The Scriptures​​

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We believe and teach that the sole and final authority for the church is the Bible, which includes all sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments (Romans 15:4; Hebrews 1:1-2; 2 Peter 3:15-16). We believe and teach that every word of the original autographs is God-breathed. Therefore, the Scriptures are verbally inspired, inerrant, infallible, and totally sufficient and trustworthy for doctrine and instruction (Isaiah 1:10; 34:15-16; 40:6-8; 55:10-11; 2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:20-21). We believe and teach that Scriptures are sufficient, and, with the guiding efforts of the Holy Spirit, are entirely adequate for every spiritual or emotional need and are infinitely superior to all human understanding and wisdom.(Psalm 19:7-11; Psalm 119:11,105; Isaiah 55:8-9; Matthew 4:4; John 17:17; 1 Corinthians 2:6-13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:3-4)​

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The Triune God​

We believe and teach that there is one God, infinite and self-existent, who is eternal as three distinct yet inseparable persons known as the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are one in their unchangeable nature, essence, and attributes (Deuteronomy 6:4; Exodus 3:14; Isaiah 45:4-7; Matthew 28:19 Mark 12:29; John 1:1; John 4:24; John 10:30, John 14:9; 1 Corinthians 8:4-6; Hebrews 1:3-4, 8-10). We believe and teach that each of the members of the Godhead has a distinct function in the eternal purpose of the Godhead while at the same time possessing full deity. (Isaiah 48:16; John 17:1-5; Ephesians 1:3-14; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Hebrews 1:6)

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God the Father

We believe and teach that God the Father is the first person in the Trinity. He is infinite, self-existent spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power, and love. He is the creator of all things and the only absolute, omnipotent ruler in the universe. He is sovereign in creation, providence, and redemption (Genesis 1:1-31; Psalm 103:19; 145:8-9; Romans 11:36; 1 Corinthians 8:6; Ephesians 3:9). We believe and teach that God has decreed for His own glory all things that come to pass, knowing infinitely all things from beginning to end. He continually upholds, directs, and governs all creatures and events. In His sovereignty, He is neither the author nor approver of sin but perfectly judges each man according to his own work, thus making man responsible for his own sin.(1 Chronicles 29:11; Habakkuk 1:13; John 8:38-47; Acts 2:23; Romans 9:19-21; Ephesians 1:11; Colossians 1:17; James 1:13; 1 Peter 1:17)​

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God the Son

We believe and teach that Jesus Christ is the second Person of the Godhead, fully God, eternally of the same essence of Being as the Father, sharing the same attributes, and equal in divine nature. (John 1:1; 10:30; 14:9; Hebrews 1:3-4)

​We believe and teach that Jesus Christ voluntarily left His place in heaven to be born of a virgin through the miracle of divine conception by the Holy Spirit. He emptied Himself, not of His Divine essence, nor by the surrender of His full deity, but rather veiling His glory while at the same time taking on a human nature and becoming fully man. As the unique God-man, he is the perfect Revealer of God, the Savior of mankind, Mediator between God and man, and Judge of all men.(John 1:14, 18; 5:27; Philippians 2:5-8; Hebrews 2:9-18; 10:5-10; 1 Timothy 2:5; Titus 2:13)​. We believe and teach that Jesus Christ led a sinless life, tempted in all ways as we are tempted, but died a propitiatory and substitutionary death, bearing the full penalty of God’s wrath and furnishing the grounds for forgiveness of believing sinners. His death is both sufficient for all, yet efficient only for the elect. (John 10:15; Romans 3:25; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Ephesians 5:25-27;Hebrews 2:17; 7:26; 4:15; 1 Peter 3:18; Revelation 5:9)We believe and teach that Jesus Christ rose from the dead on the third day and is now seated in glory at the right hand of the Father, holding the position of Prophet, Priest and King. (John 10:27-28; Acts 10:40; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Ephesians 1:20-23; 4:15-16; Colossians 1:18; . Hebrews 8:1; 13:20; 1 Peter 1:21; 2:2; 1 John 2:1)​​. We believe and teach that Jesus Christ will one day visibly and physically return for His bride in power and authority. He will judge all men in righteousness, bringing both retribution to unrepentant sinners and reward to those who follow Him. (Matthew 24:30; John 5:27; Acts 17:30-31; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18;2 Thessalonians 1:6-10; Revelation 2:27; 20:11-15)

