Demographics determines destiny. Look at the birthrates among evangelical Christians as compared to everyone else in the country. Within 3 or 4 generations, 5 at the most, the discussion will be over and we will have won.
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We will win **only** if these children receive a thoroughly Christian education. The chances of remaining active in the faith for children (from active evangelical Christian homes) who attend government school are **abysmal**!
http://www.exodusmandate.org/art_20050404-salt-and-light.htm
The research data on the success of the public schools in indoctrinating Christian youth with humanistic or neo-pagan worldviews is overwhelming. The Nehemiah Institute's worldview PEERS test shows that 83-percent of the children from committed Christian families in public schools adopt a secular humanist or Marxist socialist worldview. At the SBC's 2002 annual meeting, the Southern Baptist Council on Family Life reported, among other disturbing things, that 88-percent of the children raised in evangelical homes leave church at age 18. Barna Research reports that only 9-percent of born-again teens believe in moral absolutes, and more than half believe that Jesus sinned while He was on earth. We believe the fact that 80-percent of Christian families send their children to public schools is a prime reason for this lost legacy.