🎥 Video 6B Transcript: Serving Homeschool Families and Christian Students

Hi, I am Henry Reyenga, President of Christian Leaders Institute.

In this video, we will talk about serving homeschool families and Christian students through the CLI ecosystem.

Many churches today have homeschool families. Some have students in Christian schools. Some have students in public schools whose parents are deeply concerned about worldview formation. Some have young adults who are wondering what comes after high school.

These families often ask important questions:

How can our children grow in biblical wisdom?

How can they prepare for life without losing their faith?

How can they pursue education without unnecessary debt?

How can they explore ministry, calling, leadership, and Christian service?

How can the local church be more involved in their formation?

Christian Leaders Institute can help churches serve these families.

A church can become a hub where older students and young adults are encouraged to pursue Christian learning, ministry training, and degree-related pathways while staying rooted in a local faith community.

This can be especially valuable for homeschool families.

Many homeschool parents are already taking responsibility for education. They are thinking about curriculum, worldview, character, calling, and future preparation. But as students grow older, parents may need additional pathways for college-level study, ministry exploration, and leadership formation.

CLI can become one of those pathways.

A pastor might say to homeschool families:

“We want to support you. We want your students to grow in Scripture, theology, Christian leadership, and calling. Christian Leaders Institute may be a tool that helps.”

This does not mean every homeschool student should pursue ministry ordination. It does not mean every student must follow the same path. But it does mean the church can help students see education as part of discipleship.

That is important.

Education is never spiritually neutral. Every student is being formed by some story about God, humanity, truth, purpose, identity, and the future.

A church that supports Christian learning is helping students become wise, grounded, and mission-minded.

Proverbs 1:7 says:

“The fear of Yahweh is the beginning of knowledge; but the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.”

Christian education begins with reverence for God.

For young adults, CLI can also provide a meaningful season of discernment. Some young adults are not ready to move away to college. Some are working. Some are helping their families. Some are trying to avoid debt. Some are unsure whether ministry, business, education, chaplaincy, coaching, or another field is their future.

Taking CLI courses can help them grow while they discern.

The church can add relational support.

A pastor, elder, ministry director, or coordinator can meet with students periodically and ask:

What are you learning?

How is God shaping your thinking?

What questions are you wrestling with?

Where do you sense calling?

How can the church encourage you?

This makes education relational and spiritually grounded.

The church can also connect students to service. A student studying ministry leadership may help with youth ministry. A student studying Bible may help in a children’s class. A student exploring chaplaincy may join a care ministry. A student learning communication may help with outreach.

Learning becomes embodied.

This is how churches help raise the next generation.

Not by sending students into the world unformed.

Not by leaving families alone.

But by creating pathways of Christian learning, mentorship, service, and calling.

A church that serves homeschoolers and young adults in this way becomes more than a place to attend.

It becomes a formation community.