THE FAMILY UNDER SIEGE?
Emmanuel Evangelical Church Family
Conference
20th March 2010
Christian families are under mounting pressure from the
secular world. Anti-Christian dogma is promoted in the media under the guise of
‘tolerance’. Education has become a battleground, and increasingly intrusive
legislation is being proposed by our government. Recent proposals have
included:
- ‘Parents will lose the right to withdraw their children
from sex education classes once they reach 15.’
- ‘Home-educating parents will be forced to register annually
and undergo criminal record checks.
- ‘Home-educated children will be interviewed privately by
government officials; parents who refuse to allow this will find their children
sent to a state school.’
Pressure is also mounting elsewhere:
- The British Humanist Association has declared that ‘there
probably is no God,’ and demanded that Christian parents stop raising their
children as believers in Christ.
- A BBC presenter speculated that ‘authoritarian’ evangelical
parents could use home education as a cover for child abuse.
Yet there is always hope. Jesus Christ is the risen and
ascended King of Kings. He has received from the Father all authority in heaven
and on earth, the nations have been made his inheritance, and one day every knee
shall bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord.
Until then, the church has been commissioned to maintain the
unity of the Spirit, to live as children of light, to speak the truth in love,
to nurture our children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, and to
disciple the nations.
Are you ready for the challenge? 10am – 4pm, Saturday 20th March 2010 at The Welsh Chapel, Cockfosters
Individuals £15 · Couples/families £20
To book, email
conferences@northlondonchurch.org · Pay
on the door
Car parking available · 5 minutes’ walk from Cockfosters Tube
Station
Refreshments provided. Please bring your own lunch.
Sandwiches can be bought locally. Children are welcome, though we are unable to
provide creche facilities or children’s activities.
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