{"id":134,"date":"2016-04-04T19:48:46","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T19:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2025-07-14T22:50:01","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T22:50:01","slug":"mission-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/about\/mission-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Mission Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Mission Statement<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Providing a Pre-K to 6 Christ centered education &amp; environment encouraging integrity and academic excellence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vision Statement<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OCA believes that every child is God\u2019s unique masterpiece (Isaiah 64:8b). \u00a0We provide a safe, nurturing and caring environment grounded in God\u2019s Word for each child to thrive academically, spiritually, and socially for God\u2019s glory. \u00a0Parental partnership, proven teaching methods, quality curriculum, modern technology, and occupational direction provide OCA students with effective tools to discover their God-given gifts and to pursue their passions as they mature.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Statement of Faith<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Olelo Christian Academy is a Christian Educational Institution. Parents, staff and board members must, therefore, be in agreement with the Academy\u2019s statement of faith, and with its position as a non-denominational organization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">1. <b>We believe <\/b>the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God (II Timothy 3:15, II Peter 1:21).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">2. <b>We believe <\/b>there is only one God, eternally existent in three persons \u2013 Father, Son and Holy Spirit (Genesis 1:1, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">3. <b>We believe <\/b>in a literal six day divine creation where God rested on the seventh day (Genesis 1:1, Romans 1:20), that man was created by the direct act of God and in His image (Genesis 1:27), that Adam and Eve, the first male and female, transgressed God\u2019s law in yielding to the temptation of Satan and became fallen creatures (Genesis 3).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">4. <b>We believe <\/b>in the deity of Christ (John 10:33), His virgin birth (Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:35), His sinless life (Hebrews 4:15, 7:26), His miracles (John 2:11), His vicarious and atoning death<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">(I Corinthians 15:3, Ephesians 1:7, Hebrews 2:9), His resurrection (John 11:25, 1 Corinthians 15:4), His ascension to the right hand of the Father (Mark 16:19), and His personal return in power and glory,(Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">5. <b>We believe <\/b>in the absolute necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of human nature, and that men are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ and that only by God\u2019s grace and through faith alone we are saved (John 3:16, 5:24, Romans 3:23, 5:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">6. <b>We believe <\/b>in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life and they that are lost to eternal separation from God (John 5:28-29).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">7. <b>We believe <\/b>in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28).<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">8. <b>We believe <\/b>in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a godly life (Romans 8:13-14, 1 Corinthians 3:16, 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30, 5:18).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Non-denominational Position<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">We maintain a non-denominational position and in fairness to each family that participates, we will respect and encourage Christian growth within their families and local churches. At the same time, we desire to remain united in the salvation and love of Christ, avoiding disputes that may come from denominational differences. In Christian essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and in all things, charity!<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Mission Statement Providing a Pre-K to 6 Christ centered education &amp; environment encouraging integrity and academic excellence. &nbsp; Vision Statement OCA believes that every child is God\u2019s unique masterpiece (Isaiah 64:8b). \u00a0We provide a safe, nurturing and caring environment grounded in God\u2019s Word for each child to thrive academically, spiritually, and socially for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":5,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4214,"href":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/4214"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/olelochristianacademy.org\/1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}