Why Lutheran Schools? Why Lutheran Teachers?

Pastor Hinton at Steadfast Lutherans, cuts through all the side issues and makes a good case for Lutheran education with Lutheran instructors:

Why do we need Lutheran schools? Why do Lutheran schools need Lutheran teachers? Though these are simple questions, their answers get at the whole reason that the extensive system of Lutheran schools exists in the first place. Lutherans in North America have been school-builders from the beginning. In fact, the opportunity to establish schools apart from the purview of the State was at least as enticing to these first Lutheran immigrants from Europe as freedom from a state religion.

But why? After all, schools are a lot of work....

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Crossposted on One Room is Better.