What is HCA?

Classical Christian education is a time-tested educational system which establishes a biblical worldview, incorporates methods based on natural phases of child development, cultivates the seven Christian virtues, trains students in reasoning through the Trivium (Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric).

• We believe the Bible alone to be the Word of God, the ultimate and infallible authority for faith and practice.

• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. He is omnipotent; that is, He can do all things. He is omnipresent; that is, He is present to all creation, and has under His immediate authority all things which are in Heaven, in the earth, and under the earth. He is omniscient; that is, He knows all things. He readily exercises His power which is present everywhere, and to Him there is nothing that is impossible or unknown, that is, He knows what has been from eternity, what now takes place everywhere, and what will be to all eternity.

• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory.

• We believe that, for the salvation of lost and sinful men, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is absolutely necessary.

• We believe that salvation is by grace through faith alone.

• We believe that faith without works is dead.

• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life.

• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved to the resurrection of life, and they that are lost to the resurrection of damnation.

• We believe in the spiritual unity of all believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

• We believe that God wonderfully and immutably created each person as distinctly male or female. These two distinct and complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God. To reject one’s biological gender is a rejection of the image of God within that person and is a sin against God.

• We believe that marriage was created and sanctioned by God in which God joins one man and one woman in a single and exclusive union.

• We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. Any form of sexual intimacy outside of marriage is immoral and is a sin against God. Sexual immorality includes, but is not limited to adultery, fornication, homosexual conduct, and pornography.

• We believe that all human life is sacred and created by God in His image. Human life is of inestimable worth in all its dimensions, including pre-born babies, the aged, the physically or mentally challenged, and every other stage or condition from conception through natural death. We are therefore called to defend, protect, and value all human life.

This is more than adding a bible verse to the curriculum.  When history, science, math, philosophy, art, and other subjects are integrated around the truth that God is the Creator of all that exists, and therefore all knowledge is interrelated and points back to Him.

Christ-centered by:

• Teaching all subjects as parts of an integrated whole with the Scriptures at the center (2 Timothy 3:16, 17)

• Providing a clear model of the biblical Christian life through our staff and board (Matthew 22:37-40)

• Encouraging every student to begin and develop his or her relationship with God the Father through Jesus Christ by the work of the Spirit (Matthew 28:18-20)

Classical by:

• Emphasizing grammar, logic, and rhetoric in all subjects (see definitions below);

• Encouraging every student to develop a love for learning and live up to his academic potential;

• Providing an orderly atmosphere conducive to the attainment of the above goals.