Can public school students learn the Bible? Here’s how we do it
The red bus arrives at Beechwood Elementary School in Whitehall, Ohio, throughout the day. About 15 students pile on each time, then it drives a few blocks to a church down the street. For the next 40 minutes, the students learn basic biblical teaching alongside virtues such as honesty, integrity and kindness.When the lessons are over, they get on the bus and head back to school to finish the day.
All told, about 500 kids in the school district participate each week. They’re engaged and their parents are thrilled, which is why they keep coming back and even bring friends.This scene plays out weekly at more than 300 public schools in 12 states, reaching more than 30,000 kids. That’s a huge increase from the two schools our organization started with in 2019; and this year, we may grow by hundreds more.
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For many years, our church in Michigan has been running a once-a-month Released Time Bible class for public school children. It is the law in Michigan that public schools much accommodate religious instruction during school hours, so long as such instruction takes place away from school property. Our church vans pick up the children and transport them to the church for a time of evangelistic Bible study. To advertise, we hand out flyers at school open house and have them made available in the school office. This year we enrolled some 40 elementary school children.