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Humans were made “in the image of God.” The biblical understanding of the human being is the teaching that he or she has been created in God’s own “image” and after His “ likeness” (Gen. 1:26-28; 5:1-3; 9:6; Jas. 3:9). This paper discussed the original image of God, the Fall on the image of God in human, and the restoration of the image of God. Common views or categories of “image of God”-functional, relational, and structural or substantive are explained. In addition to those views, two other views-filial/familial relationship and a teleological or ultimate design/purpose are also introduced to define humans as “image of God.” Then, this paper discussed the implications for the claim that human beings are made in the image of God in relation with the tasks of Christian education. The first task is to renew perfection of the image of God related to the tasks of the aims of Christian education. The second task is to renew human as God’s representatives related to the task of the content of Christian education. The last task is to renew human relationships related to the tasks of understanding students as relational existences in Christian education.