Ministries may track church affiliation. That’s not the surprise.
The surprise is that LifeWise wants public schools to treat this like neutral “character education” while its own internal systems reflect ministry oversight, church affiliation, and church-transition tracking.
If they accept children from “all denominations” and their curriculum is so “nondenominational” then why would it matter what church you attended? Or transitioned to?
Ohhh, that’s right! Their super secret curriculum was so important to keep under wraps they sued a public school parent for exposing it as the Gospel Project.
➡️(Psst that parent was one of our co-founders & that curriculum was explicitly published by the Southern Baptist Convention.)
You simply cannot exist within the VERY transparent school day, and not be transparent about your doctrine/curriculum, mission, or intention…..
KEEP calling it what it is: Bible ministry infrastructure using public school access.
What people are saying:
- Secular Education Association: Public schools serve children of every religion, every denomination, and no religion.
LifeWise may market itself as broadly “Christian” and “non-denominational,” but public evidence shows serious denominational concerns. Catholic leaders have warned families that LifeWise materials conflict with Catholic teaching. LifeWise’s own Statement of Faith reflects specific theological positions not shared by all Christians. And public commentary around LifeWise in New Hanover has already used Muslims, Satanists, LGBTQ-affirming Christians, and even Presbyterians as examples of what people fear if equal access is required.
That is exactly why public schools should not be used as a pipeline for one religious program during the school day.
👏🏻This 👏🏻is 👏🏻not 👏🏻anti-religion.
It is pro-transparency, pro-parent, and pro-public school.
- Facebook User: You mean inaccurately translated Bible indoctrination
- Facebook User: There is no reason to take students out during the school day. Their propaganda can be offered after school and on weekends.
- Facebook User: Lifewise sued for copyright infringment, and won in a slam dunk. It does not prevent you for paying them for access to that information. It’s shitty reporting like this that distracts from the real issues where Lifewise is crossing the line of separation of church and state.
- Secular Education Association: Facebook User oh yeah? Won in a slam dunk? How so? You realize THEY SUED US AND HAD TO SETTLE AND WE EXPOSED THEM. So who won? Seems like you’ve been the one consuming shitty reporting from somewhere else.
- Secular Education Association: Facebook User and excuse us? We have been the only ones reporting on their crossing of that line for YEARS. Where have you been? Stfu.
- Facebook User: I never heard of you yet there is plenty of news about this. Also good job on being a calm not internet news source.
Also, yes settled. Because they were going to lose.
“We dropped the lawsuit because Parrish has agreed to remove full versions of LifeWise curriculum from Facebook and elsewhere and will not distribute full copies,” LifeWise CEO Joel Penton said. - Facebook User: Facebook User read and weep boi ooo
- Facebook User: facts matter, or at least used to.
- Facebook User: Facebook User “We dropped the lawsuit because Parrish has agreed to remove full versions of LifeWise curriculum from Facebook and elsewhere and will not distribute full copies,” LifeWise CEO Joel Penton said.
- Facebook User: yes they settled because they won. maybe read past the headline
- Facebook User: weep weep
- Facebook User: Secular Education Association they settled because they won. “We dropped the lawsuit because Parrish has agreed to remove full versions of LifeWise curriculum from Facebook and elsewhere and will not distribute full copies,” LifeWise CEO Joel Penton said.
- Facebook User: ooo ooo
- Facebook User: This does not surprise me at all. Nearly every “non-denominational” church I have been to over the years has been an SBC church plant in disguise.
- Facebook User: Conservative right wing Baptists
- Facebook User: I even heard a woman representative from LifeWise say women’s decisions can’t be trusted because of their hormones.
- Facebook User: Number 1 problem: Southern Baptists do not allow women to be ministers in their denomination. Number 2: Stay out of the public school system. You can do your conversions after school or on the weekends!
- Facebook User:
- Facebook User: Scott you coward!!! SEA won!!


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