his return in glory). The moral teachings of the Scriptures as traditionally taught in the Church will also be upheld, including traditional teaching regarding marriage, family, sex and gender.

First Lutheran School Benton is committed to providing an excellent elementary education. To accomplish this we employ only well-trained teachers and maintain small classroom sizes.

First Lutheran School Benton is not designed to make Lutherans out of other kinds of Christians, but to help all kinds of Christians become stronger and better Christians. Having said that, we are a Lutheran School. Therefore, what we teach and how we worship will be consistent with confessional Lutheranism. At the elementary school age, this will rarely present any issue, but should differences arise, we leave it to the parents to guide their children privately according to their own confessional or denominational beliefs.

A healthy Christian family is active in a Christian congregation. While congregational membership is not required to enroll at FLSB, families that have no congregational affiliation, or only a nominal one, are strongly encouraged to become active in a local Christian congregation.

FLSB is a ministry of First Lutheran Church Benton