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DEAR EXODUS MANDATE SUPPORTERS:

This event was a net gain for us in that a form of our resolution was reported to the floor by the Resolutions Committee and passed overwhelmingly. We got most of what we wanted except a clear unequivocal call for withdrawal from the public schools. We are keeping that debate alive in the SBC and other evangelical denominations over the next few years and think that this idea may also be inevitable as the K-12 public schools continue to sink into the intellectual and moral abyss. The word "investigate" is used 2 times in the final and accepted resolution. This event was not reported as widely as last year's SBC Annual meeting in the Christian and secular media, but our efforts bore more fruit in terms of support from other major Christian leaders and pro-family ministries and organizations. We have many new friends to thank for this year's effort.

Special thanks to Drs. Voddie Baucham and Bruce Shortt who provided the public leadership.

Thanks for your support and prayers. (E. Ray Moore, Jr at www.Exodusmandate.org and tele 803-714-1744)

From: "James Boyes" <jmboyes@whidbey.net> Date: 2005/06/22 Wed PM 09:30:45 EDT To: "CEANet" <CEANet@list.whidbey.net> Subject: CEANet1750: Brief Update on SBC Ed Resolution

======================================= Christian Education Awareness Network (CEANet) Message 1750 =======================================

Internet: http://www2.whidbey.net/jmboyes E-mail: CEANet@list.whidbey.net =======================================

Brief Update on SBC Ed Resolution

by Allie Martin

from _AgapePress_, June 22, 2005

...Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting have approved a resolution encouraging churches to investigate what impact the homosexual agenda is having on public schools. The resolution that made it to the floor in Nashville did not call for the withdrawal of children from public schools, but for parents to make that decision.

During debate, Florida messenger Robert Dreyfus said overall, public schools cannot provide a biblical foundation for children. "If we continue doing things as we've been doing them, I think we're going to look very much like Europe now looks," the delegate said. "Public schools are a mission field -- but they're a killing field to our children." The co-author of the resolution says he is satisfied the SBC has finally taken a stand on the issue. Bruce Shortt says when churches discover how far-reaching homosexual influence is in public schools, action will be taken.

"I think in many cases when our pastors discover that the local school district is betraying the community's trust by collaborating with homosexual activists in the ways that I've described, they'll know what to do," Shortt remarked, "and I think they will be working to find solutions for parents who want to make a change."

Evangelist Voddie Baucham joined Shortt in authoring the resolution, which was amended to recognize those Christian teachers and administrators who are serving in public schools.

Related Web Resources:

2004 and 2005 SBC Education Resolutions:

http://www2.whidbey.net/jmboyes/sbccer.htm

Exodus Mandate Project: http://www.exodusmandate.org/

Get The Kids Out: http://www.getthekidsout.org/

The Harsh Truth About Public Schools:

http://www2.whidbey.net/jmboyes/shortt-0.htm

Tyranny Through Public Education: http://www2.whidbey.net/jmboyes/cox-0.htm

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