Brentwood Academy HOS Oppty Profile

FOUNDATIONS MISSION <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> is a co-educational, independent, college preparatory school dedicated to nurturing and challenging each whole person – body, mind, spirit – to the glory of God. VISION <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> will provide an exceptional academic experience in a Christ-centered environment. VALUES 1. Every student will be respected and treated with dignity in every aspect of their school experience. 2. We will identify, attract, and retain the finest faculty possible. 3. Student learning will be the objective of all teaching. 4. Our school will be good stewards of human and material resources. 5. Our mission will be communicated frequently, internally and externally, and will guide all our decisions and actions. 6. Our school will reflect the diversity of the community and be characterized by unity of purpose and compatibility with the school’s mission. 7. As a Christ-centered school, the scriptures will be our authority for faith and living. DIVERSITY STATEMENT BA believes that all persons are created in the image of God and have immeasurable worth in His eyes. BA is committed to cultivating mutual respect, celebrating God-given differences, and building up the body according to the truths of Scripture. In the fulfillment of the mission, BA believes and teaches that BA is a diverse and united community that values each other uniquely. BA is preparing students to engage the world with compassion, awareness, and sensitivity. <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> is committed to: • Cultivating a community that embraces the differences within God’s Kingdom and promotes an environment of unity (Revelation 7:9-10). • Advancing the understanding of each other’s perspectives to learn, grow, and serve alongside each other in the BA family. • Preparing leaders and servants with moral integrity and Kingdom vision to engage a diverse global community. • Developing collective responsibility to cultivate unity and community among leadership, faculty, students, and families. • Seeking to manifest the gospel of Christ according to John 13:35: “Your love for one another will prove to the world that you are my disciples.” 4

STATEMENT OF FAITH <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> believes and teaches: • That the Bible is the infallible authoritative Word of God (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21); • That, as the Bible clearly teaches, we are all sinful by nature, and that both our nature and our choices have resulted in our need for forgiveness and transformation which we are not able to provide ourselves, leaving each of us in need of a Savior (Romans 3:9-10; Romans 3:23); • That the only salvation is through faith in Christ, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life (John 3:16-18; Romans 3:24, 5:8-11; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5); • That God’s power is at work in and through believers, through the continued work of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20; Ephesians 4:30). The Statement of Faith does not exhaust the extent of our beliefs. The Bible itself, as the inspired infallible Word of God that speaks with final authority concerning truth, morality, and the proper conduct of mankind, is the sole and final source of all that we believe. For purposes of <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s Statement of Faith, doctrine, practice, policy, and discipline, our Board of Trustees is <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s final interpretive authority on the Bible’s meaning and application for our organization. <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> believes that all human life is created by God and in His image and is sacred from beginning to natural end. <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> also believes and teaches that each person is called to a life of love, purity, self-sacrifice, and obedience. Because of our Christian faith-based beliefs, we believe that the Bible gives clear direction on how to live a flourishing and thriving life, both personally and in community. Consistent with written scripture, <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s beliefs include the conviction that any sexual intimacy outside of a covenant relationship between a man and a woman harms the individuals involved, as well as the relationships and community around them. Further, we believe that a person’s gender is based on an identity given by God and assigned at birth. <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> seeks to foster Christian faith and inquiry in an atmosphere of civility, dignity, and compassion. We are confident that expressing differences of belief, even differences to ideas that <strong>Brentwood</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> holds passionately, can be done without anger or hostility. 5