About PLHA

Palmetto Liberty Homeschool Association (PLHA) is working toward becoming a South Carolina 3rd Option Accountability Association. We need you to get in at the foundational level as "Charter Members" of the association. We are open serving homeschool families across South Carolina.

 

Faith Based
Palmetto Liberty Homeschool Association is a Christian Faith based Homeschool Association. We do not require a Statement of Faith or religious information from our members. However, our leadership team members are Christians, and we operate under Christian principles. Prayer and scripture may be included in our emails, workshops, and ceremonies. 
 
Who Are We
PLHA is a currently accepting members to build up to becoming a legally recognized South Carolina 3rd Option Accountability Association that enables families to homeschool their children in accordance with S.C. Code Ann. §59-65-47. We need a minimum of fifty (50) members to achieve the required number of members to be a recognized Option 3 Association.
 
About our Name
Palmetto: 
The sabal palmetto is the state tree and featured on the SC state flag, the name Palmetto roots the organization in South Carolina’s heritage, and represents Strength, resilience, and honor of our State.
 
Liberty: 
This strongly emphasizes the freedom and autonomy that we believe parents have in directing their children's education. The association advocates for and supports parental choice in curriculum, educational philosophies, and methods. Liberty is patriotic and shows constitutional ideals especially appealing to those who are at home for value-driven or faith-based reasons.
 
Homeschool: 
Clearly defines the organization's focus, supporting and legally covering home-based education.
 
Association: 
A structured, collective group offering support, accountability, and sharing resources.
 
In Summary:
Where we are: Palmetto = South Carolina.
What we stand for: Liberty = Freedom of education.
What we do: Homeschool = Family led learning.
How we serve: Association = Structure, support, and legal accountability.

Statement of Faith

  1. We believe the Bible to be the infallible Word of God, the supreme and final authority for all faith and life.
     
  2. We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons (Trinity): Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
     
  3. We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His miracles, His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, His bodily resurrection, His ascension, and His imminent bodily return in power and glory.
     
  4. We believe man was created in the image of God, but fell into sin and therefore is lost, and only those who put their faith in Jesus Christ alone can be saved.
     
  5. We believe that salvation is a gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, whose substitutionary death on the cross paid the penalty for man’s sin.
     
  6. We believe Christ has already done everything necessary by His death to remove our sins and make us holy from God’s point of view.
     
  7. We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to convict men, indwell, guide, instruct, and empower the believer for godly living and service.
     
  8. We believe that marriage has been established by God as an exclusive union between one biological man and one biological woman.
     

  9. We believe that God created mankind in His image as a male or female, and any attempt to change, alter, or disagree with biological gender is contrary to the Word of God.
     

  10. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers through our common faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that individual doctrinal differences, which may exist, outside of the aforementioned paragraphs in the Statement of Faith, should not hinder the unity of Christian home educators.