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I see the proper role for the leadership in the church is to point out what the Bible teaches regarding the parents role in education, which places the responsibility squarely on the father/parents. So the hierarchy would look like this, Christ disciples pastors (through the Word), pastors disciple parents, parents disciple children. Whether or not the parents decide to delegate this role to another trusted person is a matter of Christian liberty but it is the most serious matter to be undertaken by a Christian and should not be taken lightly.
Which reminds me of this quote from R.L. Dabney “The education of children must be the most important business done on earth, it’s the one business for which the earth exists, every parent needs to know that this is his purpose for being kept alive by God, that this is his task on earth.”
The gravity of this task cannot be overemphasized.
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