Immanuel Lutheran Alexandria-How conservative?
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Anonymous
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We are looking at Immanuel but I need to ask in an anonymous forum, how conservative is it? I'd like to hear from families who have children there. Will I be comfortable with the religious teachings? Do the faculty and parents there divide the world into the "saved" vs. "unsaved"? Does Immanuel teach tolerance and acceptance for differences?
Thanks for any input you can give |
Anonymous
| Op here, I meant to add, I'm a liberal Christian, will I be comfortable with the religious teachings? |
Anonymous
| They are Missouri Synod which is a conservative branch of Lutheranism. You can check out the LCMS website to get an idea of their views. http://www.lcms.org/ My guess is it will feel very very conservative to you. |
Anonymous
| Thanks, pp. I just had a chance to look at the Missouri Synod website and, well, Wow. Seems like the Southern Baptist church I grew up and. No, thanks. |
Anonymous
| I looked at it, and in addition to being conservative it seems very strict and into giving a lot of homework. It wasn't the right environment for my son (and I am very middle of the road, I also felt that a Montessori School and Burgundy Farm were not the right fit). |
Anonymous
Ok, thanks for that. I am of a similar mind about Burgundy. Do you mind sharing where your son ended up? |
Anonymous
| Grace Episcopal. Honestly, I did think about sending him to our local ACPS because it seems like that is the way that a lot of kids in our neighborhood go and form friendships with other local kids, but I just felt the class sizes were too big. |
Anonymous
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Thanks again for the input. Our children are in a local public elementary but I'm becoming very concerned about the class size. I will look at Grace.
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