why do most the pentecostals home school their children?

Question

i've noticed that most of the pentecostal girls i know have been home schooled and where as the guy i know were not. I don't mean anything by this i'm just curious and would like to know

Answer 1

Now, how bout a point of view from an actual pentecostal?
I am AG, which is under that nice big pentecostal umbrella. There are many different sections of pentecostals, each with their own way of doing things (don't worry, I'm not going down that trail)
First, let me say that being pentecostal does not mean that we think we "are not of this world" and we don't want "worldly influences" on our children. (does the Bible say "ye are not of this world? yes. was that an appropriate way to pull that out of the context it was delivered and use it to make a point? no.)
That scripture was taken out of context and has nothing to do with homeschooling. And please, public school is not the ONLY place you encounter "the world". I encounter the world everyday as soon as my feet hit the floor, and I thank God each morning that I have been given one more day in this world.
Now, to answer your question.
Being a pentecostal, and having a homeschool co-op that meets in our church, I know absolutely TONS of pentecostal homeschool families, and I have NEVER seen a family that homeschooled their daughters and sent their sons to school simply based on gender.
I have seen families make decisions on where to school their children based on the personality and needs of each child individually, but gender? No.
Maybe you are in a part of the country where something like this occurs, but I have never seen it.
And although I know TONS of pentecostal homeschool families, I also know TONS of pentecostal publicschool families, and private school families.
I also know tons of homeschool families that are baptist and catholic and methodist and non denominational and lutheran and a few that are jewish and secular and wiccan. I know formal strict by the book homeschoolers and unschoolers and living book schoolers and Charlotte Mason schooler.
I guess what I'm trying to say is homeschooling does not follow denominational lines, nor does it follow geographic lines, nor skin colors nor personality traits nor gender nor address nor net worth nor anything like that.
It's about one thing, more than anything else.
It's about people making the decisions that work best for them because they have the freedom to do so.

Answer 2

You have to stop making blanket statements about a group of people! You know Pentecostal girls where you live are homeschooling, so you assume that that's how it is for Pentecostals everywhere?

I would suggest that it's probably more likely that one Pentecostal family started homeschooling, then someone they knew from church learned about it and decided they would to, and then more people from the denomination/church heard about it and so more people started choosing it... It's the same thing as where I live. A neighbouring town has or had the most homeschoolers per capita than anywhere in the world. Why? Because it's small enough that more and more people easily know homeschoolers and decide to do it themselves.

Now something in what you wrote suggests that in families who are homeschooling, the boys aren't but the girls are. If that's the case, then I would assume that the parents had some reason to keep their girls out of school that they didn't feel applied to the boys.

Answer 3

I believe your experience that most Pentecostal people home school their children is inacurate. However, many Pentecostals may find the more humanist view point that most public and some private school school teach from as bothersome to them because of their beliefs in a very direct and personal experience with God. The idea of organized education they may feel would hinder their children. The other possibility is that simply put - alot of them just thing the schools in your area stink so many of them have decided they would rather home school their kids then send them to school.

Good Luck!!!

Answer 4

I don't know any pentecostals who homeschool, the two families I know send their kids to public school. Is this in the same family?

Answer 5

More and more often, I think it's because public schools have taken it upon themselves to put more opinion and morality into the classroom, and some parents would rather teach those kinds of things themselves.

I was home-schooled, and I was somewhat sheltered (not so much anymore). Even though I don't agree with some of the things my parents believe in, I still understand their reasons for wanting to home-school. Not all public schools try to teach values, but plenty of them do, and many religious families are skeptical of that practice.

Answer 6

Most pentecostals I know do not homeschool. Could just be your experience.

Answer 7

I've only known one pentecostal, and she did homeschool. I think it is because they are extremely conservative and want to protect their children from worldly influences.

Answer 8

i am a pentecost and i am homeschool. your question is really not true because i don't know any other pentecost that homeschool or is homeschooled.

Answer 9

The pentocostal religion says "we have to be in the world but not of the world" They don't want the "worldly" values instilled.