During the last century the number of school districts went from more
than 250,000 to less than 20,000. In short, local and parental oversight
went to the back of the bus.

In a similar way, the major denominations bypass local oversight when
their seminaries send pastors and priests, who does not share local
values, to the local churches. I have several times witnessed these
short-lived marriages, not made in heaven.

House churches should obviously be able to avoid such pitfalls. They are
independent, yet welcome any true believer. Best of all, their "church
property" cannot be taken away from them in court if they attempt to
leave the denomination. That is a frequent occurrence, btw.

And, their "leadership" is locally-grown rather than imported from afar.

Here's a famous quote from the Humanist Magazine which reveals the
intentions of some (not all) who control public education: "... we are
winning the battle for the hearts and minds of children in the classroom
over the rotting corpse of Christianity."

And in today's news there was a report from CO concerning the NEA winning
out over the voucher system. A long court battle will surely follow.

David Anderson