Christian Home Educators’ Support System

 

Article II 

Statement of Purpose

Section 1.  Our purpose is to provide a ministry to meet spiritual, academic, and social needs within our Christian homeschool group.

Section 2.  Our purpose is to provide spiritual support, choosing to provide any counsel through wisdom (which comes by the fear of the Lord.) In order to be sensitive to God’s leading, we will stop and pray at our meetings when we see anyone in need or have decisions to make, so that everything we do will be to the glory of God.

Section 3. Our purpose is to provide encouragement and moral support which is accomplished by being with other homeschoolers and sharing common experiences.

Section 4. Our purpose is to share information about homeschooling and related upcoming events with eacth other and with those interested in getting started in homeschooling.

Section 5.  We also wish to provide educational opportunities that would be difficult for parents to provide their own. This will be accomplished through computer sharing, projects, field trips, etc.

Section 6.  We desire to represent homeschooling in a positive light to our community.

Section 7.  This ministry will not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, race, or ethic origin.

Section 8.  This ministry, although providing spiritual encouragement and support, is not meant to replace the church for each member. We will not teach, attempt to convert, or condemn any matters of specific doctrinal issues.  We will be tolerant to all Christian demonstrations and encourage the free expression of the joy you receive in your personal relationship with the Lord and encouraging other in the same.  Those causing conflicts or disturbances with the group will be confronted according to the biblical procedure outlined in Matthew 18:15-17.

 Article III

Statement of Faith

Section 1.  We believe the Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative written word of God. II Timothy 3:16

Section 2.  We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. Matthew 3:16-17, II Cor 13:14; I Peter 1:2; Rev 1:8; Matt 28:19

Section 3.  We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His Miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death, in his bodily resurrection and His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His future return to earth in power and glory to rule forever. John 1:1, 1:14; Luke 1:30-35; Heb 4:15; I Cor 15:3-4; Eph. 1:20

Section 4.  We believe the only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in Jesus Christ. I Peter 3:1-8; Titus 3:5; Acts 3:19; Romans 3:21-26; Titus 3:4-7

Section 5.  We believe in the resurrection of both, the saved and the lost, one to everlasting life and the other to eternal damnation. John 5:28, 29: I Thes 4:16-17