God has given parents the command to bring up their children in the training and instruction of the Lord (Ephesians 6:4, Deuteronomy 6:4-7). Along with diligent character training and the teaching of theology, parents must give careful consideration to the 
academic environment in which they place their children. We don’t believe that home schooling is God’s will for every family, but rather that parents have the prerogative and responsibility to choose the educational method they think best suits the needs of their children and their goals in exercising the parental responsibility to train their children.
The home school movement is here to stay, and has been largely if not fully embraced by the Christian community as a viable, and often preferable, educational choice. Although we caution families not to have unrealistic expectations of what home schooling will do for their child or their relationship with their child, there are specific training and academic advantages in a good home schooling situation. Many families have found, with the hard work necessary, home schooling to be the ideal situation for them to have a tightly-knit family centered around a biblically-based education.
However, it is not uncommon for some parents to find themselves facing the option of home schooling not because of a conviction that home schooling is the best way to educate a child or build their family identity, but because it is the most viable option they have in a particular year or for a particular child. Provided that certain factors and conditions exist, home schooling can be and often is the best educational alternative for a child with particular needs. Sometimes parents’ long-held plans to send their children to the “ideal” school are halted due to space limitations in that school or due to financial constraints.
Based on God’s covenant faithfulness to equip parents to fulfill their responsibilities, and on our experience in the Family Schools Program of Covenant Life School with hundreds of families, we believe that most parents are very capable of successfully home schooling their children. We like to encourage these folks to trust God for this season of their lives, and we have seen some families begin home schooling with some uncertainty or reluctance, only to 
see them fall in love with the opportunity God has given them with their children.
The pastors of Covenant Life Church have made it a priority to assist parents as they embrace their God-given responsibility to educate their children. The Family Schools Program is provided as a service to those families in Covenant Life Church who, for whatever reason or season, choose to educate their children at home.
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