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Parents choose biblical worldview in making Christian school choice
For Tamara and Charles Heeb, choosing a school came down to one question: Will the education complement what the children are being taught at home and at church? more »
By Dianna L. Cagle - Aug 18, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Parenting
Family sees benefits of public schools
FAYETTEVILLE — Laura Foley attended public schools and a Christian school. For her, they both worked. In seventh grade Laura left a Christian school she’d been attending for five years to go to a middle school in the Cumberland County public school system. more »
By Steve DeVane - Aug 18, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Parenting
Boys beg mom to teach them at home
Elis Mateus taught in private school 13 years, earning a tuition break for her sons to go with her salary. In 2000, she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and “retired” from teaching. more »
By Norman Jameson - Aug 18, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Parenting
Planned Parenthood complains about bill’s effect
JEFFERSON CITY—Planned Parenthood took the opportunity to use church facilities and the occasion of Governor Matt Blunt’s bill-signing ceremony to call its own press conference regarding the passage of House Bill 1055 (HB 1055) July 6 at Concord Baptist Church. more »
By Barbara Shoun - Jul 24, 2007
Topic: Family, Education, Sexual Purity, Abstinence, Life, Abortion, Birth Control, Citizenship, Legislation
Buckner helps single mothers
The women traveled a dark road. They spent years trying to get somewhere but always ended up in the same place. They were single moms struggling to provide, and their road was filled with potholes—unpaid bills, little mouths to feed and employers who required higher education which, due to responsibilities, they could not attain. more »
By Whitney Farr - Jun 25, 2007
Topic: Family, Education, Parenting, Mothers, Singles
House panel hikes abstinence funding
In a preliminary victory for pro-family supporters, a House subcommittee voted to increase funding for abstinence education by $27.8 million, exceeding an increase requested by President Bush. more »
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Sexual Purity, Abstinence
Intellectual diversity bill may help Christian students
JEFFERSON CITY — After many years of listening to complaints, Missouri legislators have the opportunity to reaffirm the First Amendment rights of students who are browbeaten by their professors for religious and moral beliefs different than their own. more »
By Barbara Shoun - May 15, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Family, Education, Citizenship, Legislation, Religious Liberty
Complexity of life, structure of universe point to designer, conference speakers say
DALLAS — Science, when done right, points powerfully to a designer whose characteristics “just happen to match the descriptions of the God of the Bible,” author and Christian apologist Lee Strobel said April 13-14 during a conference on the theory of intelligent design at Southern Methodist University in Dallas. more »
By Gregory Tomlin - Apr 25, 2007
Topic: Science, Creation/Evolution
House eyes vaccines for sexually-transmitted virus
Sixth grade girls in Missouri will have to be vaccinated against sexually-transmitted human papilloma virus (HPV) if proposed legislation is passed during the current legislative session. more »
By Barbara Shoun - Apr 3, 2007
Topic: Family, Children, Education, Living, Health, Parenting, Citizenship, Legislation
Homosexual rights group pickets Mississippi College
Five protesters among about 28 people demanding equality for homosexual, lesbian, and “transgendered” people at Mississippi College (MC) in Clinton were arrested March 22 after being warned that they would not be allowed to come on the Baptist-affiliated school’s campus. more »
By William H. Perkins, Jr. - Mar 29, 2007 - (1)
Topic: Family, Education, Sexual Purity, Homosexuality