God Save America

“The recent shootings in schools across the nation should be a major wake-up call for educators and parents,” says Finn Laursen, Executive Director of Christian Educators Association International (CEAI).

“The latest killings of the young girls in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, where a gunman held students hostage and later killed them execution style, reinforces that our children are not totally safe anywhere,” says Laursen.

“This outrageous attack on innocent children did not take place in the inner city or in an affluent suburban community, but in a setting most of us considered safe: within the non-violent, isolated Amish community that separates its children from the modern world, in what was believed to be a totally safe one room Amish school house.

The Amish community has responded to an evil, ungodly act in a Godly fashion. They offered forgiveness at the onset and asked the rest of the nation for valued support in prayer."

“Through our national network of Christian educators, most of who are in public schools, I am encouraging CEAI members and friends to do the same, to pray for all those touched by this latest tragedy,” says Laursen.

“I believe the unfathomable killing of innocent little girls in Lancaster is a wakeup call to which we in the Body of Christ need to respond proactively. Since over 50 million children reporting to schools across the nation daily are at risk of future acts of violence, we need to act now to protect our children."

“First, we have a responsibility to make sure our local schools have in place a well-developed and rehearsed Crisis Response Plan. Second, we need to make sure we cover our schools and school children with prayer on a daily basis. Our schools, both public and private, are just that, our schools. We Christians need to take an active role in both the physical and spiritual realm to assure our children’s safety,” says Laursen.

CEAI’s mission is to serve the educational community by encouraging, equipping and empowering Christian educators in public and private education. CEAI is committed to offer resources and support for those willing and called to take an active leadership role in their schooling community in such a time as this. Those resources and contact information are available on their website at http://www.ceai.org/.

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