Our Values
Roots’ Bible Text: Deut. 6:5-7
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.” (NKJV)
God calls us to love God with everything we are and everything we do; then He instructs us to continually teach our children about God and His will. Just as verse five applies to us as parents, it also applies to Roots leadership and to the decisions we make as a program. Roots desires to honour God in our words, spirit and actions and we want to obey His commandments given in the Bible. We look for staff with the same passion to join us in serving Christian homeschooling families. Some families chose to join Roots based on this criterion alone. They want to be under Christian authority.
As a non-denominational program, we recognize the variations in theology and practices in Roots families. Any family who can sign the Statement of Faith in our society membership forms is welcome to join us. However, we do limit our homeschooling families to those with at least one Christian parent. Our goal here is not to be exclusive, but to be true to our mandate and to establish a strong Christian homeschooling community without having to fear offending someone with Scripture, prayer or references to God.