Trump Picks Longtime Disciple of Gothard Cult, Sonny Perdue, for Cabinet Position

Perdue is a follower, supporter, and advocate for the disgraced Bill Gothard and his homeschool ministry, Advanced Training Institute (ATI).

Finding Peace: Jenna’s Story

Fear became an instant factor in everything we did
My parents impressed on me that CPS was the Enemy and that we were to hide from them and fear being “taken away” by them.

How Homeschooling Became a Tool of My Oppression and Identity- Angelina Carter’s Story

It is hard to credit the tool of my abuse with the formation of my personality.

A Personal Plea, Part 7

Being home all the time with my parents, with little to do that stimulated me, was more or less a recipe for disaster.

A Personal Plea, Part 6

This was one very large part of my struggle, throughout our ATI years. Anything I did, I did because I wanted to, not because I had to, according to my parents. And yet, I did almost everything because I had to, not because I wanted to.

A Personal Plea, Part 5

The summer of 1997 was the summer I turned 14. We began the summer by going to ATI’s big yearly national conference in Knoxville, at the University of Tennessee. ATI took over a significant portion of the campus for that one week every summer. School was still in session for the public schools in Ohio, so my mom and I went, while my dad stayed in Cincinnati to work. This was my first significant exposure to ATI as a whole.

A Personal Plea, Part 4

They introduced my parents to ATI, Bill Gothard, and homeschooling. And my parents completely went for it.

My Mother is the Woman Who Doesn’t Want the Right to Vote

I grew up listening to my mom tell me that women shouldn’t be allowed to vote.

Worksheet Claims That God Allows Sexual Abuse: Part IV

TW: Content discusses rape, and other forms of abuse. CC image courtesy of Flickr, andy li. Recently Homeschoolers Anonymous was given access to a worksheet from The Institute of Basic Life Principles‘ training center. It is titled ”Why Did God Let A Four Year Old Boy Be Molested By A Fifteen Year Old Neighbor?’. The Institute of Basic Life Principles

Worksheet Claims That God Allows Sexual Abuse: Part III

TW: Content discusses rape, and other forms of abuse. CC image courtesy of Flickr, andy li. Recently Homeschoolers Anonymous was given access to a worksheet from The Institute of Basic Life Principles‘ training center. It is titled ”Why Did God Let A Four Year Old Boy Be Molested By A Fifteen Year Old Neighbor?’. The Institute of Basic Life Principles