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God the Holy Spirit

We believe and teach that the Holy Spirit is the third Person of the Godhead, co-equal and consubstantial with the Father and the Son, possessing all the same attributes of personality and deity, including intellect, emotion, will, eternality, omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and truthfulness. (Psalm 139:7-10; Isaiah 40:13-14; Jeremiah 31:31-34; Matthew 28:19; John 16:13; Acts 5:3-4; 28:25-26; Romans 15:13; 1 Corinthians 2:10-13; 12:4-6, 11; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Ephesians 4:30; Hebrews 9:14; 10:15-17)​. We believe and teach that the Holy Spirit is the Divine Teacher who moved the apostles and prophets into all truth as they committed to writing God’s revelation, the Bible. The Holy Spirit empowers the preaching and the understanding of the Word of God. (John 16:13-15; 2 Corinthians 2; 2 Peter 1:19-21)​. We believe and teach that the Holy Spirit is the supernatural and sovereign agent in regeneration, enabling believers to exercise the gift of saving faith and to receive Jesus as both Savior and Lord, baptizing all believers into the Body of Christ. He gives spiritual gifts to Christians as He wills, indwells believers at the moment of salvation, and seals them until the day of redemption while leading, sanctifying, instructing, comforting, and empowering them for service. We believe and teach that all believers are commanded to be filled (controlled) by the Holy Spirit and that the Spirit gifts all believers for the intense purpose of glorifying Jesus Christ. (Romans 6:3-4; 8:9; 1 Corinthians 12:13; 2 Corinthians 3:6; Ephesians 1:13; Titus 3:5-6)​​

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Mankind & Sin

We believe and teach that God created man (Adam) in His image and likeness, apart from any evolutionary process. Man is a product of God’s handiwork, uniquely resembling God in certain characteristics and capacities necessary for relationships and in exercising dominion over God’s creation. As such, God values all human life, starting from conception. (Genesis 1:26-27; 2:7; 9:6; Job 31:15; Psalm 139:13-17)​. We believe and teach that God created both male and female, equally bearing the image of God yet different in functional distinctions and responsibilities, each bringing Him glory through their unique roles. God outlines these differences in the Bible; they are not based on cultural bias or man-made philosophy. (Genesis 1:27; 2:18-24; 1 Corinthians 11:1-16; Ephesians 5: 22-33; Titus 2:3-5; 1 Peter 3: 1-7)​. We believe and teach that Adam was a real man and historical figure whose one act of disobedience to the revealed Word of God resulted in the imputation of sin to the entire human race. Through Adam, the forebear and representative of all mankind, man lost his innocence, incurred the penalty of spiritual and physical death, became subject to the wrath of God, and became inherently corrupt and utterly incapable of choosing or doing that which is acceptable to God apart from divine grace. The sinful nature of man extends even to his will as a free moral agent, leaving him in bondage to sin and causing him to always choose darkness, resulting in his inability to choose Christ. With no recuperative powers to enable him to recover himself, man is hopelessly lost. (Genesis 3; 6:5; 1 Kings 8:46; Psalms 14:1-3; 51:5; 58:3; 34 Ecclesiastes 9:3; 7:29; Isaiah 1:2-6; 6:5; 64:5-7; Jeremiah 13:23; 17:9; Mark 7:14-23; John 3:19-20, 36; 5:40; 6:44, 65; 8:44; Romans 1:18-3:20; 12-19; 8:6-8; 1 Corinthians 2;14; Ephesians 2:1-3; 4:17-19; Colossians 1:21-22; 1 Timothy 2:13- 14; 1 John 1:8)

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Salvation

We believe and teach that all men are sinners by nature and by choice and are, therefore, under condemnation. However, salvation was secured through the life, death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. Salvation is by the grace of God, which is neither merited nor secured, in part or in whole, by any virtue or work of man. The sole ground of salvation is the person and work of our Lord Jesus Christ. This great truth, however, never nullifies or diminishes the sinner’s accountability, nor does it relieve believers from communicating the gospel as commanded by Christ. (Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:10-18, 23; 10:8-15; Ephesians 2:8-9)​. We believe and teach that God’s sovereign plan of salvation was divinely drafted in eternity past and was fulfilled through the finished work of Christ alone and applied by the Holy Spirit. By God’s design, grace always has, and always will, stand behind all stages of salvation. Thus, our salvation is entirely accomplished by the almighty power of the sovereign and gracious Triune God. (Romans 3:24-25; 11:6; Ephesians 1:3-14; 2:8-9; Titus 3:3-7; Hebrews 9:26; 10:10-14; Revelation 13:8)​ We believe and teach that every believer is sanctified—that is, set apart unto God—and declared to be holy and identified as a saint. Furthermore, sanctification is both initial and progressive in the life of the believer. We believe that sanctification is the mandatory evidence of a justification that is already final and complete and not in any sense a means of attaining justification. (Ephesians 2:10; James 2:14-15)​​

