Statement of Biblical Morality
WCA believes that God’s plan for human sexuality is that it is to be expressed in a monogamous lifelong relationship between one man and one woman within the framework of biblical marriage. This is the divinely designed relationship for the birth and rearing of children and is a union made in the sight of God and takes priority over every other human relationship. This is validated by Gen. 1:27-28, 2:18, 20, 23-24; Isa. 54:4-8; 62:5b; Jer. 3:14; Ezek. 16; Hosea 2; Mal. 2:14; Matt. 19:4-6; Mark 10:9; John 2:1-2, 11; 1 Cor. 9:5; Eph. 5:23-32; 1 Tim. 5:14; Heb. 13:4; and Rev. 19:7-8.
WCA is a Christian school operating as a ministry of Westover Baptist Church representing Jesus Christ by helping parents prepare their children spiritually, academically, physically, and socially to become His disciples. The biblical and philosophical goal of WCA is to work with families who desire themselves and their children to develop into mature, Christ-like individuals who will be able to exhibit a Christ-like life. This involves the school’s understanding and belief in what qualities exemplify moral and sexual purity based on its interpretation of Scripture.
WCA stands firmly upon the historical truth claims and moral foundations of Christianity, including boundaries of sexuality and moral conduct, and upon the clear biblical teaching that gender is both sacred and established by God’s design. Parents or the legal guardians, who choose to enroll their children at WCA, are agreeing to support these and other basic biblical values derived from historical Christianity. Parents understand and agree that WCA will teach these principles and biblical values.
In addition, WCA urges parents to recognize their scriptural responsibility (Deuteronomy 6:1-9, Psalm 78:5, 6, Proverbs 22:6) to provide their children with a Christian education and to understand that the primary responsibility for this task rests with the parents (Ephesians 6:4). WCA was founded and continues to operate upon biblical values and the desire and commitment for Bible-believing Christian parents to enroll their children in an intentionally Christian environment. WCA will accept students who are willing to support the school’s philosophy of Christian education, student conduct requirements, and the school’s stated positions and whose parents are willing to allow their children to be educated and influenced in an intentionally Christian environment. Continued enrollment at WCA is contingent upon this same understanding and support by both the student and parents.
WCA is a religious institution providing an education in a distinct Christian environment believing its biblical role is to work in conjunction with the home to mold students to be Christ-like. On occasions in which the atmosphere or conduct within a particular home or the activities of the student are counter to or in opposition to the biblical lifestyle the school teaches, the school reserves the right, within its sole discretion, to refuse admission of an applicant or discontinue enrollment of a current student. This includes, but is not necessarily limited to, living in, practicing, condoning, or supporting sexual immorality, including but not limited to, sex outside of marriage, homosexual acts, bisexual acts; gender identity different than the birth sex at the chromosomal level; promoting such practices; or otherwise the inability to support the moral principles of the school (Leviticus 20:13a, Romans 1:27, Matthew 19:4-6).