This is a timeline that I wish I didn’t have to share. But I love helping Christian women find solid teaching resources, and also warning them about the sand traps in most of the women’s “Bible Study” materials offered in our current time. Please follow the article links provided. If you are considering signing up for Fall 2023 at a local Bible Study Fellowship session, this warning is for you.
A Concerning Trajectory
Back in 2015 I was deeply troubled to learn that BSF International, or Bible Study Fellowship, had become infected with New Age teachings at the top level of leadership. I wrote about it in an article titled, BSF, Jesus Calling and a plea from the heart. At that time I contacted some dear sisters in Christ at my local BSF chapter. They had not heard this was happening, and vowed to keep their local study free of any apostate teachings.
Solid beginnings
Up until 2015, BSF had been solid (as far as I knew), offering a full year of weekly studies for men, women and youth, covering seven subjects: Genesis, Matthew, Life of Moses, Romans, John, History of Israel and the Minor Prophets, and The Acts of the Apostles. At the end of seven years, the studies would start over.
BSF was no coffee klatch. This was serious stuff. There was a dress code (no jeans). And there was a strict mandate at BSF: Absolutely NO outside books other than the Bible. I loved it, and wish I could still be a part of it, at least the way it was.
I prayed fervently for BSF to turn things around. After all, my eyes had been opened by God’s grace during my first year of learning in this organization back in 1998. I was part of BSF in Minnesota where I was first saved. When we moved, I joined BSF in Florida, and later in Wisconsin.
No Turning Back
To my dismay, a new study track was launched in 2018 that revealed BSF International was in fact not interested in Scripture alone as authority. I shared a letter from a former BSF leader about this in an article titled, BSF Leader resigns; warns members about 2018 Study.
The apostasy happened again in 2019! See my article at Naomi’s Table titled, “Vision-Casting” ministry? An open letter from a leader.
It’s now 2023, and BSF has become unrecognizable.
I have shared my experiences and my Gospel testimony many times before, including in the A Word Fitly Spoken podcast that I co-host with my dear friend, Michelle Lesley. We started that weekly podcast in 2019 to help women understand biblical truth and how to “walk worthy” in a day and age when the lies of the enemy are infiltrating our culture and even our churches. And that’s where one of our listeners – A BSF Teaching Leader – learned the truth about some false teachings that she had been taught and believed.
In an email to A Word Fitly Spoken, she shared with us her experience as a BSF leader, and how the leaven of the modern Pharisees has now encompassed the unbiblical Enneagram (which is pure sorcery and must be avoided), and includes BSF giving women the green light to teach men and having authority over them, something we ought not do.
Michelle and I are thankful that she has agreed to allow us to publish her letter. And this fall, when we are back from our summer break, this listener has graciously agreed to allow us to interview her for a September podcast episode.
Here is her letter. I have left her name private for now:
“Four years ago I became the Teaching Leader of a women’s class with Bible Study Fellowship and left for four days of Training in San Antonio under long-time Executive Director Susie Rowan.
I was gratified to see that all the training and teaching was biblical and handled according to Scriptural principles. The men’s leaders and trainers were all men and the genders only came together for the opening and closing events. There was always a male leading worship.
The next year’s conference (2020) was online due to COVID 19, and that’s where the trouble began. I was asked to attend a required Teaching Leader Training Course on “Vision Casting.” The course trainer quoted half a line of Scripture and encouraged us to pray and ask the Lord for a “Word” that would exemplify the goals that “we, as the Visionary of our individual classes wanted to cast to grow and expand BSF in our area.”
We were encouraged to be “bold and audacious for God” and, if necessary, open our Bibles and look at some verses that might inspire.
We were given 4 Steps to Cast Vision with our staff and local leadership that encouraged allegiance to the “Vision.” I’m ashamed to tell you that I went along with this simply because I wanted to be pleasing to the Leadership as the newbie, though I experienced an uncomfortable “check” in my gut.
At the time, I had no real ability to explain why “Vision Casting” was not Biblical; it just didn’t sound right.
When a small satellite class in my area, which I was responsible for overseeing, closed due to lack of interest in providing a children’s program and leadership, my area team told me that I “needed to go down to that class, bang on the podium and cast your vision.” It sounded like bullying to me.
Needless to say, my area team became less and less enamored of me as I was not onboard with living out Susie’s expansion Vision.
