You can’t convince us this isn’t endorsement… What people are saying: Secular Education Association: “Lookin forward to a great partnership…” doesn’t leave much room for interpretation. You’re a public school. You CANNOT partner with a private religious org. PERIOD. We must call this out. Report it. Make the calls. The emails. The records requests. Every.… Read More

🚨 FLORIDA: LIFEWISE WANTS ACCESS TO YOUR CHILDREN. LET’S TALK ABOUT WHO’S DEMANDING IT. Meet Amber Pennuto , director of LifeWise Academy Marion East. She’s publicly pressuring Marion County Superintendent Diane Gullett Brewer for refusing to provide the level of cooperation LifeWise wants. Her message? “Time to armor up and press on.” Well, Amber. Since… Read More

🚨 TWO CHURCHES. YEARS OF REPORTED LEADERSHIP CONCERNS. NOW HE’S OPENING A THIRD…. Pastor C.J. Johnson has faced scrutiny over his leadership at multiple churches. -At Southland City Church in Minnesota, former staff members reportedly raised concerns about his leadership, including allegations of dishonesty, intimidation, and financial secrecy. (This church is reportedly now closed) At… Read More

🚨APPARENTLY, PARENTAL RIGHTS ARE FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED AT LIFEWISE ACADEMY. Remember the Wadsworth, Ohio mother who explicitly objected to her three children attending LifeWise? LIFEWISE HAS RESPONDED. AND THE AUDACITY IS UNBELIEVABLE. The father signed an enrollment form affirming that BOTH parents agreed. Except Mom DIDN’T agree. She explicitly objected.LifeWise knows this. Wadsworth City… Read More

SEVENTY YEARS APART. SAME PROBLEMS. Americans United for Separation of Church and State recently published an article examining how families have been affected by released-time religious instruction programs across generations. And our work is featured in it. The article highlights a family’s experience documented by SEA, demonstrating that many of the concerns surrounding these programs… Read More

The more people who understand what’s happening with LifeWise Academy and other released-time religious instruction programs in public schools, the better. We’re glad to see this issue getting the national attention it deserves. Thank you, American Atheists, for helping bring it to a wider audience. But awareness is only part of the work. Investigating these… Read More

🚨 OKLAHOMA DIDN’T GET ENOUGH VOTES? JUST KEEP VOTING! On October 12, the Oklahoma Statewide Charter School Board voted 4–3 in favor of approving Ben Gamla, the proposed taxpayer-funded religious charter school.They needed FIVE votes. They didn’t get them. 👉Oklahoma’s Attorney General says the application is finished.…But the board’s attorney claims that because neither approval… Read More

🚨 KENTUCKY: THEY’RE ALREADY TALKING ABOUT 2027. Remember HB 829? The legislation SEA warned about earlier this year that would have stripped local school boards of their discretion to reject qualifying released-time religious instruction programs like LifeWise Academy? WELL, FOLLOW THE LOBBYING…🔍 Kentucky’s October 20 lobbying disclosures confirm that ADF Action and The Family Foundation… Read More

🚨 “WE ARE NOT GOING TO PICK SIDES.” Uh. You already did, Wadsworth City Schools Superintendent Hill. Your own email acknowledges that last year’s disagreement over LifeWise ended with the children NOT attending. This year, their father signed them up. Their mother expressly objected. The district’s answer? They’ll keep going until HE withdraws permission or… Read More

🚨 UPDATE: REMEMBER THE WADSWORTH, OHIO MOTHER WHO SAID NO TO LIFEWISE? Take a look at LifeWise Academy’s own enrollment paperwork. Before signing, a parent must affirm: “I have the legal right to and am signing this permission form on behalf of myself and the child’s other parent or legal guardian.” ON BEHALF OF BOTH… Read More

🚨 WADSWORTH, OHIO: A MOTHER SAID NO TO LIFEWISE. THE SCHOOL SENT HER CHILDREN ANYWAY. A mother of three says she explicitly refused permission for her children to attend LifeWise Academy. IN WRITING. Their father signed a permission slip. According to her account, Wadsworth City Schools released the children for religious instruction for WEEKS without… Read More

HAS BRINGING GOD BACK INTO PUBLIC SCHOOLS MADE OUR CHILDREN ANY SAFER? Don’t @ us, it’s a question worth asking. 🤷‍♀️For decades, we’ve been told that taking God out of public schools is why children are struggling. Why they’re misbehaving. Why violence happens. Why schools are supposedly falling apart. And the proposed solution? Ah –… Read More

We cannot overstate how valuable it is when Christian educators and clergy speak openly about their concerns with LifeWise Academy and similar release time programs. 👏 There are many Christians within our own organization, alongside people of other faiths and many, with no faith at all. But as an organization, our opposition to LifeWise isn’t… Read More

🚨 CHILDREN ARE HIDING IN CLOSETS WHILE THEIR PARENTS FIGHT… And apparently they’re telling LifeWise adults about it. These are children describing frightening situations inside their own homes. Situations that should raise serious questions about their safety. Yet we’re hearing about prayer. WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Are these disclosures documented? Are safety concerns evaluated? Are reports… Read More

🌧️ DID YOU KNOW IT HAD NEVER RAINED BEFORE NOAH BUILT THE ARK? We didn’t either. Although, to be fair, the Bible doesn’t actually say that anywhere. What it DOES say is that Noah was the tenth generation from Adam. And according to a traditional literal biblical timeline, the flood happened roughly 1,656 years after… Read More