Our Beliefs:
The HCHSA and Co-op is a Christ-centered organization with the Bible providing our basis and standard of truth and values. We believe the Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God and represents the final authority for faith and life. The Bible, in its original autograph, is without error in whole or part; including theological concepts as geographical and historical details. (II Tim. 3:16, II Peter 1:20-21, Matt. 4:4.) There is one and only one living and true God. He is an intelligent, spiritual, and personal Being, the Creator, Redeemer, Preserver, and Ruler of the universe,He has exsisted form all eternity. God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, essence, or being. Jesus Christ came in human flesh being fully God and Fully man except without sin. (John 1:1, John 1:14, John 10:30, John 8:58. Phil. 2:5-11.) We believe that all men are in violation of God’s righteous requirements and his holy character both by nature and act; and are therefore under His wrath and just condemnation. The central purpose of the coming of Jesus Christ was to pay the penalty for man’s sin through His substitutionary death on the cross-the successful accomplishment of which was attested to by His subsequent visible, bodily resurrection. (Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 53:12, Romans 6:23, John 3:16-18, Acts 5:30-32, Acts 13:29-39.) We believe salvation is offered as a gift; free to the sinner. The gift must be responded to in individual faith, not trusting in any personal works whatsoever, but the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ alone. (Romans 3:21-26, Ephesians2:8-9.) We believe God has ordained the family as the foundational institution of human society. It is composed of persons related to one another by marriage, blood, or adoption. Marriage is the uniting of one man and one woman in covenant commitment for a lifetime. It is God's unique gift to reveal the union between Christ and His church and to provide for the man and the woman in marriage the framework for intimate companionship, the channel of sexual expression according to biblical standards, and the means for procreation of the human race. The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God's image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. A husband is to love his wife as Christ loved the church. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family. A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation. Children, from the moment of conception, are a blessing and heritage from the Lord. Parents are to demonstrate to their children God's pattern for marriage. Parents are to teach their children spiritual and moral values and to lead them, through consistent lifestyle example and loving discipline, to make choices based on biblical truth. Children are to honor and obey their parents. (Genesis 1:26-28; 2:15-25; 3:1-20; Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Joshua 24:15; 1 Samuel 1:26-28; Psalms 51:5; 78:1-8; 127; 128; 139:13-16; Proverbs 1:8; 5:15-20; 6:20-22; 12:4; 13:24; 14:1; 17:6; 18:22; 22:6,15; 23:13-14; 24:3; 29:15,17; 31:10-31; Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; 9:9; Malachi 2:14-16; Matthew 5:31-32; 18:2-5; 19:3-9; Mark 10:6-12; Romans 1:18-32; 1 Corinthians 7:1-16; Ephesians 5:21-33; 6:1-4; Colossians 3:18-21; 1 Timothy 5:8,14; 2 Timothy 1:3-5; Titus 2:3-5; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Peter 3:1-7. ) We believe that God has given to parents the responsibility of training, educationg,and nuturing their children. (Proverbs 22:6, Deut.6:6-7, Eph. 6:4.) We are actively homeschooling our own school-age children and are responsibly and consistantly teaching our children on their own individual levels.
Purpose:
The Hardin County Home School Association’s purpose is to encourage and support one another in the pursuit and continuance of Home-schooling. To share experiences, to pool resources, and to provide opportunities for ourselves and our children to build relationships with others who profess in Christ and share in our values and perspectives.
Each of us emphasizes character development and academic excellence within his own home. It is our desire that each child would be led to a personal relationship with Christ and trained in Scriptural principles and values. We believe that academic excellence will be a natural outcome of responsible, consistent home schooling. We believe that our children will become responsible, well-adjusted, productive members of society through the strong and consistent influence, training, love, and discipline of their parents. We will encourage one another in these areas, exchanging information and ideas, but our organization will not attempt to set standards for character development, religious training, or academic curriculum, methodology, achievement.