Gideons face trespassing charges

Our church has a ministry in which our van picks up children for Wednesday night Bible study whose parents are either in jail, on some substance, or hopping from job to job and live in. These are basically good kids who have so much chance to be influenced at this time in their lives. Sometimes those who work with them need all the patience from God they can get. The mission field is also those parents, and sometimes grandparents that is before us.

I agree with you all above, under normal circumstances, it is up to the parent to bring a child up in the Lord.

 

I wonder if they would have been arrested if they were handing out the Rainbow Bible ( Liberace's) or the Koran. Me thinks not
Faithgirl

 

This is a good reminder to us warning how the world is turning to the points of the End.
Many Thanks to Sue.
It should be one of the important subjects for the Believers to focus on, that the Judicial systems often block Chritian activities in tricky ways, regarding the preaching gospel, education, Evol and Creation, abortion, American history of Christian forefathers in building up the country, while the same sex marriage is OK ( In Canada, the exchange of the spouses are OK by the court)
I like to know about Madelyn Murray O'Hare case, do you have anything to post?

 

Can you tell me if it is policy for the Gideon's to inform school personel when they are going to be outside a school, public sidewalk or not, handing out Bibles?

 

Is US a country of Freedom for Religion?
Can US condemn other countries for their lack of freedom of religion?

 

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The ones that I have seen not only have boxes of Bibles, but name tags, and a table set up. They also had permission from the school to be on the sidewalk in front of the school...

I was previously in a Faith based organization (a county wide group in which the pastors and youth pastors in the county met at least once a month to plan activities at the schools) One time we handed out candy on the first day of school to just cheer up the students and teachers. The principal gave us permission to stand at the front door and welcome the students.

We also had access to the hallways at lunch to just hang with the children and talk to them. (in both the HS and Middle School) We each took turns with prayer walks each week...

violence decreased.

The principal and the school board thanked us.
Actually it was their idea to allow us to do it!
We also hosted thank you dinners for the teachers and staff.
hosted tailgate parties at games, and since everyone knew we were pastors, some would talk to us about spiritual things.

We never pushed ourselves on the children, but when they had a problem, they knew who to turn to. The youth groups in the schools became more confident because they saw us youth pastors living what we preached. We developed relationships with teens that led to salvations, and an overall betterment in the atmosphere at the HS.

 

The Gideon's usually call in advance when they are going to be passing out Bibles, yes. I know this because I have friends in the Gideons.

 

From www.gideons.org

As you can see, the Gideons do require a phone number for the institution where they will be passing out Bibles. So the school was notified in advance.

I would say this charge was because of an unsaved person complaining, be it the police, or a student, or possibly a parent or teacher... or even a passerby who wanted to hinder God's Word from reaching those who desparately need it.

 

If you allow bibles to be handed out in public school, you have no leg to stand on when an Islamic group wants to come in and hand out the Quran..

Right. The Constitution says you can't discriminate on the basis of religion. If you let one in, you must let all in.

Wrong. All they'd have to do is go to court, and you'd have Q'urans handed out whenever they wanted.

Of course, if the Muslims can show you allowed the Gideons in in the past, you have no choice. They can force you to let them in. So your school board has already made the choice to allow Muslims in.

 

The bottom line is:

We are told that we are to 'Mark them that cause division among us', and to 'Obey God rather than man.'

If man's laws says we have to allow muslims to teach, we have the authority of God's Word that says, 'Receive them not' and 'Have nothing to do with them'.

If any other gospel is preached than Jesus Christ, we are to reject it pure and simple.

No law of the land overrides God's Holy Word.

 

ok, so let them hand out Korans or Books of Mormons. If someone pitches a fit and that's one of the earthly consequences, then that's once of the earthly consequences. Big deal. We know that God speaks to people through His word and He doesn't speak through the other books. Could Satan get a toehold in someone's life through one of those other books? Yes, but the old deceiver can get that without those books too. We cannot let the threat of "equality" keep us from getting Bibles in peoples' hands or spreading the gospel.

 

Closed per previous notice. LE