Our Purpose

Our Mission

New Bern Christian Academy exists as a ministry of New Life Free Will Baptist Church for the purpose of educating the minds of every young person with excellence while striving to cultivate in their hearts a passion for the Lord Jesus Christ and His work.

Our Vision

The vision of New Bern Christian Academy is to become a school of excellence by providing a structured atmosphere that will challenge and direct each student to reach their fullest potential both academically and spiritually.

Our History

In 2008, God laid a vision of a Christian school on the heart of New Life Church. Nearly two years later that vision became something that not only needed to be fulfilled to address the attacks on political morals and values but also to fulfill the original calling that God had given.

Though never losing sight of the hope for a Christian school, in 2009 God began to rekindle the fire of this vision. In 2010, New Life Church began moving forward in the planning and development of its operations so that the vision would move beyond good intentions to become a manifested reality. In 2011, New Bern Christian Academy opened its doors with an enrollment of 40 students in grades K5 through 6th.

In June of 2016, NBCA graduated its first senior class which included 6 students.

NBCA is a member of the American Association of Christian Schools, North Carolina Christian Schools Association and Association of Christian Teachers and Schools. As of the 2023/2024 school year, NBCA has grown to include over 450 students in Kindergarten through 12th grades. 

Our Philosophy

New Bern Christian Academy seeks to minister to the intellectual, physical, spiritual, and social needs of its students (Luke 2:52). Recognizing that the primary responsibility for the education of children restswith their parents (Eph. 6:4, Deut. 6:6-7), the school seeks to work closely with the Christian home, and under the authority of New Life Free Will Baptist Church, to instill in students standards for life and learning that are consistent with the Scriptures which results in Christ-like character. The academy wishes to produce students with a Christian worldview and a discernment of right and wrong based on the clear precepts and principles of Scripture.

​In addition, the school purposes to provide an academic program of high quality so that students may be prepared in a satisfactory manner for college, ready and able to perform God’s will for their lives. We believe that God has instilled certain spiritual and natural gifts to every young person. This can be nurtured and fostered at NBCA with the offering of fine arts instruction and extracurricular activities that further develop the whole child. This will be accomplished by hiring and maintaining a faculty and staff who are committed to Christ and who have a deep understanding of Biblical integration. By the direct teaching and godly examples of Christian faculty, students will be encouraged to live exemplary and Christ-like lives.

Our Beliefs

  • We believe the Bible to be the plenary, verbally inspired Word of God, the only infallible, authoritative rule of faith and practice.
  • We believe that there is one God, Eternally existent in three persons, the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
  • We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, His sinless life, His vicarious death through His shed blood, His victorious resurrection, His ascension to Heaven, and personal pre-millennial return.
  • We believe that salvation is by grace through faith alone and that all people are sinners in need of being saved.
  • We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit who enables the believer to live a godly life.
  • We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  •  We believe that all matters of faith and conduct must be evaluated on the basis of Holy Scripture, which is our infallible guide (2 Timothy 3:16-17).  Since the Holy Bible does speak to the nature of human beings and their sexuality, it is imperative that we correctly understand and articulate what the Bible teaches on these matters.
  •  We are committed to the home and family as set forth in Holy Scripture.  We believe God has ordained and created marriage to exist between one man and one woman, with absolute marital fidelity.  The Bible sets forth specific home and family values, which include the distinct roles of husbands and wives, fathers and mothers, and children.  It is our firm conviction that we uphold the dignity of each individual as we embrace the unchanging and long standing principles of scriptural truth.
  • We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between one man and one woman.  We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex.
  • We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s gender by surgery or appearance.  (Gen. 2:24; Gen. 19:5, 13; Gen. 26:8-9; Lev. 18:1-30; Rom. 1: 26-29; 1 Cor. 5:1; 6:9; 1 Thess. 4:1-8; Heb. 13:4)