CFC too 12/15/22 CFC too 12/15/22

The Quiverfull Families Next Door: Part 4

Because Quiverfull communities like CFC preach patriarchy as the only biblical framework, individuals who challenge the gender hierarchy must be labeled rebellious and sinful.

CFC too 12/5/22 CFC too 12/5/22

The Quiverfull Families Next Door: Part 3

Homeschooling can be a dangerous tool in the hands of abusers and those who believe they have a God-given right to exert total control over another human being. Children who are homeschooled have very little access to mandated reporters. Sometimes homeschooled children are also “home-churched,” further isolating them, or participate in churches where abuse or neglect is endorsed or will go unreported.

CFC too 11/15/22 CFC too 11/15/22

The Quiverfull Families Next Door: Part 2

For all the Quiverfull movement’s claims about children being blessings, it is fundamentally not about the children. Instead, Quiverfull ideology uses children as a tool or weapon. Quiverfull families see children as extensions of the family, weapons in the culture war, and a means to an end, rather than as autonomous people.

CFC too 11/7/22 CFC too 11/7/22

The Quiverfull Families Next Door: Part 1

In addition to valuing pronatalism, homeschooling, and gender hierarchy, many Quiverfull families also view the world through a dominionist lens, placing great emphasis on “filling the earth and subduing it.”