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MIssion Statement

 

The mission of Evangelical Christian Academy is to assist families in providing a Christ-centered education of high academic quality so that the students may be prepared to take an active, vital place in the home, the church, the state, and their future vocations by applying Christian principles in a Biblical manner that is glorifying to God.

Statement of Values

1. Reformed Faith Statement

  • Reformed churches are those which adhere to the system of doctrine taught in the infallible Word of God, the Bible, as that system was clarified in the Reformation of the sixteenth century, and set forth in the great Calvinistic creeds, such as the Canons of the Synod of Dort, Heidelberg Catechism, Westminster Confession of Faith, and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms.
  • Evangelical Christian Academy is a ministry of Grace Presbyterian Church and Village Seven Presbyterian Church of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), and adheres to Reformed theology as taught in the Westminster Confession of Faith and the Larger and Shorter Catechisms.
  • Reformed Christians hold to the doctrines characteristic of all Christians including the:
    • Trinity
    • True deity and true humanity of Jesus Christ
    • Necessity of Jesus' atonement for sin
    • Church as a divinely ordained institution
    • Inspiration of the Bible
    • Requirement that Christians live moral lives
    Resurrection of the body
They hold other doctrines in common with evangelical Christians, such as the:
    • Justification by faith alone
    • Need for the new birth
    • Personal and visible return of Jesus Christ
    • Great Commission
The distinctive concepts of Reformed theology include:
    • The Doctrine of Scripture

    The Reformed commitment to Scripture stresses the Bible's inspiration, authority, and sufficiency.
    The sufficiency of Scripture means that it does not need to be supplemented by new or ongoing special revelation.
    The Bible is the entirely sufficient guide for belief and conduct as Christians.
    Since the Bible is the lens through which all of life is to be viewed, Reformed believers embrace a Biblical world and life view that acknowledges all truth proceeds from God, and everything in heaven and earth belongs to Him.

    • The Sovereignty of God
    Sovereignty means rule, and the sovereignty of God means that God rules over His creation with absolute power and authority.
    He determines what is going to happen, and it does happen.
    God is not alarmed, frustrated, or defeated by circumstances, by sin or by rebellion of His creatures.
    • The Doctrines of Grace

    Reformed theology emphasizes the doctrines of grace, best known by the acrostic TULIP, though this does not correspond to the best possible terms for the five doctrines.

    T stands for total depravity or humanity's radical corruption.

    U stands for unconditional election or God's sovereign choice.

    L stands for limited atonement or Christ's purposeful atonement (particular, specific redemption).

    I stands for irresistible grace or the Spirit's effective call.

    P stands for perseverance of the saints or God's preservation of the saints.

    • The Cultural Mandate

    Reformed theology emphasizes the cultural mandate, or the obligation of Christians to live actively in society and work for the transformation of the world and its cultures. This cultural mandate complements the Great Commission to evangelize the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

    • Covenant Children

    As circumcision was the sign of the Covenant of Grace in the Old Testament, so now baptism is the sign of the Covenant of Grace in the New Testament. Therefore, it is right and proper to administer baptism to infant children of believing parents as a sign and seal of the Covenant of Grace.

    The promise is made to believers and their children. The children of believers have an interest in the covenant, a right to the seal of it, and to the outward privileges of the church, under the Gospel, no less than the children of Abraham in the time of the Old Testament.

    Because children are received into the arms of the visible Church, the community of Christ has a responsibility in assisting the parents in the Christian nurture of the covenant child. It is proper for the visible Church to provide a Christian school for the spiritual, mental, emotional, social, and physical development of the covenant child.

    It is for this reason that Evangelical Christian Academy exists as a ministry of the founding churches.

    2. A Reformed Biblical worldview will be integrated into all academic areas and into all school activities. Where non-Christian elements are used or included, these will be amended with instruction on the Reformed Biblical perspective.

    3. Christian commitment of Board members, administrators, faculty, staff, and students will be exemplified by the following values:

    • A servant mentality (Philippians 2:4-7)
    • Board members, administrators, faculty, and staff are to be examples of Christ's standards to students and to their families (1 Peter 5:1-4).
    • The development of an attitude of willingness to serve others in humility and obedience is the standard for ECA (Mark 10:41-45).
    • Christian conduct (The Ten Commandments, Exodus 20), holiness (1 Peter 1:15-16), and character (fruits of the Spirit, Galatians 5:22-23) will be exemplified in all behaviors at ECA.
    • Manifestations of this behavior include, but are not limited to submission to authority, demonstration of honesty and integrity, and respect for others.
    • Before the Lord, and as a community of believers, we will hold one another and ourselves accountable (Hebrews 13:17, Hebrews 10:24-25, Galatians 6:2).

Vision Statement

Rooted in the Reformed faith, Evangelical Christian Academy strives to be a school of excellence, providing spiritual training, academic achievement, and physical and social development for its students.

Doctrinal Statement

The following points are essentials of Scripture to which a parent or guardian must subscribe without equivocation:

1. The Holy Spirit did so inspire, guide and move the writers of Holy Scripture as to keep the original writings free from all error; that the existing manuscripts and translations, excepting radically liberal versions, are so free from later corruptions as to be properly regarded as the supreme and final authority in faith and life.

2. There is one God existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, co-equal and co-eternal.

3. Man was created in the image of God; that he sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature, and in the eyes of God, are sinners in thought, word and deed, and consequently are unable to save themselves.

4. Jesus Christ, although being the eternal Son of God, was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary and is thus true God and true Man.

5. The miracles performed by the Lord Jesus Christ were a demonstration of His power, love, and deity.

6. The Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures, as our substitute to satisfy divine justice, and that all who receive Him by faith and express repentance of their sins are justified on the basis of His shed blood.

7. On the third day after His crucifixion, God the Father raised our Lord Jesus Christ bodily from the dead. He subsequently ascended into heaven and there sits at the right hand of the Father, making intercession for the saints.

8. Our Lord Jesus Christ will return bodily to this world.

9. There shall be a future day of resurrection in which both the redeemed and the damned shall be raised from the dead: the redeemed to enjoy the estate of eternal blessedness, and the damned to suffer eternal retribution.

10. The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.

11. Eternal life is a free gift that is received through faith in Jesus Christ alone. Eternal life is neither deserved by anyone, nor can it be earned by good deeds.

With regard to the education of their children, parents are to believe the following:

1. Parents are responsible for the education of their children, bringing them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

2. Members of the Body of Christ have an obligation and a covenant responsibility for the education of all children within the covenant family.

3. It is imperative that all education reveals God for the proper intellectual and moral development of children.

 

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