The Nation - News from Aug. 21, 1985
The head of a Baptist school testified in federal court in Des Moines that its teachers must break Iowa state laws if those laws violate the will of God. The Rev. David Jaspers was the first witness in a court suit over Iowa’s power to require certification of teachers in private church schools. Jaspers’ school in Marshalltown and a Keokuk Baptist church are seeking a judgment to stop the state from enforcing the certification law.
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