In every neighborhood in America, you can find two things: An elementary school and several churches. Since the time that synagogues were schools, the People of God have cared deeply about literacy—and yet, somewhere over the past few centuries, the US Church has often lost her way.
Today, in America’s neighborhoods, one in four children grow up unable to read at basic levels. In those same neighborhoods on Sunday mornings, churchgoers are reminded to love their neighbor and to care for the ‘least of these.’
Once your church becomes a Literacy Church, you will see impact. Odds are, your partnership with your local school will be a source of meaning and inspiration. And in time, you will want to see that impact and inspiration spread to other schools and other churches.
Building a network of church-school partnerships has many positive impacts:
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