Our Statement of Faith

Parental Rights and Responsibilities in Education
We believe the ultimate responsibility for the education of children belongs to parents (Deuteronomy 4:9; 6:1-25; 4:1-4). 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 control and supervision of parents.

There is a clear and critical difference between Biblical and secular viewpoints. In any subject, the complete truth cannot be taught when the Creator is denied or ignored. An education that never mentions God teaches children that He is irrelevant in daily living. Our mission is to encourage Christian parents to train up their children in a manner pleasing to the Lord.

We believe Christian education in the home to be the best form of education.

Nature of Education
We believe that all education is religious in nature, since one's view of the world and life inevitably is involved in teaching (Proverbs 2:1-8; 3:1-2; 6:20-23; Matthew 28:18-20); that 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 humanistic view of reality (Colossians 1:15-20; 2:8-15), and that there are not neutral academic disciplines.

Thus, we believe that all social, physical and cognitive knowledge should have at its beginning, the fear of God, and as its end the glory of God (Proverbs 1:7; Romans 11:33-36).

We affirm these additional tenets of Christian theology:

1. The Bible - is the verbally inspired and only infallible, authoritative Word of God, inerrant in the original autographs (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21).
   
2. God - is one Being Who eternally exists as three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit; all of the Persons are equal in power and glory (Matthew 28:19; 2 Corinthians 13:14).
   
3. Jesus Christ - is fully God and fully man (John 1:1,14), born of a virgin (Matthew 1:18), sinless in His life (Hebrews 4:15), He died vicariously on the cross as a substitute for sinful men (Hebrew 9:15), He rose bodily from the grave (John 20:1-9; 24-31; Acts 2-24), and now reigns with the Father (Acts 1:11; Hebrews 9:28; Matthew 24:30).
   
4. All humans - are sinful by nature (Romans 3:23; 5:12) and can only be forgiven by the expression of trust in Jesus as Savior (John 3:16), brought about by the regenerating work of the Holy Spirit (Titus 3:5-7).
   
5. We believe - in the continuing ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian can live a godly life (Romans 8:1-17).

History of ERCHA

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