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We believe:
The Bible (the 66 Books of
the Old and New Testament), only, to be the inspired,
infallible, divinely preserved Word of God, the supreme
and final authority for all faith and life.
That there is only one
God, eternally existent in three persons: God the
Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.
In the deity of our Lord
Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His
miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through His
shed blood on the cross, His bodily resurrection, His
ascension, and His imminent bodily return in power and
glory.
That man was created in
the image of God, but fell into sin and is therefore
lost, and only those who put their faith in Jesus Christ
alone, not trusting in any personal works whatsoever,
can be saved.
That salvation is the
free gift of God given to the sinner by grace and
received by personal faith alone in the Lord Jesus
Christ, only, Whose substitutionary death on the cross
fully paid the penalty for man’s sin.
That the ministry of the
Holy Spirit is to convict mankind; indwell, guide
instruct and empower the believer for godly living and
service.
In the spiritual unity
of believers through our common faith in the Lord Jesus
Christ, and that individual doctrinal differences which
may exist, outside of the aforementioned, should not
hinder the unity of Christian home educators.
Statement
of Family
We believe
that the family is the basic governmental, social, and
spiritual unit created by God. In it, the child learns
self-government, social relationships, and develops a
relationship to the Creator and Savior, the Lord Jesus
Christ, according to John 3:5 and 16, Ephesians 6:1 and
Colossians 3:20. The family also provides protection from
over-extensive government and over stimulating social
involvements.
We understand
"family" to mean a male and female parent,
legally married, with one or more children (Genesis
1:26-28), although we recognize the exceptions of a single
parent, adopted, foster, and step children (James 1:27).
We reject homosexual
marriages or homosexual orientation because it is contrary
to Scripture and the intentions of God in creation (Romans
1:18-32), and we believe that such relationships are
destructive to children and the very idea of family.
Further, we reject transitory, co-habitational
relationships as being equally in violation of God’s
laws and incapable of providing the long-term nurture and
instruction needed by children and commanded by God
(Proverbs 1:8 and 9, 2:1-11; Colossians 3:21; and
Ephesians 6:4) In view of this, no homosexual or merely
cohabiting "parents" are eligible for membership
within a member Christian home education support group.
Statement
of Education
We believe
that the ultimate responsibility for the education of
children belongs to parents (Deuteronomy 4:9, 6:1-25, and
4:1-4) Thus, we believe this is an inalienable right given
by God which the State cannot create, destroy, or alter.
Parents may allow another to teach some of the cognitive
information that children need to know, but all education
must be under the ultimate control and supervision of the
parents.
We believe
education the home to be the best form of education, but
we recognize that many parents cannot educate at home for
valid reasons and support the right of parents to send
their children to private Christian school. We further
recognize that because of economic or other reasons, a
member parent or guardian may have no other alternative
but to place a child in a public school. Although this is
acceptable, we do not however, support or condone public
schools because of their ostensible, humanistic basis for
teaching all subjects. We believe that the religions of
secular Humanism and Christianity are mutually exclusive.
We believe
that all education is religious in nature since one’s
view of the world and life is inevitably involved in
teaching (Proverbs 2:1-8 and 3:1-2, with 6:20-23; and
Matthew 28:18-20). Every discipline of knowledge, whether
it be a subject such as mathematics, science, or history
will have as its final reference point a theistic or, in
the alternative, a humanistic view of reality (Colossians
1:15-20 and 2:8-15), and that there is no neutral academic
discipline.
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