With Lincoln Park, Taylor, and Romulus public schools on the doorstep, should Christian families see staying in the public system as a Great Commission opportunity, or is homeschooling the faithful choice?

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  Reese T.4d ago

  My challenge to every Christian parent commenting here: when did you last volunteer in your kid's school? Attend a school board meeting in Romulus or Taylor? Know your child's teacher by name and pray for them specifically? Because if the answer is no to all three, you don't actually have a Great Commission presence in the public school even if your kid attends it. Presence requires intentionality. Stop outsourcing the mission to your children and show up yourself.

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  Jamie5d ago

  Born and raised in Romulus, went through Romulus Community Schools K-12, and I turned out just fine spiritually. My parents were intentional about our faith at home and it made me stronger, not weaker, to be around kids who believed differently. Pulling every Christian kid out of public school doesn't create mission fields — it abandons them. Who's going to be the light if all the lights leave the room?

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  Iris5d ago

  My grandfather helped build Roulo Baptist back in the day and he sent every one of his kids through Romulus public schools. Never once questioned whether it was the faithful choice. This whole debate feels like something we invented in the last twenty years because we have too much time and too many podcasts. Christians have been in the public square for centuries. It's called being a citizen.

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  Quinn B.5d ago

  Theologically speaking, the Great Commission was given to the Church, not to elementary schoolchildren. We need to stop using our kids as ministry tools. A 9-year-old's job is to learn and grow in faith, not to evangelize their third-grade class in Taylor. This conflation of parental duty with missionary calling is doing real damage to how we think about Christian formation.

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  Jordan4d ago

  Fun fact: Dietrich Bonhoeffer was educated in elite German institutions surrounded by secular thought and it made him the most courageous Christian of the 20th century. Isolation didn't produce him. Engagement did. Just saying.

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  Iris4d ago

  lol at this debate. some of yall act like Jesus handed out a homeschool co-op curriculum in the Sermon on the Mount. he told us to GO into the world not build a compound outside of it. southwest Wayne County needs Christian kids in those hallways, at those lunch tables, on those sports teams. thats not theology its just common sense.

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  Ravi5d ago

  I actually just moved here from Dearborn Heights last year and honestly Lincoln Park schools surprised me. My daughter's teacher has been wonderful and respectful of our faith. I think a lot of the fear is based on stories people heard somewhere, not what's actually happening in these specific schools. Visit the buildings. Talk to the principals. It's not as dire as the homeschool Facebook groups make it sound.

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  Liam5d ago

  Hard disagree with this framing entirely. The question isn't Great Commission vs. protection — it's whether you've actually prayed and sought Scripture for YOUR family. We homeschool. Our neighbors send their kids to Taylor schools. Both families love Jesus. Can we please stop making this a litmus test for faithfulness??

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  Jamie _x5d ago

  okay so i homeschool my three kids and i am SO tired of being made to feel like im failing the Great Commission because of it. my PRIMARY calling is to these children God gave ME. i can raise up missionaries without sacrificing my kids on the altar of 'being a witness.' they can witness as adults when their faith is actually rooted.

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  Avery4d ago

  i went to lincoln park high and i gotta be honest the peer pressure stuff is real. not saying that to scare anyone but i watched a lot of kids from good church families completely walk away from faith by sophomore year. my parents were very involved and it still happened to two of my siblings. i dont think parents who choose homeschool are cowards. sometimes its just wisdom.

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  Jamie K.4d ago

  Somebody in this thread will inevitably bring up that homeschooling produces better academic outcomes — and statistically that's true, homeschool students do score higher on standardized tests on average — but I want to point out that those studies almost always have serious sampling bias because they only measure families who formally report, which skews wealthy and organized. The data does NOT prove what people think it proves. Do your research before you cite it as God's endorsement of homeschooling.

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