Child Marriage: I Dodged the Bullet

Ever since I can remember, my mom really really really wanted to be pregnant at the same time as me.

Matthew and Maranatha Chapman Withdraw from 2014 CHEO Convention

As of yesterday, Matthew and Maranatha Chapman are no longer presenting at Christian Home Educators of Ohio’s (CHEO) annual homeschool convention this summer. Matthew Chapman was a keynote speakers and his wife Maranatha was slated as a featured speaker.

Matthew Chapman to Headline the 2014 CHEO Convention

“Matthew Chapman is going to be a keynote speaker at Christian Home Educators of Ohio’s annual homeschool convention this summer. This is a major convention, and this past summer the now-discredited Doug Phillips was a keynote speaker… Like it or not, it appears that the mainstream of the Christian homeschooling movement, its major convention circuit, has chosen to give a platform to those who practice and promote the marriage of girls of 15 and 16 to much-older men.”

Jonathan Lindvall on the Women’s Suffrage Movement

“Jonathan Lindvall is the president of Bold Christian Living. He has spoken at many homeschooling conferences and organized ‘Bold Christian Youth Seminars’ as well as ‘Bold Parenting Seminars.’ He also presented ‘New Testament House Church Seminars’ in the U.S. and beyond…. I recently came across a quotation from Lindvall on No Longer Quivering suggesting young women should be ‘shielded’ from jury duty and that women should not vote.”

Jonathan Lindvall and Child Marriage: The Maranatha Story

When Matthew first expressed his interest in Maranatha, she was 13 and he was 26.

Burn In Case Of Evil: Cain’s Story, Part Two

“This idea of courtship was huge and fixated on sexual purity and emotional purity. It grew huge after Joshua Harris’ book ‘I Kiss Dating Goodbye’ and it was advocated at basically every homeschooling event and by most institutions.”