Our Statement of Beliefs

Ark Academy believes that every person is valuable and loved by God. Therefore, we should treat all people with honor, love, respect, compassion, dignity, and kindness. The heart of Ark Academy is to love others well by representing Christ to the world through our words and deeds, using Scripture as our standard. Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual for any reason are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the beliefs of Ark Academy.

In order to preserve the function and integrity of Ark Academy and to provide a biblical role model to its students, families, and the community, we present the following statement of faith and foundational beliefs.

Although parents need not subscribe to each element of this statement, any teacher may unapologetically teach consistently with these beliefs and must not teach in any way that is inconsistent with these beliefs. When relevant, secular concepts may be discussed with students at age-appropriate levels to enable them to effectively defend their Christian faith in a secular world. Each employee must subscribe to the statement as a whole or declare any particular differences to the LEAD Director for evaluation by the Board of Directors.

Inasmuch as Ark Academy will function as a body of Christians, governed by the Word of God, the following doctrinal statement shall apply. Every school board member, administrator, employed teacher, and support staff member shall be an immersed Christian who steadfastly seeks to be a temple for God’s Holy Spirit. They must believe in the full and final inspiration of the Bible to the extent that it is to him or her the infallible Word of God, and therefore, the all-sufficient rule of faith and life; in the deity and supreme authority of Jesus Christ; and in the divine origin and character of the Church as it is revealed in the New Testament.

In harmony with the above, said belief shall include the unqualified acceptance of the virgin birth of Christ, the bodily resurrection, and the reality of final judgment of heaven and hell as taught in the Bible. We believe that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ.

We believe in the literal account of creation as recorded in Genesis and that God is the creator and sustainer of all life. Therefore, we believe in the sanctity of life upon conception. We believe that God is infallible and wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female.

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. We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other. We believe that God has established that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe that any form of sexual immorality (including but not limited to adultery, fornication, homosexuality, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, rape, pedophilia, and use of pornography) is contrary to the teachings of the Bible.

These statements do not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired and infallible Word of God is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For the purposes of Ark Academy’s practice, policy, discipline, etc., the Board of Directors shall be the school’s final interpretive authority.