I am very familiar with BIBLE TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS, having taught the BIBLE in many schools in New Zealand; north of Kaitaia, but mainly in the KAIKOHE area. Please find KAIKOHE on a map of New Zealand.
Kaitaia Primary School (Far North)
But today I am reading about SOCIAL WORKERS IN SCHOOLS.
On the front page of the paper called THE AUCKLANDER, (5 July 2012) is a picture of an australian social (SWiS worker) worker with a pupil and underneath the image it says, “MAKING AN IMPACT Social workers changing behaviour in schools.”
Inside the paper I find the cover story with the following headline “Stirring up good feelings.” And there it says also, “The Government recently added $11.1 million extra funding to its SWiS budget. By 2013 it will spend $21.5m on SWiS.”
I did not only teach the Bible in many schools in New Zealand, but I was also in charge to train workers to go into the schools to teach the Bible. Our venue for many training days was the Baptist Church in Kerikeri. (For many years I was a UMM – United Maori Mission – missionary.)
We did not receive money from the government.
The work was done by volunteers and we paid for our own transport and also for the materials we used.
We surely need more BIBLE TEACHERS IN OUR SCHOOLS. Please pray for more BIble Teachers.
