Changes In the Offing For A NC District's Bible History Course

The Wilmington, North Carolina Star-News carried an interesting article on Sunday describing the popular "Bible History II- New Testament" course currently offered in Pender County (NC) high schools. A minister teaching the course at Topsail High School engages the class in enjoyable competition through a game of Bible Baffle Trivia. Pender County Superintendent Ted Kaniuka is planning to make changes in the courses for next year to avoid parent complaints about proselytization. He said, "we had to make sure the curriculum was not promoting any one religion, and that's tricky because it's difficult to present Jesus' miracles in a secular way." The school board decided to review the courses after determining that current teachers-- who are generally local ministers-- are not licensed teachers and are not paid by the school system.