Various polls have been conducted to determine the reasons why people leave the Church. A recent Pew Research poll was conducted of why young people leave the Church. Many of the reasons given could have been answered with additional reading and studying. The cause of young people being unaware of answers to challenges of their faith could be, as some believe, due to a lack of Apologetical teaching in the Church environment. The avatars of secularism, as is there job, will attack religion, yet if the Church is not providing apologetical teaching and instruction, then when those of faith, who have limited knowledge and understanding when dealing with secularism, may walk away with secular reasonings that are answerable. Part of the failure to teach apologetics is that teachers and leaders in the church have not risen to the need of task at hand. If the church wants to keep their young people, then the intellectual challenges must be answered.
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A question came to my mind a few years ago, so I finally allocated time to write a blog entry about it. The question was, "Is it time for Christians to pull their children out of secular government schools?" This can be a hot topic of whether or not Christians should be involved with government (public) schools. Even though it is a hot topic for some, I think it is an important question to consider and to discuss. Merely pushing it under a rug and hoping it goes away is not the best response. This article includes a bit of my thoughts on the question from a particular viewpoint.
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