Episode 6: Dr. Paul Cates talks about the History of Homeschooling, Qualificatio

History of Homeschooling, Qualifications of a Spiritual Teacher and Faith Christian MinistriesDr. Paul Cates is the President and Founder of Faith Christian Ministries, and Superintendent of Faith Christian Academy, 1983 – present.  He works with students and their families in the development of an Individual Cognitive Plan (ICP) for each student, provides training to the families and tutors, and provides consultation for the families to be able to implement the ICP.Dr. Cates has devoted the past 45 years to childhood development, education, and spiritual training.He has a B.A. in Clinical Psychology, M.A. in Reading and Learning Disabilities, and a Ph.D. in eight areas including a major in Curriculum and Instruction.Dr. Paul and Dr. Kirk Cates have jointly published hundreds of articles in educational journals including the Journal of Neuropsychiatric and Clinical Neuroscience. Today Dr. Cates’ ministry takes him all over the world to aid parents in the education of their children, primarily homeschoolers. The main focus of his work is the educational evaluation of children to determine an individualized curriculum.Dr. Cates and his wife Isobel have six children: Peter, David, Linda, Jon, Kirk, and Anne, and are blessed with 10 grandchildren.Connect with...Website: faithchristianmin.orgFacebook: PaulCatesHomeschoolDoctorLinkedIn: Dr. Pual CatesPhone (828) 435-0770Email: [email protected] as Dr. Paul Cates talks about his long history with homeschooling from the time that it was illegal in all 50 of the United States.Hear about the struggle for early homeschoolers for their to homeschool.Hear as Dr. Cates expands upon these six qualifications of a spiritual teacher in the Christian faithWe as parents are communicators of truth and you must be openly and boldly a ChristianEvery teacher must know the Bible because the Word of God is relevant to all subjects.The Christian must be committed in every aspect of your life and work and all your being of the truth.We've got to seek excellence...this is seeking after intellectual excellence for the glory of God.We must truly love our children. Not only should we love our child, but we should like and understand them.We as Christian teachers should exercise complete submission ourselves to the one great teacher, our Lord and the Holy Spirit.Dr. Cates will talk about how their ministry, Faith Christian Ministries help parents all over the globe.  They help develop an individual cognitive plan for your child. You can find out where a child is at at the moment to find out where we need to go from here, what do we want to see develop and determine how far can this child achieve.Another part of the ministry is training parents how to deal with their own children.Interview Quotes:"God has unique ways of bringing individuals in.""Homeschooling is involved in the most critical area we have in the teaching of our children.""God has a way if we will follow his way for children to be taught and instructed.""God has never given us a task that he doesn't want us to be successful in.""Our children are uniquely and divinely made""It is important that the world sees through Christ that we are different"So make sure you listen to this wonderful episode.  The show transcript is forthcoming, so please bear with us while it is prepared.Leave your comments and questions below and please share this episode with others.This page may contain affiliate links. Please see Privacy Policy & Disclaimer Policies for more info.