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Can you get into university with an ICCE Advanced Certificate?
Are you a student studying the International Certificate of Christian Education? Are you hoping to go to university? If so, I have some bad news for you. It will probably be harder to get into higher...
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Accelerated Christian Education’s ugly history of racism
Oh hi everyone. Homeschoolers Anonymous is running a series on Homeschooling and Race. As part of it, I contributed a post about ACE’s history of racism. I’ve talked about ACE and race before (here,...
View ArticleAccelerated Christian Education’s survivors speak out
Once more, this week we’re diving into Reddit’s Ask Me Anything about ACE schools. Unlike most AMAs, where Redditors ask questions of the original poster, this thread was most notable for all the other...
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“I feel like the ACE program virtually destroyed my life”
Last year on Reddit, an AMA (Ask Me Anything) about an Accelerated Christian Education school turned into a free-for-all for ex-ACE students. At the time, I explained how it had brought a ton of...
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This is how ACE treats its supporters
What happens if you write a letter of complaint to Accelerated Christian Education? Obviously, if I write a letter, I’m going to get ignored, because I am regarded as nothing but a tool of the devil...
View ArticleEx-ACE students have their say
I am on holiday. So instead of a post from me, I’ll treat you to the thoughts of some of 2014’s commenters, both those who agree and who disagree with me. Submitted on 2014/09/18 at 4:57 pm...
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Christian Education Europe eats itself… bring popcorn!
It’s all go in the exciting world of fundamentalist education this week as former Christian Education Europe (CEE) employee Christine Gregg has started blowing the whistle again. You may remember that...
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Why is Christian Education Europe promoting child abusers?
Previously on this blog, we’ve looked at the history of spanking in Accelerated Christian Education schools and asked whether it still happens today. Sources closer to ACE than me tell me that paddling...
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Weird parts of my Christian Rock childhood
Welcome to the first installment of a new series. When I named this blog “Leaving Fundamentalism” I really meant it to be a diverse examination of all the unusual parts of my bizarre Christian...
View ArticleA very fundamentalist sex scandal
Previously on Leaving Fundamentalism: Pastor Jack Hyles indulges in immoral sexual activity and covers up abuse. Preacher Bill Gothard receives 34 allegations of sexual harassment and four of rape....
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The philandering fundamentalists
Please be advised that this post contains discussions of sexual abuse. In 1970, Pastor Jack Hyles, of First Baptist Church, Hammond, Indiana, called into his office one Jennie Nischik, wife of one of...
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Lies, damned lies, and incompetence
More Accelerated Christian Education schools, more misleading advertising. On the Advertising Standards Agency website today, an ‘informally resolved case’ is listed, related to Dewsbury Gospel Church...
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Revelations from a former ACE insider
This is a guest post. The author has chosen to remain nameless. The title (mine) does the post no justice; this is one of the most powerful ACE survivor stories we’ve had and I want everyone to read...
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White supremacist home schooling
So here’s the most horrible thing I’ve found in a while: White Pride Homeschooling. I don’t even want to give their page the extra traffic, so I’m linking to an archived version of their website (from...
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I am officially heartbroken
This is a guest post by Kevin Long. Image via Pixabay (creative commons) I am officially heartbroken. I was walking around the neighborhood with my special needs kid. Trying to come up with a way to...
View ArticleFaith school whistleblower to speak ahead of Dover ‘ACE’ school expansion
Alright people! I don’t normally plug my talks with separate posts (you can see the ‘speaking dates’ page for the latest), but the next seven days have some good ones lined up: Tomorrow, Wednesday 20th...
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A readymade toolkit for institutionalised oppression
This is a guest post by Talen Lee, a former ACE student from Australia. This is his survivor story. Be warned, it contains unpleasant descriptions of corporal punishment. If you’re a familiar reader of...
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We have a chance to save a girl from a fundamentalist prison camp
Turns out you’re a miserable lot, readers of Leaving Fundamentalism. Monday’s blog post was the biggest piece of good news I’ve ever posted, and it was the least popular blog of the year. So alright,...
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Win! Creation ‘science’ banned in UK state-funded nurseries
The headline of Friday’s Daily Telegraph screamed “Toddlers at risk from extremists“. The British Education Secretary has announced plans to ban teaching creationism is publicly-funded nurseries. What...
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Yes, some ACE schools WERE using misleading advertising
Five weeks ago, this blog asked “Are ACE schools using misleading advertising?” Now, according to the Advertising Standards Agency, the answer—in at least one case—is yes. To explain why this ruling is...
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