Thank you for your interest in teaching at the SEEK Co-op. Please review our Purpose and Mission Statement, our Statement of Faith, and our Educational Core Values below to be sure you are in alignment with the organization. If you can affirm these, please complete the questionnaire that follows.
Our Purpose and Mission: to support, encourage and come alongside area homeschooling families as they educate their children.
The Purpose of S.E.E.K.
1. To represent the homeschool community in a manner that honors Jesus Christ.
2. To support, encourage and come alongside homeschooling families as the educate their children at home.
3. To provide a co-operative learning environment to benefit the families that serve in it.
4. To keep the group informed of any pertinent homeschool current events such as seminars, conferences, and legal issues.
5. To provide an atmosphere for exchange of teaching techniques and curriculum information.
6. To provide family socials, educational field trips, and group activities.
7. To promote public awareness of home education.
What We Believe: Statement of Faith
1. Preface
a. Our Statement of Faith concerns the Person and work of Jesus Christ (the Gospel) as revealed in Scripture. It is the faith once delivered to the saints (Jude 2, Eph. 4:5) which distinguishes believers from non-believers.
b. There are many other precious truths taught in the Bible over which godly men have differed in understanding. Therefore, this is not a statement of all that is important to believe, but of all that is essential to believe for Christian fellowship and unity. (Rom. 15:7)
2. Statement
a. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, inerrant, and infallible Word of God, and of supreme and final authority in faith and life. (John 17:17, 2 Timothy 3:15-17, 2 Peter 1:19-21, Psalm 19:7-11)
b. We believe that there is one living and true God; an infinite, intelligent Spirit, perfect in all His attributes, one in essence but eternally subsistent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 5:48, Matthew 28:19-20, John 1:1-2, John 4:24)
c. We believe in the fall of man; although originally created in the image of God, through the disobedience of Adam, man fell into a sinful and spiritually impotent state, totally unable to justify himself before God. (Genesis 1-2, Psalm 51:5, Jeremiah 17:9, Romans 3:10-20, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:12, Romans 6:23)
d. We believe that Jesus Christ is the express image of the invisible God, which is to say He is God; that He became man, yet without sin, being conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary; that He died on the cross as a substitutionary sacrifice for sin; that He arose from the dead in the body in which He was crucified; that He ascended into heaven in that body glorified, where He is now, our interceding High Priest; and that He will return again personally, visibly, and gloriously. (John 1:14, 1 Timothy 3:16, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 1 Corinthians 15:20-23, Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:20, Mark 1:7-8, Acts 1:9-11, Colossians 1:15-18, Hebrews 4:15, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4)
e. We believe that salvation is wholly of God, by grace; that God in love gave His only Son to die on the cross for sin, thus procuring the redemption of those who come to Him; that this salvation is not merited in any way by man; that God commands men everywhere to repent of sin and believe in Christ. (Ephesians 1:7-8, 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, Ephesians 2:1-10, 1 John 2:2, Romans 5:8-9, Colossians 1:19-20, John 3:14-21, 1 Timothy 2:3-6, Titus 3:4-8, 1 Peter 1:18-23)
f. We believe that scripture defines sexuality in terms of maleness and femaleness based on biological gender and that the Biblical model for marriage is a union between one single adult male and one single adult female. (Genesis 2:20-25, Matthew 19:4-6, Ephesians 5:31)
Educational Core Values
“Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Phil. 4:8 (ESV)
1. A Biblical worldview will be woven throughout all topics.
2. As a homeschool ministry, we believe that the education of the children is the responsibility of the parent. We require each parent to gain an understanding of the curriculum and book list for each class prior to registration to determine whether it is a proper fit for that family’s philosophy of education.
3. All information whether secular or sacred may be examined in our classes as it will be presented from a Biblical worldview by teachers who have affirmed the S.E.E.K. Statement of Faith and it will be adjusted to an age appropriate level.
4. Concerning Origins: while other theories of origins may be discussed, S.E.E.K. takes the position of a young earth creation (literal 6 days) as described in Genesis 1-3 to be true.
5. Education is broader than a classroom setting (Deut 6:7)
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