CHAP Convention - CHAP Basics

CHAP Statement of Faith

The Bible is the inspired and infallible Word of God and constitutes His completed and final revelation to man. The Bible, in its original autographs, is without error in whole and in part.

God has existed from all eternity in three persons: God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ was God in human flesh being fully God and fully man, except without sin.

All men are in violation of God's righteous requirements and His holy character both by nature and act, and are therefore under His wrath and just condemnation.

The central purpose of the coming of Jesus Christ was to pay the penalty for man's sin through His substitutionary atoning death on the cross, the successful accomplishment of which was attested to by His subsequent visible, bodily resurrection so that we can enter into an intimate, personal relationship with Him and know the love, forgiveness, and mercy of God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Salvation is offered as a gift, free to the sinner. This gift must be responded to by individual faith, not trusting in any personal works whatsoever, but in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ alone.

CHAP Mission Statement

CHAP, the Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania, exists to support and encourage home educators. It is a distinctly Christian organization with a statement of faith. CHAP seeks to nurture education that is Christian, and supports education that is in harmony with Judeo-Christian principles.

CHAP Goals

To foster homeschooling by educating political leaders on the local, state, and federal levels.
To inform and educate the general public on the benefits of homeschooling.
To foster homeschooling in local churches.
To strengthen and equip home educators.
To inform current and potential homeschoolers of regulations which affect them.
To strengthen and equip support groups and their leaders.

CHAP Foundation

For some years now, members of the Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania (CHAP) Board have felt a desire to have an outreach to home educators in times of need. This desire was brought into sharper focus when the Home School Legal Defense Association established the Homeschool Foundation as a charitable arm of the HSLDA. In order to facilitate such an outreach by CHAP, the Board has established a sister organization called the CHAP Foundation. It is incorporated in Pennsylvania as a not-for-profit corporation. The Foundation received its IRS certification as a 501(c)(3) corporation allowing us to issue tax deductible receipts to donors.

If you would like to partner with CHAP in helping other homeschoolers who are in a time of need, you can send your tax-deductible donation to the CHAP Foundation:

CHAP Foundation
231 North Chestnut Street
Palmyra, PA 17078

Membership in CHAP

Since 1986, CHAP has been an active and vital advocate for private Christian homeschoolers in Pennsylvania.

CHAP has embarked on a path to draw kindred spirits to be members in the CHAP mission. Our membership will open communications heretofore unable to be expressed regarding political candidates, legislative threats in Washington or Harrisburg, and information regarding homeschool options. Membership helps support CHAP to continue as your source of information, your encourager, and advocate. Please join today. If you choose to ally with CHAP through membership, you will enjoy the following benefits:

The workings of a CHAP Membership

Your membership with CHAP starts the day you sign up and pay the membership fee. Membership is annual and requires renewal on or before the day of your original registration anniversary date. You will receive an email from CHAP notifying you of your upcoming renewal date. When you register as a CHAP Member, an email with a CHAP Membership Card will be sent to the email address you enter on the registration form. You can print the membership card and place it in your wallet to use as proof of your membership. If you sign up at the CHAP Convention, the convention admission discount will be deducted from your membership fee and an email with your membership card will be sent to the email address you supplied on the registration form. If joining at any other time of the year, CHAP membership convention discount will automatically be applied to the very next, and only the next, CHAP Convention. Discounts cannot be carried over. This membership gives you exclusive benefits; however the benefits are not guaranteed and may be changed at any time without notice.

What is the difference between being a CHAP member versus a CHAP affiliate? A CHAP member is a family who has paid the $25 membership fee, receives the CHAP membership card, and receives the benefits listed above. A CHAP affiliate is a family who is in our database due to having attended the convention or simply contacted our office for information and shared their contact information with us.

What is CHAP?

CHAP is the Christian Homeschool Association of Pennsylvania, a nonprofit organization founded to encourage and support families interested in home education. CHAP assists parents in understanding the Pennsylvania homeschool law.

CHAP provides leadership and direction for homeschoolers on a national and statewide basis. News and updates can be found at www.CHAPonline.com, in the CHAP Magazine, and by subscribing to the CHAP e-News. All CHAP Board members are unpaid volunteers. CHAP does not give, rent, or sell its mailing list.

The CHAP Booth is located in the Information Area in the Vendor Hall. The booth is staffed to answer any questions you may have about homeschooling, CHAP, and its ministries.