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'''Prestonwood Christian Academy (PCA)''' is a private Christian school in the Dallas, Texas area, consisting of two campuses, an online program, and partnerships with independently-operated schools.

'''Prestonwood Christian Academy (PCA)''' is a private Christian school in the Dallas, Texas area, consisting of two campuses, an online program, and partnerships with independently operated schools.

==History==

==History==

PCA started operations in 1997 (two years before its sponsor, [[Prestonwood Baptist Church]], relocated to [[Plano]]).

PCA started operations in 1997 (two years before its sponsor, [[Prestonwood Baptist Church]], relocated to [[Plano]]).

**Strengthen the church as one of its main goals.

**Strengthen the church as one of its main goals.

**Demonstrate honoring the church through its policies, procedures and practices."

**Demonstrate honoring the church through its policies, procedures and practices."

*Excellence in Education: " ''"Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth." -Psalm 86:11''  PCA will develop an entire educational program that is based on the truths of God’s Word and the preeminence of Jesus Christ. PCA will be a safe and comfortable learning environment where students are actively engaged and challenged in their learning.  This means PCA will...

*Excellence in Education: " ''"Teach me your way, O Lord, that I may walk in your truth." -Psalm 86:11''  PCA will develop an entire educational program that is based on the truths of God's Word and the preeminence of Jesus Christ. PCA will be a safe and comfortable learning environment where students are actively engaged and challenged in their learning.  This means PCA will...

**Employ and develop teachers who model godly wisdom and Christian virtues in their lives.

**Employ and develop teachers who model godly wisdom and Christian virtues in their lives.

**Challenge students to develop a biblical worldview.

**Challenge students to develop a biblical worldview.

**Provide an education that combines formal methods of teaching with a biblical emphasis."

**Provide an education that combines formal methods of teaching with a biblical emphasis."

*Service: " ''"Whoever wants to become great among us must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave – just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many." - Matthew 20: 26-28'' PCA will encourage students to follow Christ’s example of leadership through servanthood.  This means PCA will...

*Service: " ''"Whoever wants to become great among us must be your servant, and whoever wants to be first must be your slave – just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many." - Matthew 20: 26-28'' PCA will encourage students to follow Christ's example of leadership through servanthood.  This means PCA will...

**Involve students in activities that require them to serve others.

**Involve students in activities that require them to serve others.

**Teach students the value and joy of service before self.

**Teach students the value and joy of service before self.

*Salvation & Discipleship (the only goal with true meaning is for the children to ultimately know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior)

*Salvation & Discipleship (the only goal with true meaning is for the children to ultimately know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior)

*God's Word (all studies must be scrutinized through the lens of Scripture)<ref>As Prestonwood Baptist is a conservative Southern Baptist congregation, holding to the 2000 edition of the Baptist Faith and Message, PCA thus holds that Scripture is inerrant and infallible in what it says.</ref>

*God's Word (all studies must be scrutinized through the lens of Scripture)<ref>As Prestonwood Baptist is a conservative Southern Baptist congregation, holding to the 2000 edition of the Baptist Faith and Message, PCA thus holds that Scripture is inerrant and infallible in what it says.</ref>

*Importance of Christ (Christ is to be preeminent in everything--even the education of children and youth)

*Importance of Christ (Christ is to be preeminent in everything—even the education of children and youth)

*Generational ("Are our children being taught anything that will draw them away from Jesus?"--this must be applied to everything taught and everyone who is teaching the children)

*Generational ("Are our children being taught anything that will draw them away from Jesus?"—this must be applied to everything taught and everyone who is teaching the children)

*Biblical Wisdom (education must not provide just knowledge, but lead to true wisdom and understanding by causing children to see the God-intended meaning in everything they learn)

*Biblical Wisdom (education must not provide just knowledge, but lead to true wisdom and understanding by causing children to see the God-intended meaning in everything they learn)

*Educational Permission (only those who fear God, love truth and hate covetousness, should be teaching their children)

*Educational Permission (only those who fear God, love truth and hate covetousness, should be teaching their children)

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==External Links==

==External links==

* [http://www.prestonwoodchristian.org/ PCA]

* [http://www.prestonwoodchristian.org/ PCA]

[[Category:American Private Religious Schools]]

[[Category:American Private Religious Schools]]