Danielle Ruff, a LifeWise Academy teacher in Cartersville, Georgia, watched as fifth graders boarded the bus for their weekly lesson at a nearby church. (Photo by Linda Jacobson/The 74.)
This story originally appeared in The 74.
Jess Geren’s four children are regular churchgoers — they participate in Christian youth groups and study the Bible at home. When LifeWise Academy, a fast-growing program that allows students to leave school during the day for religious instruction, came to Ayersville Local Schools, their northwest Ohio district, she saw it as a chance to spread the gospel…