First of all, service-learning in Christian high schools is distinctive from public schools not because it is simply othersfocused but because it is others-focused with the purpose of inverting the self-centered mindedness of high school students that is typical at their age. Second, service practice is considered to be biblically mandated in these Christian high schools in contrast to service-learning in public schools that does not base a rationale for mandatory service on biblical principles. Third, service-learning in Christian high schools is distinctive from service-learning in public schools