Mission Vision and Philosophy

It is the mission of First Christian Academy and Learning Center to connect children and families to Christ through Christian education.

Vision

It is our vision for children to develop lifelong Christian character traits making them strong enough to withstand life’s challenges as they embark on their high school years and beyond.

Our school is committed to providing a curriculum with a two-fold purpose:

• To equip students with and working knowledge of God’s word (2 Timothy 3:16) and an understanding of God’s unconditional love for every child and the hope of eternal salvation through a personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• To present a challenging and stimulating academic curriculum that encourages a natural curiosity for learning that will prepare them to be independent thinkers, productive citizens and leaders for Christ in the 21^st century. (Romans 12:2)

Statement of Faith

We believe:

1. We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21).
2. We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30).
3. We believe in the deity of Christ (John 10:33), His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:35), His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, Hebrews 7:26), His miracles (John 2:11), His vicarious and atoning death (1 Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9), His resurrection (John 11:25, 1 Corinthians 15:4), His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19), and His personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11).
4. We believe in the absolute necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of human nature; and that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ and that only by God’s grace and through faith alone we are saved (John 3:16-19, John 5:24; Romans 3:23; Romans 5:8–9; Ephesians 2:8–10; Titus 3:5).
5. We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto resurrection of life, and the lost unto the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:28–29).
6. We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 12:12–13, Galatians 3:26–28).
7. We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (I Corinthians 3:16, 6:19–20, Romans 8:13–14, Ephesians 4:30, Ephesians 5:18).
8. We believe that the term marriage has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture (Genesis 2:18–25). We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other (1 Corinthians 6:18, 7:2–5; Hebrews 13:4). We believe that God’s command is that there be no sexual intimacy outside of or apart from marriage between a man and a woman.
9. We believe that God wonderfully foreordained and immutably created each person as either male or female in conformity with their biological sex. These two distinct yet complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God (Genesis 1:26–27).

Philosophy

First Christian Academy and Learning Center exists in response to our community’s need for a quality Christian school in the North Pinellas/Southern Pasco county area. FCALC will strive to connect students and their families to Christ through a warm and caring environment. On our cozy, wooded campus children will experience the care of our dedicated staff while building Christ- centered friendships and learning. We recognize that each child is unique. Therefore it is our goal to help each child grow in three ways: spiritually, academically, and socially. As Ecclesiastes 4:12 says, “A three strand cord is not easily broken”.

Nondiscrimination Policy

First Christian Academy and Learning Center admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.