We are not out to convert children in schools: bishop
By Jewel Topsfield
May 14, 2011
The chairman of a Christian group that provides religious education classes in Victorian government schools has insisted its volunteers do not try to convert children, despite the group's chief executive having told a conference that ''we need to go and make disciples''.
Bishop Stephen Hale said there was no evidence Access Ministries breached federal and state guidelines that prohibit proselytising in government schools.
''This controversy has been running for about five weeks - you would have thought if we were breaching the guidelines there would have been a litany of complaints and in fact there haven't been any,'' Bishop Hale told the ABC.
Full story: http://www.theage.com.au/national/we-are-not-out-to-convert-children-in-schools-bishop-20110513-1emhd.html
ABC Radio interview with Waleed Aly: http://media.theage.com.au/news/national-times/access-ministries-bishop-dismisses-speech-2360451.html
