Sharing Jesus with Sardis Middle School (Fall 2024)
Beginning on Thursday, September 19th at 12:35
*** RELEASED LEARNING BIBLE EDUCATION ***
Beginning on Thursday, September 19th
Snacks & Drink will be served during class!
School Ministries Alabama (SMA) is a Released Time Education (RTE) program. We provide Biblical Hope for students living in Alabama.
"Our mission is to raise, coach, and sustain release time Bible education programs across Alabama. We are focused on changing lives of public school students through a relationship with Jesus Christ."
THE FACTS:
- Classes are held off school property
at Sardis Baptist Church.
2. Students must have parental
permission to attend.
3. Classes are privately funded.
God's Rescue Mission Units:
The Bible
Relationship with God
Old Testament History
Jesus is the Way
Believe, Repent, and Receive
Practical Ways To Live
School Ministries Alabama
Thank you for your interest in volunteering with School Ministries Alabama! We’re excited to be able to offer Extended Learning Opportunity (ELO) released time Bible education classes for the students at Sardis Middle School. Thank you for helping reach Sardis Middle students with this little-known and under-utilized legal opportunity to bring Bible education and the gospel of Jesus Christ to public school students on public school time.
Sardis Middle School Bible Club will meet Thursdays from 12:35-1:45pm at Sardis Baptist Church, 1501 Church Street, Boaz, AL 35956.
OPPORTUNITIES TO SERVE
WITH BIBLE CLUB
SMA's Education Tool:
God's Rescue Mission
Our curriculum is geared toward
elementary through middle school students.
We also offer a high school curriculum.
LEGALITIES
When did this become legal?
In 1952 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld
RTE programs as legal.
1952:
Zorach v Clauson 343 U.S. 306
2019:
Alabama Code §16-1-20.6
Advantages of Released Time Bible
Education
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
found that RTBE:
*Reinforces positive behavior in students
*Improves Academic Performance
*Fosters Community Involvement
Public Schools
1781 - Congress approves the purchase of
Bibles for Public Schools
1836 - Mcguffery Readers (1836-1960) teach
reading using the bible
1914 - First RTBE Program in Gary, Indiana
1952 - U.S. Supreme Court holds RTBE
constitutional
1990 - School Ministries National
Headquarters founded
2015 - School Ministries of Birmingham
established
2016 - Class begin in Birmingham
2019 - School Ministries Birmingham becomes
School Ministries Alabama
