Will SBC Lead Exodus Out of Public Schools?
By Lee Duigon
Since 2004, attorney Bruce Shortt and preacher Voddie Baucham have submitted resolutions to the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, urging delegates to call for such an exodus. They'll be there again this summer with their latest resolution, this one inspired by a public statement from the SBC's new president, Dr. Frank Page.
Dr. Page recently told the Agape Press that he prays that more churches will begin offering Christian schools, even to parents who could not otherwise afford to send their children to a Christian school.
The new resolution by Shortt and Baucham calls on Southern Baptist churches to provide "Christian educational alternatives to government schools," using "existing buildings and other resources." The teachers in these schools are to be "many adults, including pastors," utilizing "satellite, DVD, internet-enabled multi-media computer technology, and other more traditional forms of self-paced learning."
With tens of thousands of "free" public schools available (they're only "free" if you don't count school taxes as tuition), why should it be necessary for churches to set up schools for Christian children?
For those who have kept abreast of the ongoing deterioration of the public education system, the question need hardly be asked. Those who still think the public schools are adequate ought to read Bruce Shortt's book, The Harsh Truth About Public Schools.
In the words of the resolution, "the fruit of our government school habit is unregenerate children." That's putting it mildly! Shortt's book amasses a mountain of evidence to prove that public schools are no place for Christian children. Crime, violence, sex, and drug use abound, not to mention incessant indoctrination for sodomy, New Age superstition, and anti-Christian secularism. Those public schools have only gotten worse since Shortt's book came out.
Chalcedon has long advocated Christian education, either in a Christian school or at home. We pray the Messengers at this summer's SBC Annual Meeting will adopt Shortt and Baucham's latest resolution--and then back up their words with action. If the SBC finally makes up its mind to remove its millions of Baptist children from the public schools, it could be the start of something big. If other denominations follow suit, it could lead to a genuine regeneration of our country.
...Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues. Revelation 18:4Will America's biggest Protestant denomination someday, soon, take the lead in a mass exodus of Christian children out of the anti-Christian public schools?
Since 2004, attorney Bruce Shortt and preacher Voddie Baucham have submitted resolutions to the Annual Meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention, urging delegates to call for such an exodus. They'll be there again this summer with their latest resolution, this one inspired by a public statement from the SBC's new president, Dr. Frank Page.
Dr. Page recently told the Agape Press that he prays that more churches will begin offering Christian schools, even to parents who could not otherwise afford to send their children to a Christian school.
The new resolution by Shortt and Baucham calls on Southern Baptist churches to provide "Christian educational alternatives to government schools," using "existing buildings and other resources." The teachers in these schools are to be "many adults, including pastors," utilizing "satellite, DVD, internet-enabled multi-media computer technology, and other more traditional forms of self-paced learning."
With tens of thousands of "free" public schools available (they're only "free" if you don't count school taxes as tuition), why should it be necessary for churches to set up schools for Christian children?
For those who have kept abreast of the ongoing deterioration of the public education system, the question need hardly be asked. Those who still think the public schools are adequate ought to read Bruce Shortt's book, The Harsh Truth About Public Schools.
In the words of the resolution, "the fruit of our government school habit is unregenerate children." That's putting it mildly! Shortt's book amasses a mountain of evidence to prove that public schools are no place for Christian children. Crime, violence, sex, and drug use abound, not to mention incessant indoctrination for sodomy, New Age superstition, and anti-Christian secularism. Those public schools have only gotten worse since Shortt's book came out.
Chalcedon has long advocated Christian education, either in a Christian school or at home. We pray the Messengers at this summer's SBC Annual Meeting will adopt Shortt and Baucham's latest resolution--and then back up their words with action. If the SBC finally makes up its mind to remove its millions of Baptist children from the public schools, it could be the start of something big. If other denominations follow suit, it could lead to a genuine regeneration of our country.
