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This possibly could have fit another thread but I couldn’t find one. Merge if needed, please.
Many local public schools in this region have been visited—or more accurately, invaded—by an evangelistic ministry that has been conveniently independently invited by students at each school that belong to The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). I became aware of it when a friend from my church and mother of students at Huntington High School posted about it on social media, detailing how everything about the assembly goes against the legal separation of church and state. It was held during school hours; though it was said to be “voluntary,” a couple of teachers forced their entire class to attend; and the speaker was not just speaking but proselytizing and “saving” kids by the dozens through the most ridiculous fear mongering ever. At one point, the featured speaker said that he had a friend that had stopped attending church and because of that, he was killed in a car crash. WHAT?!?
This was obviously a targeted effort by Nik Walker Ministries, the group that was going from school to school. They had to be invited by a student at each school, and that is how it happened. So someone at Nik Walker Ministries and/or the FCA told students they needed to invite Nik to speak. And then it was not only allowed during school time, but some students were forced to attend. At least one of the kids forced to attend is Jewish. There were atheists amongst those students. In a public school, religion was being forced upon them and a particular religion at that. And the kids that were not Christians attending the event, can you imagine the pressure of being such a small minority in a group where the speaker and most of the students are encouraging people to give their lives to Jesus Christ so they don’t immediately die and burn in Hell?
Nik Walker Ministries made many social media posts after each school stop and was boasting about the exact number of souls they saved. The posted photos which included faces of students in attendance, without permission to do so. Commenters on their posts were just going on and on about how this was amazing and that the enemy was trying to prevent them from doing this. “The enemy” in this instance was the parents, school employees, and the community that knew how wrong this was. They then made sure to mark each post after this had been outed with the word voluntary in all caps.
My friend from church that posted is a very articulate and passionate person. She typically stands up for all injustices that she sees and does not let things go. She contacted the Superintendent; the Board of Education; the ACLU; the Freedom From Religion organization; and several others. This is about to get very interesting.
Here is an article in the local paper where my friend was interviewed: Article from The Herald-Dispatch
You can view it in incognito/private mode to get around the paywall.
Many local public schools in this region have been visited—or more accurately, invaded—by an evangelistic ministry that has been conveniently independently invited by students at each school that belong to The Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA). I became aware of it when a friend from my church and mother of students at Huntington High School posted about it on social media, detailing how everything about the assembly goes against the legal separation of church and state. It was held during school hours; though it was said to be “voluntary,” a couple of teachers forced their entire class to attend; and the speaker was not just speaking but proselytizing and “saving” kids by the dozens through the most ridiculous fear mongering ever. At one point, the featured speaker said that he had a friend that had stopped attending church and because of that, he was killed in a car crash. WHAT?!?
This was obviously a targeted effort by Nik Walker Ministries, the group that was going from school to school. They had to be invited by a student at each school, and that is how it happened. So someone at Nik Walker Ministries and/or the FCA told students they needed to invite Nik to speak. And then it was not only allowed during school time, but some students were forced to attend. At least one of the kids forced to attend is Jewish. There were atheists amongst those students. In a public school, religion was being forced upon them and a particular religion at that. And the kids that were not Christians attending the event, can you imagine the pressure of being such a small minority in a group where the speaker and most of the students are encouraging people to give their lives to Jesus Christ so they don’t immediately die and burn in Hell?
Nik Walker Ministries made many social media posts after each school stop and was boasting about the exact number of souls they saved. The posted photos which included faces of students in attendance, without permission to do so. Commenters on their posts were just going on and on about how this was amazing and that the enemy was trying to prevent them from doing this. “The enemy” in this instance was the parents, school employees, and the community that knew how wrong this was. They then made sure to mark each post after this had been outed with the word voluntary in all caps.
My friend from church that posted is a very articulate and passionate person. She typically stands up for all injustices that she sees and does not let things go. She contacted the Superintendent; the Board of Education; the ACLU; the Freedom From Religion organization; and several others. This is about to get very interesting.
Here is an article in the local paper where my friend was interviewed: Article from The Herald-Dispatch
You can view it in incognito/private mode to get around the paywall.
