Wednesday, December 17, 2003
Prayer in Schools, KIds can pray!
One of the forums I frequent from time to time had someone saying again about prayer in schools. This was my response.
I just want to bring this up. Do not be deceived you can pray in school! According to the Equal access act, you can even hold campus ministries in public schools. Here's the thing adults are not allowed to run them. Students have to lead them. In youth ministry we have to stop complaining about there not being prayer in schools and start equipping and training our students to run these ministries. We've got to stop tying their hands and letting them think they're helpless. 80% of the people who will ever accept Christ as Lord and Savior will do it by the age of 18. Our students are front line missionaries in one fo the most fertile mission fields there is.
Let's not worry about the prayer in schools issue. I don't really want mandated prayer in schools because in our pluralistic society they'd be praying to Allah one day, vishnu to the next, satan the next and anyone else that people worship. Instead let's teach and equip them to spread the gospel in their schools. They have the right.
God bless,
Dave
One of the forums I frequent from time to time had someone saying again about prayer in schools. This was my response.
I just want to bring this up. Do not be deceived you can pray in school! According to the Equal access act, you can even hold campus ministries in public schools. Here's the thing adults are not allowed to run them. Students have to lead them. In youth ministry we have to stop complaining about there not being prayer in schools and start equipping and training our students to run these ministries. We've got to stop tying their hands and letting them think they're helpless. 80% of the people who will ever accept Christ as Lord and Savior will do it by the age of 18. Our students are front line missionaries in one fo the most fertile mission fields there is.
Let's not worry about the prayer in schools issue. I don't really want mandated prayer in schools because in our pluralistic society they'd be praying to Allah one day, vishnu to the next, satan the next and anyone else that people worship. Instead let's teach and equip them to spread the gospel in their schools. They have the right.
God bless,
Dave
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