That same year my area team let us know that Susie Rowan and three other Bible Teachers (2 men and 1 woman) would, as a gift to us exhausted teaching leaders, be sending out four lectures provided by Headquarters for our class to use instead of lecturing ourselves.
When I asked my area team if the men’s classes would be using those lectures, I was told that I only needed to worry about my own class and that all the women’s classes in their area would be compliant in using these excellent lectures. The Men would concern themselves with the Men. I found out a year later that several Men’s classes used the provided lectures, and I was dismayed that Headquarters would even allow this to be an option.
The test took about 30 minutes. I stopped answering after the first ten minutes then just picked random answers for the remainder and prayed for wisdom. The next two hours were eye-opening. In a zoom call of nearly 200 people I was the only one who questioned this “test” as the source of Biblical conflict resolution. I told the facilitator, “As I was answering the questions I just kept thinking that I know how my “old woman” who lived out of her flesh would respond, but I’m a new creation in Christ Jesus. So can you help us reconcile the work of the Holy Spirit in sanctification in what you are calling “my personality?”
You could hear crickets chirping.
He did not answer my question. So I asked, “what is the source of this personality test? (I later learned it was the Enneagram). “Does the Bible tell us we are supposed to resolve conflict according to our personality?” Again he just ignored me and other participants were eager to gush about just how helpful they found their results to be. We were encouraged to sign our staff members up for this test in order to help us resolve conflict and to “understand what it’s like to be on the other side of me.”
I was stunned. My husband was alarmed and we agreed to pray. We reached the decision that this was going to be my last year. Our plan was that I would turn in my resignation when they asked at Christmas as usual for us to commit for the following year.
Meanwhile, I started googling “is vision casting wrong” and “Christian personality tests” and “has BSF leadership left sound doctrine.” and, I found you. From you, I learned why the Enneagram is unbiblical and why “Vision Casting” is not how godly leaders encourage those they serve. I also learned how Susie was touting Contemplative Prayer and Jesus Calling.
Looking back, I could see so many red flags that I just did not catch. It took months for me to process all that I was learning.
I had to repent of the pride that opened the door to this false teaching. I like being liked. And I struggled with leaving BSF because I love studying and teaching the Bible to women without the fluff. But you helped me to remember that this is best accomplished in my local church where I’m under the authority of faithful Bible-loving pastors who are qualified, and not under the authority of women who have lost their desire to be under the authority of Scripture. I don’t need a large platform. I just need to be faithful in the sweet local church God has provided for me.
In November of 2021, we got word that Susie Rowan was stepping down. I was greatly relieved, and after much prayer, my husband and I agreed that I would stay on another year under BSF’s new Executive Director, Hollie Roberts, giving her the benefit of the doubt. We were both certain that Susie was the source of all this extra-biblical teaching. We prayed for Hollie and hoped that BSF would turn the page on this “new-agey” nonsense.
As it turned out, Hollie was not different. She announced that she would be teaching to the men as well as to women. This time, because of your very excellent teaching, I was ready to gently confront my area team and hand in my letter of resignation. I also prepared a letter to send to Hollie because there is no way for me to directly contact her by phone or email.
It was a tough conversation, and I was spoken to as if I was a naughty and confused child. I was told that women teaching to men was a cultural construct, and that if I had a weak or sensitive conscience in this area I should step down. I told them I didn’t have a weak conscience, I had a right Biblical understanding that Hollie and Susie were in rebellion to what is a clear statement of who is qualified and who is not qualified to teach Scripture to a gathering of Christian men.
I also let them know that BSF’s insistence that all their teaching leaders teach using the NIV might be playing a role in how they’ve arrived at a false understanding. They were shocked and ready to listen when I explained that the ESV and NASB have not added to the Bible in their use of the word “assume authority.”
I also let them know that the NIV under Zondervan has removed all the footnotes to make the male and female pronouns appear universally gender neutral. They did their own research and asked me to include that in my resignation letter. I’ve not received a reply from Hollie to date.
All that to say, I’m so grateful, sisters, for all the hard work and effort you have put into your programming. You, along with the abiding Holy Spirit, have helped me to untangle truth from false teaching, given me courage to speak the truth with grace, and to be in my Bible even more!
Thank you thank you thank you!
You are welcome and especially encouraged to share this article with BSF Teaching Leaders and friends who are considering joining a study group.
