Good
The Herald reports:
destiny Church has had an application to open a charter school declined by the ministry of education.
Church spokesman Richard Lewis said they were told on Tuesday evening the application to turn their existing private school into a charter school for years 1-13 had been turned down.
Good. i have no problem with religious groups sponsoring charter schools, and in fact many excellent schools in new zealand have a religious element to them.
But destiny church is too cult like for me. There is a difference between a broad based religion and a cult. Destiny isn't absolutely a cult, but it has cult-like tendencies.