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The Sacraments

We believe and teach that the Lord Jesus Christ committed two ordinances to the local church: baptism and the Lord’s Supper. These two ordinances are to be observed and administered until His return (Matthew 28:19-20; I Corinthians 11:26). And, while commanded by the Lord, neither imparts salvation, which is based solely on faith in the redeeming work of Jesus Christ. (Ephesians 2:8-9)

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The Christian Life

We believe and teach that believers are called to a manner of life worthy of the gospel of Christ.

(Philippians 1:27). We believe and teach that the conduct of a true believer is marked by righteousness, good works (Ephesians 2:10) and separation unto God from the evil ways of the world (Romans 12:12), manifested by speaking the truth (James 5:12), maintaining the sanctity of the home (Ephesians 5:22-6:4), settling differences between Christians in accordance with the Word of God (1 Corinthians 6:18), not engaging in carnal strife but showing a Christ-like attitude toward all men (Romans 12:17-21), exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23), and maintaining a life of prayer (Ephesians 6:18; Philippians 4:6), including the privilege, when sick, of calling for the Elders of the church to pray and to anoint with oil in the name of the Lord (James 5:13-18).​​

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Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality

​We believe and teach that God wonderfully and immutably creates each person as male or female (Genesis 2:18-22). These two distinct, complementary genders together reflect the image and nature of God (Genesis 1:26-27). Rejection of one’s biological sex is a rejection of the image of God within that person. We believe and teach that the term “marriage” has only one meaning: the uniting of one man and one woman in a single, exclusive union, as delineated in Scripture (Genesis 2:18-25). We believe that God intends sexual intimacy to occur only between a man and a woman who are married to each other (1 Corinthians 6:18; 7:2-5; Hebrews 13:4). We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity is to take place outside of a marriage between a man and a woman. We believe and teach that any form of sexual immorality (including adultery, fornication, homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct, bestiality, incest, and use of pornography) is sinful and offensive to God (Matthew 15:18-20; 1 Corinthians 6:9- 10). We believe and teach that in order to preserve the function and integrity of Knight’s Christian Academy, it is imperative that all persons employed by Knight’s Christian Academy in any capacity or who serve as volunteers agree to and abide by this Statement on Marriage, Gender, and Sexuality (Matthew 5:16; Philippians 2:14- 16; 1 Thessalonians 5:22).​​ We believe and teach that God offers redemption and restoration to all who confess and forsake their sin, seeking His mercy and forgiveness through Jesus Christ alone (Acts 3:19-21; Romans 10:9-10; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11). We believe and teach that every person must be afforded compassion, love, kindness, respect, and dignity (Mark 12:28- 31; Luke 6:31). Hateful and harassing behavior or attitudes directed toward any individual are to be repudiated and are not in accord with Scripture nor the beliefs of Knight’s Christian Academy.

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The End Times

We believe and teach that the Lord Jesus Christ will return in glory as King of Kings and Lord of Lords (Acts 1:11). His second coming is presented in the New Testament as being near or imminent, although its timing is unknown to men. (Mark 13:33-37; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11)​ We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and lost; they that are saved unto the resurrection of life, and they that are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. (John 5:28, 29).

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Secondary Doctrines​​

Secondary doctrines are any doctrinal issues not addressed in the Knight's Christian Academy Statement of Faith. Secondary doctrines are generally not salvific in nature and not related to salvation; therefore, we are encouraged in scripture to maintain our disagreements in Christian charity and deference to one another. When secondary doctrinal issues arise, they will be referred to the family and local churches for final authority. Classroom discussion of secondary doctrine should be on an informative, nonpartisan level. Teachers will be careful not to speak to the students in a manner that would indicate a secondary doctrine is a primary doctrine. Presentation of all sides of a secondary doctrinal issue is encouraged. The teacher will encourage the students to follow up on any questions with their parents and pastor.