What is distinctive about the Reformed tradition?

Christians in the Reformed tradition affirm that we are saved by faith alone. We believe that the Reformed understanding of Scripture most consistently gives God all the glory for our salvation by attributing to God the whole accomplishment of our salvation. This understanding grows out of the Protestant Reformation set in motion by Martin Luther. God the Father elects us and draws us to himself on the basis of the sufficient work of Christ, through the working of the Holy Spirit in our hearts. We are saved by faith alone, but that very faith is the work of God in our hearts, not our own work. God is the author of our salvation from beginning to end, and the glory is entirely his own.

What difference does this make in education?

At WCA, they will learn to believe that there are things worth living for, some worth dying for. There are things worth believing in, things that merit respect: things like reverence for God and for their fellows, reverence for this world, for themselves, for life, and for all that is true and good and beautiful.

Is Washington Christian Academy a parochial school?

No, we are not controlled or largely supported by a church. We were founded by members of three churches and are governed by a society. The members of the society ascribe to the Canons of Dordt, the Westminster Confession, the Heidelberg Catechism or the Belgic Confession and are committed to providing education from a Reformed Christian worldview.