The Exclusive Brethren seek Teachers
Are Jackson Wells now writing Exclusive Brethren advertisements for teachers in their schools? Surely we are not alone in recognising certain phrases and the old familiar half-truths and hidden meanings. Below is a July 2nd advert for a teacher in an Exclusive Brethren school in Australia. The EB are looking for a ‘teacher of Business and VET based Accountancy’ (a highly honored profession among the Brethren).
It is quite striking how impossible it is to tell that this is an Exclusive Brethren ad! This brings back memories of those notorious political smear leaflets – possibly the main difference between those and the advertisment below is that the address here is probably real!
Source: Glenvale Education seek Business Teacher
Key phrases and their translation:
‘No out-of-school activities are required’
- please read you are not invited to out-of-school activities.
‘Our teachers enjoy small class sizes…’
- this is absolutely true – very small class sizes, rather exclusively so you could say. The Exclusive Brethren have created a dispersed ‘campus’ comprising intentionally small classes in order to gain $millions in educational grants. Some wonder why the Australian government is subsidising schools designed by a group that have been described by Kevin Rudd, the Australian Prime Minister as “an extremist cult and sect”.
‘… a congenial Staffroom’
- in other words, there is a place for you and a place for us – please remember your place.
‘… and a high level of professional support in a successful partnership with parents’
- this is almost poetic! The parents will be watching your every move and hanging onto every word. You will be working with older children and the parents and wider Brethren will be very alert. Apart from possible correspondance courses, this will be the final education that these teenagers will receive. They have been protected from outsiders (such as you) since birth.
‘…excellent teaching skills’
- You are educated beyond what any EB in the last 50 years has been able to achieve, which is why they must recruit from the ‘outside’. Although this is deserving of respect, know that they will despise you as a non-EB. If you are a woman, you will feel the EB women and the teenage girls watching you in awe at your confidence in speaking to male EB.
‘The applicant should also have a vision, purpose, and commitment in his/her vocational life.’
- The flip side to this seemingly innoccuous request is that the EB consider themselves to have the ultimate vison, purpose and commitment. Bear this in mind at interview.
‘Glenvale School is dedicated to encouraging each individual to achieve their best within this small, caring family environment.’
- The ‘best’ does not extend beyond the conclusion of high school education. Exclusive Brethren children are banned from attending university. This is primarily a business decision – the EB worry that being taught to analyze and think at university level may well allow a young EB student to intellectually question their upbringing – and as a direct result, leave the cult. It is worth noting that all ‘caring’ ceases the moment someone leaves the Exclusive Brethren.
With the above in mind, we continue to welcome contact with any Teachers either currently employed or considering employment with an Exclusive Brethren school. Write to us in confidence at info@peebs.net
Its not a teacher these clowns are looking for, it is a puppet.
The turnover rate in these Brethren Schools is extrordinary, and having spoken to some of them, they left feeling undervalued, bullied and isolated from the real world. One who spoke to me said she felt that she was being used, as part of the indocrinating process. What was meant by this I am not entirely sure, but can only guess. She did also say that the strings are being pulled by people that know nothing about education, but think they know everything.
They do pay well though and the students are very well behaved by all accounts. With a worldwide shortage of teachers, and with the situation getting worse, they will have to pay a lot more or change some of their habits.
Boasting that they follow the Apostle Paul, they deny it in practice. He warned not to claim to follow man ” I of Paul I of Apollos I of Cephas I of Christ” no the Christ is not divided but the Brethren fall in support “we of Taylor, we of Cowell, we of Frost, we of Rogers, we of Croydon, we of London” an inferred rectitude unbecoming of a people called to humility and penitance.
They claim the Lord’s Table as theirs, refusing access to others of Christ’s Body. They minister to themselves, refuse to have TV but switch it on when holidaying in hotels or self-catering and watch in other peoples’ homes – how hypocritical the Lord’s elect. They would never see the rectitude of using all the gifts in the Church and refuse to allow others to preach and teach – they are flawed and false teachers?
These little groups are it seems unteachable and oh that they might listen and learn from others God has given for their edification. How many disciples has God added to them in the past decade? Now time not to admit manifest mistakes but to take steps to seek the Lord and his mind. Closed minds hinder God’s Spirit-awake sleepers and may the Christ shine on you and enlighten you to His glory.
Everything in this world goes on interpretation and facts. When one does a Law degree in this country, the law can seem confusing to the newcomer. It can state one thing and mean another. As my son has now done a Law degree, I have been thinking of other avenues of study and when one looks at the mess of the so-called present-day Churches, I probably have a point. The Bible can be difficult to plow through but it is the only subject matter that has been inspired by God Himself. No other book can be so helpful, practical or so full of love for anyone who has gone astray in life and can be redeemed. I left the Brethren 40 years ago, had a good moan about nearly everything as one does in their Youth and set forth on a journey of my choice! I learn’t an awful lot about nearly every walk of life. You name it and I’ve been there and I have paid the price! As I was ‘third’ generation into the Brethren, obviously I feel qualified to give an opinion. I sat through hundreds of meetings including the one at Alexander Palace and many large 3-day meetings. I watched and listened as the Brethren debated Scripture. I heard their voices raised in Hymn. They implored the Lord to give them guidance in heartfelt prayer. I could find no fault in any of this. In fear of other faiths and Politics in general, the Lord Himself broke bread in an upper room! He met with only a few faithful souls at the time behind ‘closed’ doors. He also was the one who declared that if we couldn’t give up families and the things of this World and follow Him, we weren’t worthy to be called his disciples. In a few words I have summed up what Christ really wants. A people who will follow him into death itself. Death can mean losing close friends and family and perhaps a decent career, to say nothing of what they could face from rabid dissidents! But through it all, they HOLD onto their faith. They have Human Rights as well! I thank God on my knees he gave me my parents. A decent happy home full of music, prayer, food, friends and separation from this mess they call The World today. No sexual abuse from my Father, plenty of food on the table, a nice comfy car to get me around, a talented sister of the piano forte to inspire me and a good private school. Father wasn’t rich and Mother was stern, plenty of ‘good smacks’ if I pushed her too far. So could someone tell me why the Exclusives shouldn’t be ‘exclusive’ for Christ. I never joined another Church nor wanted to. True, I have visited a few services and they leave me unfulfilled. 600 Clergymen have recently left the Anglican Church, I guess they also feel unfulfilled!
It would be difficult to ‘brainwash’ me as I have my own thoughts on matters but those of you that have left for whatever reason, can e-mail me. My name is Abigail (nee Codd) at my yahoo address. Perhaps some of you remember me? God bless anyway.