Mission Statement

 SMCA is partnering with families to educate students in Bible knowledge and in a Christian worldview, to develop understanding in evangelical Christian values and principles, to train students in moral character, to provide quality academic education in knowledge and understanding, and to promote service to God and others.

 

Vision Statement: 

Preparing minds for leadership and hearts for service

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Core Values:

•    Christ-Centered.  We’re Christ-centered in everything we do, say, and teach.

•    Biblical Worldview. We equip students accordingly by teaching and leading from Biblical truth.  

•    Spiritual Growth. We embrace all SMCA students with the welcoming love of Jesus Christ, inviting and encouraging them towards spiritual growth through our activities, curriculum, and programs.

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Education:

•    Future Leadership. SMCA students are equipped with the appropriate competencies necessary to become humble stewards of their God-given gifts and talents. 

•    Excellence & Achievement. We empower students to achieve their highest potential because excellence honors God and inspires people.

•    Nurturing Environment. Every student experiences the love of God and the importance of being one of His children.

•    Educational Challenge.  We expect thorough preparation and execution in all schoolwork, activities, and assignments.

•    Lifelong Learning:  Comprehensive knowledge and critical thought will become hallmarks of the well-read and confident alumni of SMCA.

 

Worldview

SMCA worldview is built on the premise that all truth is God’s truth.

We believe that the Bible is the inspired, infallible, inerrant Word of God and is the only rule for faith and practice.

​We believe in one God who exists in three persons: the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit. These three are co-equal, co-eternal, and co-essential.

​We believe that Jesus Christ is God incarnate, was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, died on the cross for the sins of the world, was buried and rose again.

​We believe that He is ascended and is seated at the Father's right hand where he now intercedes for all true believers.

​We believe the Holy Spirit has come to convict the world of sin; that he comes to teach and guide believers into all truth; that he permanently indwells every true believer in Christ; that he wants to fill, control and empower each believer for service; that all who believe in Christ are baptized by the Holy Spirit into the church, the body of Christ.

​We believe that man was created in the image of God, but in Adam's fall, every person is a sinner both by birth and by practice.

We believe that every person must be born again in order to be forgiven of his sin and saved from eternal separation from God.

​We believe that the gift of eternal life is available to all men, that those who receive Christ by faith are regenerated by the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God.

​We believe that the privilege and responsibility of every Christian is to grow into spiritual maturity through obedience to the Word of God and the indwelling Holy Spirit.

​We believe that the true church is one body composed of all believers, with Jesus Christ as head.  We believe that baptism and the Lord's Supper are scriptural ordinances to be observed by the church today.

​We believe in the bodily Resurrection of Christ, His imminent return, and the resurrection of both just and unjust.