[Dracian]

16 million-member Southern Baptist Convention for parents to pull their children from those schools in favor of homeschooling.

With a congregation that big, they ought to be able to start up some sedcular schools of their own. Homeschooling is actually pretty demanding. Not that many people can handle it.

[Lunatic Fringe]

[achilles2000]

Au contraire, homeschooling may require less instructional time that the typical parent wastes conforming his and his family's life to the demands of government schools. With the curriculum and support that is available, anyone can homeschool----as long as he wants to. For most, it is just a question of priorities.

[Manfred the Wonder Dawg]

I speak as a Southern Baptist.

1.) Home schooling ain't that difficult. Parents should not be scared off from it, as there are many great resources - many will educate the parents about the Christian foundations of our country. (My wife and I home schooled our kids for several years.)

2.) NO church organization ought to seek as much influence as the SBC is. God's Word tells us the parents (primarily the father) are the folks He holds responsible for educating the kids. The church is to support parents - without much regard for which school the rug-rats go to.

3.) The SBC is heading down the path to irrelevance, being more concerned with social ills than with discipleship. Welcoming purpose-driven, seeker-sensitive, and emergent doctrines that tear folk away from Scripture in favor of pleasing man.

4.) Therefore, we ought to have confidence only in Almighty God - the three-in-one creator and sustainer of our souls.

[Marysecretary]

We started a small Christian school in our church 20 years ago. It's been very successful. It's a small church with people and a pastor who believed in Christian education. Now we're forming another Christian school near Utica which will be an 8 million dollar facility when built. It CAN be done but it takes people who really are committed to it. Our graduates have gone on to some good schools and they have good morals and values.