
Zan Tyler | Ep. 165
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About this Episode
Could your stand today ignite change for generations to come? At Unbound’s APEX Conference, Zan Tyler shares how God led her from defending prayer at 16 to facing jail for homeschooling 12 years later in 1984. She recalls God’s faithfulness in those difficult years and how He grew a homeschool movement from small beginnings. Her story reminds us why community matters now more than ever. Discover your calling in God’s bigger story and embrace the responsibility of passing the baton to the next generation.
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Meet My Guest

Zan Tyler’s homeschool journey began in 1984 when homeschooling was illegal and she was threatened with jail. For eight years, she and other families battled for homeschool freedom and established landmark homeschool legislation in South Carolina. In 1990, she founded the South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools (SCAIHS) and served as its president for ten years. Zan loves to empower parents as they answer their God-given calling to homeschool. She is an inspirational speaker and author. For sixteen years, Zan worked with Christian publishers developing homeschool curriculum and resources. She is now a consultant with BJU Press Homeschool. Zan’s greatest privilege in life was homeschooling their three children through high school. Zan is the host of the Zan Tyler Podcast, sponsored by BJU Press Homeschool. Join Zan and a special guest each week for real encouragement, engaging stories, and practical wisdom for surviving and thriving on the homeschool journey.
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Mentioned in this Episode
- MEDIA APPEARANCE: NBC’s Today Show (with Katie Couric, June 1999, following Columbine)
- HSLDA
- South Carolina Association of Independent Home Schools (SCAIHS) – Founded by Zan in 1990
- Unbound
Podcast Sponsor
At BJU Press Homeschool, we’re committed to providing children an education from a biblical worldview that is academically sound and challenges them to advance, think critically, and live like Christ. This type of education is not often possible in public schools because of the number of children taught in a classroom, a difference in worldview, and peer and societal pressure to conform. Homeschooling allows parents to instruct and disciple their children without daily fighting messages from an opposing worldview taught in the classroom. And with tuition costs and fees for private schooling or tutoring, homeschooling may be the only option for parents who are concerned for their children’s physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being.
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