A Call To Dunkirk from Exodus Mandate
By Jim Day
Because
of the comprehensive and accelerating failure of the government school system,
Exodus Mandate has launched The Call to
Dunkirk, a new initiative calling upon churches and ministries to reorder
their priorities so that they can assist parents in rescuing their children
from the public schools.
A key stumbling block preventing some Christian leaders from openly
calling for the long overdue exodus of Christian families from government
education 
has
been the mistaken belief that traditional Christian schools and home schooling
are the only alternatives to government schools.
Consequently,
a central focus of The Call to Dunkirk
message is helping parents and pastors understand that, in addition to the excellent
choices of Christian schools and home schooling, technology – such as on-line
academies - now provide inexpensive Christian educational alternatives which
are readily available that are spiritually,
morally, and academically superior to government schools. And, any church,
large or small, can easily implement them. (For a list of on-line Christian
academies and curriculum contact Exodus Mandate at http://www.exodusmandate.org
or by phone at (803) 714-1744.)
Exodus
Mandate recently launched The Call to
Dunkirk with a short video now available on YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRGZLSVph3A ) that already has received tens of
thousands of viewings. In addition, The
Call to Dunkirk has begun to generate media interest through numerous
stories, including headline stories on OneNewsNow (http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=370350),
on WorldNetDaily (http://wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=84603), and on
radio appearances on network programs such as Moody Broadcasting Network’s popular
Prime Time America broadcast.
Many
small Christian ministries and organizations support K-12 Christian education
or home schooling for renewal of family, church and culture. In the past,
however, some of the larger Christian organizations, denominations, and pro-family
ministries have mistakenly supported public school reform rather than calling
for an exodus of Christian families from the rapidly disintegrating public
school system. Fortunately, these ministries are beginning to see that school
reform efforts are futile given the manifest failure of school reform and the
continued cultural deterioration.
Dr.
Bruce Shortt commented saying, “A lot of time has been wasted on school reform.
You can no more reform the government school system than you could reform the
Soviet collective farm system. The model is a mistake. Conservative school
reformers are a lot like Civil War re-enactors who specialize in Pickett’s
Charge. They never take the high ground; they never really win. What we need
today is new leadership.”
Dr.
Voddie Baucham challenges African American families saying, “Black families ask
me, ‘Why should we leave the public schools after our forefathers fought,
marched and sometimes died for us to have the right to attend.’ My response is
simple, our forefathers fought, marched and died so we wouldn’t have to settle
for the kind of education inflicted on minority children today. We need to
march some more. And the first place is out of the front door of these Christ-dishonoring,
academically inferior, soul-killing government indoctrination centers.”
Dr.
Bruce Shortt added, “The Left has always understood that whoever controls the
children owns the future. This is why so many of the 60’s radicals like Bill
Ayers went into education. Now they effectively control the government school
system. But worse, we give them our children.”
Chaplain
E. Ray Moore points out that the 2008 elections conclusively show the failure
of the “lobbying, voting and legislative model” most of the pro-family movement
have relied on to slow down and reverse the cultural and spiritual slide in the
E.
Ray Moore, Chaplain (Lt. Col.) USAR Ret., Director of the Exodus Mandate
Project; Dr. Bruce Shortt, lawyer and author of The Harsh Truth About Public Schools; Dr. Voddie Baucham, Southern
Baptist pastor, conference speaker on family and home education and author of Family Driven Faith will serve as the
principal spokesmen for this special one year emergency rescue plan.
To
arrange an interview or speaking opportunity with Dr’s Bruce Shortt, Voddie
Baucham or Chaplain E. Ray Moore, contact Exodus Mandate at http://www.exodusmandate.org
or by phone at (803) 714-1744.
