PUBLIC STATEMENT OF COMMUNITY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL,
A MINISTRY OF PASCOAG COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
RE: FALSE INFORMATION BEING DISSEMINATED ON-LINE
(name withheld for confidentiality) (issued Sunday, May 20, 2018)
Community Christian School was telephoned by a prospective parent regarding enrolling her four-year-old student in the church’s preschool program. This prospective student’s parent never filled out an application or actually applied to the school. Additionally, this prospective student’s parent was told by phone that the student would be enrolledif she wanted to place the child in a preschool program run by a Baptist church. The prospective student’s parent was given a copy of the church’s statement of faith that was voted on by the church membership years ago for her to review. At no time, did any church or school official ever state that the child would not be welcome to enroll. Any statement to the contrary is patently false.
Due to Internet confusion on this point, the church has been blitzed with on-line attacks and received safety threats to our campus by a major campaign now being waged on-line. With recent church and school shootings, we are forced to put our campus on high alert and notify law enforcement to make sure that no misguided individuals act violently toward children on our campus.
We would ask all parties involved to defuse the dialogue and maintain a safe and civilized conversation on these important issues. Baptist churches, Catholic churches, Jewish synagogues, Muslim Temples, and other religious organizations all take religious positions on issues such as what constitutes appropriate sexual conduct or marriage. We would hope that the interested on-line community would respect the rights of all American citizens to worship as they deem best and to train their children consistent with their sincerely-held religious beliefs.