For more studying:
- SF Leader resigns; warns members about 2018 Study.
- A Vision Casting Sermon
- Purpose Driven
- Spiritual Formation
- WHAT IS VISION CASTING?
Please let us know at A Word Fitly Spoken via email if you have any questions about this article, and stay tuned for our upcoming podcast interview with this former BSF teacher.
While vigilance is commendable, discernment is also important, and there are TONS of errors in this article. For one thing, students aren’t barred from wearing jeans to the classes–that’s just for leadership. For another, BSF does NOT promote extrabiblical sources beyond commentaries, atlases, dictionaries, and books about the history of BSF. They certainly don’t promote “Jesus Calling” or enneagrams. While there are TLs and leaders out there who have made mistakes, it’s irresponsible to cast doubt over the whole organization because of them.
Hello Rebecca,
Sharing a BSF leader’s personal eyewitness testimony is not irresponsible. This person was made to take the Enneagram test – as a leader. So while BSF is not promoting it on its website (which no one has stated), leadership does wholeheartedly approve.
The “no jeans” No extrabiblical books” reference was my own personal testimony as a former BSF leader.
For info on Jesus Calling, see the link to the personal testimony I sourced from another former BSF leader.
My purpose is not to cast doubt, but to inform women of what has happened and is happening now. If people still want to take a BSF study knowing these things, then perhaps they will be equipped to know what to look for if it happens in their own groups.
I agree with you Rebecca and feel very sorry for the author of this article.
I should add that I was in BSF leadership (CL, Level 2), my parents have been around the program since the late 60s, and I know people who are still in the program. I’m not trying to brag here, but I have to say something because this article does get a lot wrong. Also, it’s very telling that this article doesn’t link directly to anything on the BSF site.
Is it true that to be a small group leader you must be of a certain physical size? Not overweight?
Hello,
I have a very dear sister in Christ who is currently engaged in doing a BSF on the Book of Revelation. I am concerned for her well-being and am looking into the underlying currents that I’ve been reading about concerning BSF. Where did you get the information that to be a small group leader a person had to be a certain physical size and weight? I’d like to read that for myself and send it to her.
Most Sincerely,
Lynn
Oh my. Thank you for sharing this information. Your answers to Rebecca were also very helpful.
This breaks my heart. I’ve been in BSF since the mid-70’s. I was disappointed when they promoted the NIV, but did all my studying in my NASB. Some of the changes in things like attire, no more challenges, easier questions seemed okay since they were trying to encourage younger people to get into studying God’s Word. But, I was disturbed when the new director taught to not only the women, but the men’s groups. That is not biblical. I shall be praying about staying in BSF studies.
I am a former teaching leader who left for similar reasons, including spiritual abuse. Heartbreaking to see what’s become if this organization.
What do you mean by “spiritual abuse”?
I enjoy doing BSF online. I feel more people can be reached. It benefits me because my vision is poor and it is difficult to see at night driving at night. I work during the day so that is why I can’t do the day classes. I love the group I am in. The ladies I’m in the study with lift me up each week. I’m more accountable doing an online study. I’m more eager to do my homework. It’s so quiet where I live and there are no interruptions.
I have to ask,…because I can’t get a clear answer from anyone in BSF leadership. Is BSF welcoming trans people into groups. Specifically, trans men into women’s groups? I’ve asked and no biblical based response is given. Why isn’t there a hard “no”?
Come to study the Word to seek God diligently and you will find Him. Having to ask, maybe you want to change BSF, instead of the Bible study change you. We are all there to be transformed to be more Christ-like. Many are saved by being convicted of their need for forgiveness by a Savior in BSF.
Learning is not for intellectual challenge, but for spiritual growth to share the saving live if God.
I just got removed from being a group leader. My TL brought in outside books in leaders meetings. Her lectures have a lot of exaggeration and assumptions in them. I spoke up and was told I was defiant. Area team is not supportive. They did not talk to me or anyone in my group. The TL was very unprofessional when addressing my group. As one lady in the group stated there was no Christian compassion in the TL. My heart is heavy and sad. No one wants the truth
I have been in BSF for 30 plus years in various positions. I have witnessed the changes as well. I had to step out a few times due to life situations. I have been back now for almost five years. BSF is not the same but still a good spring board for the study of Gods Word. God can and does still use BSF in the lives of men women and children.
