statement of faith

We believe that the Bible is God's Word, written by men divinely inspired, and that it is absolutely trustworthy and has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.

We believe in one God, eternally existent in three persons.

We believe in God the Father, Creator of heaven and earth, perfect in holiness, infinite in wisdom, measureless in power. We rejoice that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men and women, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.

We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten Son; conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, sinless in His life, making atonement for the sin of the world by His death on the cross. We believe in His bodily resurrection, His ascension into heaven, His high priestly intercession for His people, and His personal, visible return to the world according to His promise.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, who came forth from God to convince the world of sin, of righteousness, and judgment. We believe the Holy Spirit empowers men and women for Christian life and witness and came to regenerate, indwell, sanctify, and comfort all who believe in Jesus Christ.

We believe that all men and women by nature and by choice are sinners, but those who accept Christ as their Lord and Savior will rejoice forever in God's presence, and those who refuse to accept Christ as Lord and Savior will be forever separated from God. Each human being is responsible to God alone in all matters of faith.

We believe in the church as a living, spiritual body of which Christ is the Head and of which all regenerated people are members. We believe that a visible church is a company of believers in Jesus Christ, buried with Him in baptism and associated for worship, work, and fellowship. We believe that to these visible churches were committed the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper, and that God has laid upon these churches the task of persuading a lost world to accept Jesus Christ as Savior and to enthrone Him as Lord and Master.

We believe that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person genetically as male or female. These two distinct, complementary genders reflect the image and nature of God.

We believe that the God-ordained context for virtuous sexual expression is only in the sanctity of faithful marriage between one man and one woman only. We believe that all other sexual activity is apart from God’s good design and immoral.

We believe that all human life from conception through natural death, including life marred by a fallen world, is created by God and in His image thus imputing inestimable worth.

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Dakar Academy Schools are committed to offering education in an environment that celebrates racial diversity.

As a Christian institution, we believe humans are created in the image of God (Genesis 1:27). We believe that as image bearers, all humans have equal value before God (Galatians 3:28) and can receive salvation through Jesus Christ (Romans 1:16), and are therefore entitled to be treated with dignity and equality. Tragically, we recognize that racism entered the world through original sin and continues to cause untold suffering in the modern world. As fallen people, we acknowledge as an institution the potential for racist words and deeds to occur in our midst, and we will seek to search our hearts (Psalm 139: 23-24) and exhort others (Hebrews 10:24) to do the same in an effort root out racism in our hearts an in our actions (Colossians 3:5-11).

Institutionally, racism is intolerable in any form and at any level, and the administration at Dakar Academy Schools will take all necessary steps to maintain an academic environment that emulates Christ through an emphasis on unity, human dignity, and unconditional love (James 2:9, Leviticus 19:34).