'Exit Strategy' from Public Schools: The Push Is On
Christians nationwide have been asked to rally behind a move to get America's largest Protestant denomination to "develop an exit strategy" from the public schools.
The Southern Baptist Convention (approximately 16 million members) will hold its annual meeting June 13-14 at Greensboro, North Carolina.
Dr. Bruce Shortt, attorney, and Roger Moran, a member of the SBC's executive committee, will submit a resolution which "urgest action on [the] call for an exit strategy from the public schools and asks that particular attention be given to the needs of orphans, single parents, and the disadvantaged." The full text of the resolution is available on the Exodus Mandate website (www.exodusmandate.org).
You can help by writing letters and sending emails to the ten members of the SBC's annual resolution committee, 2006, and also to the president of the SBC, Dr. Bobby Welch. Chalcedon will publish the mailing and email addresses, plus phone numbers, on its website (www.chalcedon.edu).
Last year Dr. Shortt and others persuaded the SBC to adopt a resolution urging parents to investigate whether their local schools were promoting a homosexual agenda, and, if so, to transfer their children to Christian schools or to homeschool them. Letters and emails from concerned Christians all over the country played a key role in convincing the committee to act, Shortt said.
Be alert for the publication of the mailing list--and then start writing.
The Southern Baptist Convention (approximately 16 million members) will hold its annual meeting June 13-14 at Greensboro, North Carolina.
Dr. Bruce Shortt, attorney, and Roger Moran, a member of the SBC's executive committee, will submit a resolution which "urgest action on [the] call for an exit strategy from the public schools and asks that particular attention be given to the needs of orphans, single parents, and the disadvantaged." The full text of the resolution is available on the Exodus Mandate website (www.exodusmandate.org).
You can help by writing letters and sending emails to the ten members of the SBC's annual resolution committee, 2006, and also to the president of the SBC, Dr. Bobby Welch. Chalcedon will publish the mailing and email addresses, plus phone numbers, on its website (www.chalcedon.edu).
Last year Dr. Shortt and others persuaded the SBC to adopt a resolution urging parents to investigate whether their local schools were promoting a homosexual agenda, and, if so, to transfer their children to Christian schools or to homeschool them. Letters and emails from concerned Christians all over the country played a key role in convincing the committee to act, Shortt said.
Be alert for the publication of the mailing list--and then start writing.