I was in BSF from ‘93 – 2001 when I finished all that was offered at the time. I was back in Fall 23. No one ever mentioned anything about Jesus Calling or contemplative prayer. The questions were easier and each( week I looked back at the questions from the 90s just to challenge my mind. I think there are more questions challenging people’s application and thought processes. We had our TL zoom in, three different ones alternating because we didn’t have one in the evening class. There was no sign that there is a body image standard as mentioned above. We had no music because there was no one to lead by piano or guitar. My husband’s men’s group had one song. The class is shorter than it used to be, at least in the evening. Maybe the kids needed to get home to bed. Looking forward to Revelations this fall.
I was asked to leave BSF as a group leader this spring because we actively prayed in our class for each other and was told that you were to only do a quick prayer at the beginning of class. We are a satellite class that has been together for 8 years and know and trust each other. We were also told that we could not dig deep into our answers but limit our discussion to 40 minutes max. We love discussing scripture And found that message offensive. So this year we are meeting as an independent small gr in our community. My group members agree 100%.
You’re right, praying for one another during discussion group was against BSF policy when I was in it. That was one of the purposes of the Fellowship meeting that was held once a month. That was the time for praying for and getting to know one another on a personal level. DL’s also asked for prayer requests when making their calls to the ladies in their group. They prayed for them. If I recall correctly, leaders signed an agreement/Covenant saying they would abide by BSF policies, which would include staying within time limits. Just because you didn’t like their policies didn’t give you the right to violate them. When you agreed to become a leader that meant you were freely choosing and guaranteeing to them to implement and keep their rules. Nobody forced you to become a leader. They were right to remove you.
Come to study the Word to seek God diligently and you will find Him. Having to ask, maybe you want to change BSF, instead of the Bible study change you. We are all there to be transformed to be more Christ-like. Many are saved by being convicted of their need for forgiveness by a Savior in BSF.
Learning is not for intellectual challenge, but for spiritual growth to share the saving live if God.
I noticed when they brought men into leadership… I had been in under Miss Johnson when she was alive. She had a vision as A Biblestudy to educate women. I was worried about the changes and decided to just not participate since I disagreed with where Leadership was taking it! I am not judging whatever is happening , but saddened it is no longer what it was intended to be. I just wonder where all this is leading.
I am currently in BSF leadership for the first time. At our first training, we were asked to watch a 25 minute ‘inspirational’ video from by Hollie Roberts. I was uncomfortable throughout the video for a few reasons. For one, it felt more like a business marketing video than ministry. I lost count of how many times she used versions of the word strategy (i.e. strategize, strategic, etc..). It was more than 10x. She constantly used a phrase/mantra that we were to ‘mobilize God’s people’. In our break out session, we were to speak about how we thought we could do that in our role. I said that the question confused me because only God can do that, but that we can pray to be a conduit for His work and will. I do want to add that immediately after the video was shown, our assistant TL got up and said all the words I had wished Hollie Roberts had in her video and that settled my heart. I see sincere, Godly women in the leadership positions in our group, but am definitely concerned about the possibility of corporate ambition in the organization. I was also surprised that we are asked to get down on our knees to pray, as it felt legalistic. I believe I am free in Christ to assume any prayer position. The ladies are so wonderful in the group. I am praying for a good year.
I was in BSF from 2002 to 2008. I was also a children’s leader in the preschool program for the last two years. My experience was similar to some mentioned. Leaders were required to wear skirts/dresses, though as a children’s leader, I was permitted to wear slacks on teaching day because we spent time on the floor with the children. As a regular member, the structure of the study was to spend time with the Lord with just your Bible and your questions. We then went over our answers in our discussion group, heard a lecture from the TL and then read the notes we received with our next lesson. Only then did they recommend going to commentaries. Study Bibles while doing our lessons were discouraged. Yes, we prayed on our knees in leaders meeting, but I wasn’t bothered by that. Overall, it was a lovely experience and I learned much and grew in my walk with the Lord. My mother was in BSF (and a discussion leader DL) in Tampa during the 70’s, where there was a waiting list and if you missed three times in a row, you were kicked out. We compared the lessons back then to the lessons when I was in and the questions were more difficult in the 70’s, but we agreed there was still an amount of rigor to the lessons. My mother joined a BSF class in Naples a few years ago before she passed and she said it was unrecognizable to her. She said the discussion group was chaotic and some of the techniques BSF’s DL’s used to keep some members from dominating, time-keeping, etc. were absent. The discussion group spent more time talking about feelings and experiences and very little time discussing the questions. When my mother asked her discussion leader about it, she said there were no rules now. Leaders could wear jeans and my mother said the questions had been dumbed down. She ended up dropping out. Maybe her experience isn’t typical. I hope not. As an aside, I do think it’s unbiblical they require TL’s to step down when they turn 70, but that’s just my opinion.
