wealthier families, although demand exists in rural areas as
well. At the training session, a woman with a face darkened
from working in the fields spoke of starting a church school
that had low tuition—$320 per year—and couldn’t pay
enough to keep its teachers. She tried raising tuition to $400
a year, but the parents (mainly farmers) balked: four teach-
ers left, leaving only two teachers for 60 students.
Many of these schools only go up to middle school, so
parents and students still must figure out what to do for four
years after graduation. So far, most Christian school grads
have gone overseas to U.S. Christian colleges, yet the high
cost makes it an unrealistic option for many. Christians have
started a few colleges in the country, including a three-year
program to train future Christian teachers. Graduates can
also attend technical schools, house church seminaries, or
directly enter the workforce.
Even though students at Christian schools are unable to
take the college entrance exam, some schools are making
sure their students are academically prepared for the test,
should the law ever change.
Yet even with the uncertainties and setbacks, the educa-
tors I spoke to believe local, small Christian schools are
here to stay. One principal noted that even if government
officials quashed the schools, they’d keep popping back
up: “Christian education will grow the same way the house
church grew, which is to say the house church grew without
a center. They just rent a building and start it, and when they
fill it, they rent another one.”
90% of America’s children spend
16,000 hours of their young lives in
schools that fail to teach the truth
about God and His Word.
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Used by permission from WORLD Magazine, Asheville, NC - wng.org.
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