Washington Christian Academy

Upper School

The Upper School Experience

Academic Departments

Bible & Theology

Theology

Theology I / Survey of the Bible	In the Reformed tradition, students are trained to be students of the "Book". They will become this by learning to tell the story of the Bible in a concise, thematic and coherent manner. They will also learn the basic skills to interpret the various genre of the Bible. Students will put these new-found skills into practice by employing them in their daily devotions, which are then discussed each class. In preparation for leading Bible studies in college, they will learn the basic skills for a proper introduction to a book of the Bible.

Theology II / Church History	This course is designed to lead students through Church history chronologically, starting with the apostolic church and extending to the present day. Attention is also given to the development and formulation of the major doctrines in the Church's history.

A Different Kind of Life

The WCA upper school experience empowers young men and women not merely to live a better life, but to live a qualitatively different kind of life, a life filled with a sense of destiny, a life of leadership that makes a difference for Christ in the world.

Graduation Requirements

Faculty

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Theology III / Systematic Theology	The class will be structured according to a Christian world view. Students will learn what is meant by a worldview, how to build one and how to distinguish a secular worldview from a Christian worldview and will look at how the present culture affects a Christian worldview. Students will study the core beliefs of a worldview under the seven primary divisions found in systematic theology: Doctrine of the Holy Scriptures, theology, anthropology, Christology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and eschatology. Students will study the subject of biblical prayer as structured after the Lord's Prayer and practice writing their own biblical prayers.

Theology IV / Apologetics and Ethics	This course is designed to equip students to engage unbelievers in dialogue that is compelling, compassionate, and glorifying to God. Students will also be prepared to confront the many, sometimes antagonistic, world-and-life-views they will encounter in the college classroom, college dorm, and work place. Finally, students will explore a number of ethical issues from a biblical perspective. The students will finish the year by completing the Senior Thesis, an extended research paper bringing a biblical world-view perspective to bear on a contemporary social/ethical issue.