Maybe someone can help me. I am BRAND NEW to BFS and we are studying Revelation. I was so lloking forward to this study and now after three session (in person) I am ready to leave. I am 60, decent understanding of the bible, but I get NOTHING out of this study! I am educated and even taught college courses at a community college.
The lecture in the sanctuary (all three so far) are SO CONDESCENDING! The lecture talks down to us women in a sing song voice and treats us like we are five years old. I see students (grown women) nodding along, non seem offended.
Then in group, my DL is a very polite, quiet, answer nazi. It is like walking on egg shells!! The question are skimmed over, and we are told REPEATEDLY that we will NOT give personal input, not discuss the world around us, and we all must be “safe” 🤢 If I hear that word “safe” one more time, I will throw up.
Non one in the group contributes anything worthwhile and the DL adds NOTHING other than always reminding us not to be personal. The four or more hours working on homework is skimmed over in 15 in group. We are GROWN women with thoughts and opinions and insight. I am so disappointed in BSF. I really love learning buy walking on egg shells, hearing trite answers and a DL who adds NOTHING to the discussion, except to cut me off mid sentence because she THOUGHT I may mention a pastor name (clutching my pearls!) and I wasn’t about to mention anyone but was warned….so I am out. I do NOT like this setting of of the insane limitations.
Also, I heard that BFS for kids, the children’s teachers are now asking kids to announce their pronouns?!? Is this true???
I am so very frustrated and disappointed in this mess.
You said you’re 60, have a decent understanding of the Bible, and have taught college courses. Why don’t you start your own Bible study, if you don’t like BSF?
Elizabeth, do you have anyone you can do an old fashioned email or in person Bible study with? This sounds to me like the Holy Spirit within you is nudging you and you are using your discernment that God gives you. I agree with what you say about it. (100 percent). I have also run into issues with “womens” Sunday school at church… like they will pick an author that has a best selling book and not dive into the authors (always female it seems) beliefs and pick some new-age wonky book study. They just had one at church this summer (I didn’t go!) that the woman lived an “alternative” lifestyle for many years, and “preaches” now but is open to all denominations/beliefs, and won’t take a stand on what is right/wrong, etc. It was really out there as far as not main stream, etc. I was horrified it made it that far. I thought, do pastors not screen materials anymore? I suppose this is a sign of the times.
I attended BSF for a few years in the Dallas area and became disillusioned after getting to know the group leaders and seeing how there appeared to be very little vetting or oversight of group leaders. For example, several of thev long time single leaders were living with their boyfriends or had the boyfriend staying overnight regularly. In one case, the boyfriend was a group leader too. Several of the same group of leaders would routinely go get drunk together and have rowdy parties where people were stumbling home. They didn’t attend mainstream churches and often claimed to watch from home.
This certainly wasn’t everyone but it appeared that no one from BSF took exception with these group leaders or felt the need to correct them. It continues today. I realize BSF isn’t a church but it left a bad taste in my mouth when the person facilitating the discussion was giving the “church” answers but clearly not abiding by large swaths of scripture that are typical requirements of church leadership. As strict as BSF is on rules, it appeared they checked the box on meeting attendance rather than shepherding their flock.
My twice divorced mother-in-law was a leader with BSF for many years. If you had to give an example to young mothers, teach young women of a godly run home, her home was dysfunction to the max for decades and she lived with her last husband (that she divorced) for over a decade before marrying him with small children in the house and put him as a father figure to them when they were not married (which was a total disaster). Living with him caused great stress and strife for the kids/everyone. She has incredibly poor judgment to this day. It’s all water under the bridge now, and I love the woman, but I guess I am saying she is not someone I would want to be an example to other women for godly living as to what the Bible says. We all make mistakes but it’s just like for a deacon or elder in a church, the Bible mentions characteristics they should have….. I am uncomfortable with the current BSF for many, many reasons.
