SBC to continue sacrificing children?

Joseph,

I agree with your post. My point was to try to distinguish between teach and tell or dictate. If we teach them biblically they will be equipped to raise their children in a biblical manner.

Bro Tony

 

I don't think it is wise to paint all public schools with the same brush. There are many very good public schools. I am not worried about my child getting a Christian education because I will be providing that for him, as is my duty.

 

No!, the church shouldn’t be "telling" parents how to raise their children, but the church should focus more on teaching parents how to raise their children to be lights in the world. I can’t think of too many things more important for a church to do than to concentrate on the families and have them portray a positive image in the world.

Look at the divorce rate among church going Christians they are just as high as in the secular population, what a joke! The answer is certainly not to pull away and hide ourselves or our children in these failures toward family education and understanding of biblical values.

 

Nothing in scripture tells us we must home school. And church does not control my home, my husband and I do. SBC children aren't the only children going to public school. So your attack is aimed specifically at SBC families, what other churches are you also attacking for not home schooling? What is wrong with christian families teaching their children scripture at home, giving them a christian education, along with their public school education? At least then they aren't sheltered not knowing whats going on in the world. When those kids go to college they are going to meet an anti christian world they had no idea existed and be unprepared for it.
Sacrificing children, how absurd, why would anyone want to attck christians like that.

 

Since statistics show essentially nobody tithes, I'm not sure it would have much impact. Those who tithe would continue and those who aren't would have one more excuse to not do it.

 

I had both of my parents as teachers. My dad was my band director, and my mom was my choir director. I can honestly say that I'm glad we went to public school. And with my daughter, unless we are otherwise led, she will attend public school as well. The home-schooled kids I have in my youth group and some that I knew growing up were stunted socially. I understand now that there are groups of home-schooled kids that get together to keep this from happening.

 

This makes the huge assumption that people are tithing. I've seen the percentages on how many families give in specific ranges and I don't think it's happening.

 

All right, so lets recommend that everyone homeschool. Now lets say that I'm just not capable for whatever reason. What kind of stigma is attached to that? Am I less godly, stupid, or perhaps I just had a good experience in public school?

 

I taught both my sons. What a joyous (and at times frustrating) thing it was.

Now when the kids got to HS, we decided to send the oldest to public HS. This is our MDiv son. This was a really tough decision for us, but we did have a myriad of reasons and felt at peace about it. This kid was so bold. He shared his testimony with kids and teachers alike. He humbly confronted a teacher who was anti-christian.

Now our youngest -- we kept in private school. The hardest year I had was his first year in college because I'd literally been with him daily. We ate lunch together at least once a week. He came by my classes and waved or gave me a hug or kiss. I knew his friends and they didn't hesitate to come by either. I didn't know how hard him graduating would be on mom!

 

Then explain why the church is growing the fastest in countries where persecution is the most and kids are required to attend state schools. During communism we saw some of the most dedicated Christians the world has known and distinctly different.

The fact is that before compulsory education we had a lot of ignorance while the rich had educated children.

In Judaism it was not the parents who educated children.

I can tell you from a teacher's perspective that the students involved with parachurch organizations are typically much stronger than kids in church youth groups. I for one never heard the gospel until a fellow student in the Navigators spoke to me about Christ. Two of my friends in high school were involved in church youth groups. Not one of them ever invited me to church or a Bible study or youth event.

 

Both our daughters attend the school where I teach, and for us, its a wonderful set-up. I am not against public school at all, am a product of it, and loved it. And if I werent teaching at my current school, our girls would be in public school.
Also, we have so many kids that come to our church that dont know or really care yet what it means to be SBC. Their parents dont care a lick and are just glad they are outta the house for a while. Those kids wont ever be put in private or home school. What do we do with those students? They are part of the church family too!

 

I am a horrible introvert and my son has been categoried as "at risk for Autism"...meaning he is special needs with language and social delays.

We get free special needs education from the public schools.

My kids will never be homeschooled. Unless we are somehow blessed in the future financially and private schools all of a sudden integrate special needs kids into the regular classroons, we will never use private schools either.

I am blessed to have the public school system help us with a child we were unprepared to have. We thought he was normal until he was 18 months old. And I am not a bad or lazy Christian. I am grateful to God for giving us the things we need for free.

 

Seth&Mattsmom, my son had a learning disability, he got free specialized education in public school too, education I could not have provided otherwise and christian schools will not go near.
Churches are providing christian education to our children, that I know of at our church we have Sunday school, RA's and GA's, discipleship training, bible drills, VBS, children's choir, those are1-6 grades and I am not sure of everything for younger, but we have several programs to teach them also. Not to mention families teaching their own children, which is their responsibility.
I thought Baptist churches were autonomous, not under an outside church rule, that would make us RCC wouldn't it. The SBC can not tell churches and members to yank their kids out of school and expect people to do it. Of course we wouldn't be baptists anymore would we.
This is nothing more then an attack on christians, which is a real shame coming from a christian. I would think you'd have something better to do then attack christians.

 

You didn't mean me, did you? I was just chiming in to say how happy I am to have the public school. I wasn't trying to attack anyone.

 

I didn't read Donna's post that way at all Mom !

 

James,

You are entitled to your opinion, but it is just that...your opinion. There is no scriptural mandate for us to pull our children out of public schools. Therefore, not doing so is not "Christian Apathy" as you call it. Further, as I already pointed out, this resolution did not do what you think it did.

Joseph Botwinick

 

I did not need a denomenation or the church to tell me to not put my kid in public education.


I put my kid in a Christian school and am happy to pay the money. The enviroment is safer and she is way ahead in their education compaired to public school kids.

 

Exactly right, amen!

 

If my denomination (SBC) had told me to put my child in a private school I would have told them to get lost!

My daughter’s last scores on the Stanford 9 test averaged to 99.3 nationally, so I don’t think there was any lack of education for not attending a private school. In her case it’s the other kids that aren’t safe from being witnessed too, as a matter of fact she’s had her share of ridicule for Christian values and has learned and is learning to be tough and persuasive in her responses.

She just graduated 8th grade as President of the NJHS and received 2 out of the 4 outstanding accomplishments awards for math and music. Her teacher cried and said he loved her dearly when announcing the math award, she impacted him and several of the students with her loving heart and I could be happier or prouder of her that she did it in a public school while being recognized as a Christian.