Famed pastor John MacArthur out in LA announced recently at The Shepherd's Conference that his church, Grace Church, is going to be launching two elementary schools to give parents a safe and biblical alternative to Government Schools.
From Michael Foust at Christian Headlines:
Saying it's a time for Christians to "get serious" about educating children in a fast-changing world, California pastor John MacArthur said during a recent conference that his church is launching two elementary schools this fall.
MacArthur, the pastor of Grace Community Church in the suburbs of Los Angeles, said the two schools will use a hybrid model that is part-private school, part-homeschool program. The schools, named Grace Academy, will have in-class instruction 14 hours per week and at-home instruction 16 hours a week, according to its website.
"We desperately have to capture this young generation," he said during the Shepherds Conference, which was held at the church. "... You can't just throw them to the educational system. … I think parents are now saying, ‘Look, we have a responsibility as parents; we can't just turn these kids over to anything.'"
Recognizing the growing need for safe and actually educational alternatives to Government Schools, MacArthur is leading the way and starting these two hybrid schools to help Christians educate their children.
If you spend time looking at Libs of TikTok or the stories we highlight on this site, you'll know that public schools are no place for children.
David Jeremiah, another prominent California pastor, made similar comments last year, saying it's "time to rethink Christian education." Public schools, Jeremiah said, "are no longer a fitting place for Christian young people to be because they will be so brainwashed by" unbiblical teaching. Jeremiah's church, Shadow Mountain Community, is home to a private school, Christian Unified Schools.
MacArthur said the "ground is moving" within the culture.
"This is a time to get serious," he said, adding that Grace Community "decided some months ago that we couldn't expect all of our Christian families here to send their kids to the public schools."
"Public schools are dangerous. I mean, even in Florida, which is pretty good, there's a battle to keep teachers from teaching transgender stuff to kids in kindergarten," MacArthur said, referencing Florida's much-debated parental rights law. "So we just decided we've got to start a school program, a hybrid homeschool-resident deal. … And the people are so on board, and we have such human resources here, and [financially] people have stepped in on everything. We're trying to make a difference as widely and broadly as we can, which is part of the think-biblically approach. We want to help people think biblically. It's the only safety; it's the only hope."
This is a good start and an important move from a prominent Christian leader.
Churches around the country need to follow suit.
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