I certainly understand the feelings of disappointment with BSF. I started attending BSF towards the end of their annual study. I felt welcomed. However, I started in the fall of the year with their study. I made it through the year. However, I found myself starting to question what their goal really was. I then started the next fall, and I dropped out. I had been treated for depression and it was under control. However just a month or two into this study I was openly chastised because I mentioned that my mother was Catholic. I was told that in BSF we are not to bring up names of churches or religion because it may offend others in the group. (My comment regarding my mother being, Catholic was relevant.) The interesting thing was whenever the group leader had a substitute sit in for her, the other members in the group felt very free to bring up a question regarding one’s religious affiliation or bring up a topic one was not supposed to talk about. My next-door neighbor, who initially told me about BSF greeted me very coldly at the beginning of the fall start of BSF. I’m sorry I can’t remember the timeline. She said, “Oh, Suzanne, I didn’t know you would be in this class.” She never acknowledged me in class during the rest of the time I did attend. I dropped out. I tried it again. It was done via the use of my iPhone. I made it through that year. I then gave it another try the following fall, and I found it to be one of the most horrible experiences I had yet in BSF. I was going back into a depression again and I was being chastised by some of the members whenever I chose a word that in their opinion wasn’t correct. I asked myself about Christian love and understanding and my husband guided me through what I knew I had to do. At my husband’s suggestion, I called the group leader and had a long talk about the rudeness I had experienced, and she did listen, and she did try to mitigate it when it did happen. I must admit that there were some very nice people in that group, but for me the damage was done. I called her to let her know that I would be dropping out. I never received another phone call from a member of BSF. My next-door neighbor tried to talk me into it again. I told her flat out, I gave it a good try. She was very insistent and that is when I told her that her attempts were not going to change my mind. I had enough. Thank you for allowing me to share my experience. I will remember to keep all of you in my thoughts and prayers for a healing within our lives from our mutual experiences.
Please I would ask if I could speak to you. I actually looked your name up on the web and the number was not valid . I’m interested Snd listened to your testimony!
I am currently in the 2024 Revelation Bible study and I am feeling uncertain about continuing with it. They are focusing on the glory of Jesus and not on the signs and symbolism since there are so many different interpretations. In my view, the signs and symbols are a very important part of the book and key to understanding it. What’s the point of studying it if we ignore those signs and symbols? I’ve loved being in BSF in the past and I’ve grown in my walk of faith every year but I am not sure what to do. Has anyone else seen a problem with the current Revelation study?
I used to be a CL but left BSF in 2010. It was mainly due to the leadership of Susie Rowan and the strangle influences that were being introduced by way of the TL’s. Dallas Willard and a contemplative monk were recommended reading…along with the promo of “The Message”.
This is the first year I have enrolled to participate in a satellite group. I know my DL personally and I know how difficult it is to manage any Bible study. We all want to talk about our experiences and keeping us reined in on discussing a passage can be tough.
As far as the study of Revelation I went through the study book and was pleasantly surprised at the content. While it does describe some alternate interpretations it seems to hold to a literal, dispensational viewpoint. For instance, the 144,000 are the 12,000 from each of the 12 tribes, the fourth bowl is indeed the sun burning people, and Israel is kept separate from the church.
So we have just completed the letters to the church, and had a lesson on unity and now we are studying Daniel. We really have not gotten to the signs and symbols yet.
I had not attended BSF for many years. I was excited to do this years study in the book of Revelation. I am going to leave the discussion group because the leader harshly scolded me in front of everyone for sharing too much. I made the grave mistake of telling about a wonderful Christian ministry reaching out to Muslims and many have come to faith in Jesus. No one told me any “rules of engagement for sharing”. I left and cried all the way home. Now that being said the study is good, the lectures are good. But they really need to have a list of rules so we don’t get blindsided and wonder what we did wrong. We have a precepts class that I will do in January that will be more suited to my style of learning. I also got scolded for being too doctrinal. The ladies in the group were nice and were very receptive of my sharing.
This is my first time in BSF, studying Revelation, and am already having some misgivings. They seem to avoid doctrinal teaching, and push political “unity”. Makes me wonder, have they gone woke? I will try to hold on for this year and see how things go. I appreciate reading these posts & comments to see it’s not just me feeling this way!