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Our missionary Martha Wright,
full time children’s minister in Maryland
reports:
It was in 1960 that Madalyn
Murray walked into her son's classroom at Northwood
Elementary school , Baltimore Maryland
and heard the children reading the Bible and praying.
As a proclaimed Atheist, she
became furious, and immediately launched her own crusade to get Bible reading
and prayer taken out of our public schools.
On June 17, 1963 the Supreme
Court in an overwhelming 8-1 decision ruled that the opening of schools with
Bible reading and prayer exercises was unconstitutional.
This coming June it will be
fifty years that the Bible and prayer was removed nation wide from our schools.
You may know about the
Supreme Court decision of June 11, 2001 where the justices voted 6-3 that the
Good News Club must have equal access to public school facilities like any
other club.
This has been a window of
opportunity God has given us to teach the Bible unfettered to today's
children. We have 90-120 minutes per
week to teach the Bible, teach the kids to pray, teach them to memorize
Scripture, sing songs about God and the Lord Jesus and to teach them about
missions!
But we don't know when this
privilege will be taken away. In the meantime, we need to aggressively
challenge every Bible-believing church in America to adopt its local
community school to take the light of the Gospel to this vast mission field.
A half-a-century has gone by
since that horrible decision, and the moral decay of our country is evident.
It all started in Baltimore -- NOW LET'S GET THE BIBLE BACK INTO EVERY
SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE AND ACROSS MARYLAND !
Right now, on this 50th
anniversary, we have put together a team of experienced teachers who are ready
to establish a Good News Club at Northwood
Elementary School , where
the ban on the Bible first took place.
For me, getting the Bible
back into that school will be like placing
an American flag on the moon! Please pray as we meet with the principal, that
she will give permission.
The vice principal attended two workshops we recently held at our state headquarters! She retired February 28 but will be an advocate for the club! Thanks for your prayers for open doors to this school.
The vice principal attended two workshops we recently held at our state headquarters! She retired February 28 but will be an advocate for the club! Thanks for your prayers for open doors to this school.
The Good News Club at
Lockerman Bundy Elementary has been going for five weeks. I was at the first
club and 48 children were eagerly waiting to hear about Jesus.
Four teachers from the school
are teaching their children God's Word each week. (Is that amazing, or what?)
They know more than anyone how needy these children are. They know it's only by
God's power that the lives of these kids will be transformed! The enrollment is
now over 60!
Keep praying that many of
these children and their families will come to Christ Jesus! I see a revival
coming in that school!
We launched two more clubs in
inner city Baltimore ,
also in needy schools and bad areas of the city. God is doing something special
as these children memorize His Word, sing songs about God, learn Bible lessons
and make decisions that will change their lives forever.
Corporal Holifield, a Baltimore City police officer who oversees
security for over 40 schools in his district, was anxious to get a club going
at Barrister Elementary.
We pulled a team together and had our first club last
week. It was a joy for me to witness the enthusiasm of these children.
However, it was sad that when
the teacher asked the children "Do you know what sin is?" that not
one child in the group knew the answer. That was a new one for me! But kids
here in the United States of
America are so Biblically illiterate that
it's amazing. May
the Lord continue to bless you richly as you serve Him!
Send
all missionary support to: Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF)
Please
designate for account HQ 000 9753 00
Dr. Martha J. Wright, Executive Director CEF of
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4 comments:
A couple of thoughts. Firstly, one of my best friends has done a lot of work w/ the Good News Club here in Powhatan, VA. Truly an awesome program. Secondly, my brother lives in East Tennessee but is at Mt. Sinai in Baltimore, right now. He'll have surgery there, Wed afternoon. Please pray for him!
THAT IS AWESOME!!!!! I've been praying for this nation for so long I can't remember now, but this is the answer to my prayer! I'll definitely be supportive financially and prayerfully. This is the best news I've heard in a long, long time. Thanks for being involved and sharing!
Praying for favor!!!!! This country despartley needs GOD back in our schools!!
Blessings to you all
Stacey
Now that we have removed God from the schools, we should not be surprised that unwed pregnancy, STDs, and violence have entered in. God help us. Thanks for posting & God bless. Laurie C
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