For families investigating Christian education, it's natural to have many questions about the spiritual aspect of LPA's program.. Here are a few that are frequently asked.
No, LPA is NOT part of a church, which is surprising for a Christian school in SC.
- Lake Pointe is an independent, educational ministry -- an SC non-profit corporation with federal 501(c)3 tax status.
- Its founders came from Lake Wylie's New River Community Church, which supported LPA generously in the early years.
- Lake Pointe owns the academy's campus and makes space available for independent churches to use the campus for weekend worship services. “The Bridge” Church currently meets on weekends at LPA, the third congregation to do so in Lake Pointe's history.
- LPA is an inter-denominational ministry. Please see our statement of faith. (updated Dec. 2014)
The parents have the primary role in spiritual matters. The goal is for parents to disciple their children, using academics and the family time provided, and for LPA to support, encourage, and facilitate the parent's primary role.
• Lake Pointe's program is for parents committed and surrendered to Jesus as their Lord and Savior
• It’s for those wanting an education program to let them engage their children in biblical truth and teachings of Jesus.
• It’s a program that supports the parents’ biblical teaching and training efforts while the student is on campus and in activities.
- This question often implies questions such as "how committed is LPA to requiring Christian families -- do you just say it or do you mean it?"
However, it can often mean, "Our lifestyle isn't really centered around following Jesus as the our King, and we're not really teaching our kids to follow Him; Can we still come?"
- Lake Pointe's program is for parents who are born-again followers of Jesus Christ. (See the discipleship goals; a parent cannot disciple if he or she is not a disciple himself or herself).
- It can’t work with the parents who want only “Christian principles” or for those who will “put up with a little Christianity” for the sake of a good education. Other schools pursue this type of evangelistic model. Lake Pointe exists to reinforce the teaching and modeling of born-again believing parents, in partnership with the Holy Spirit.
Sadly, it happens, and this situation of parents being "unequally yoked" can be difficult in matters of education. In families in which only one parent is a born-again follower of Jesus, LPA can partner with that parent, as long as the other parent is willing to support those efforts and to agrees not to work against them.
Humans are sin-infected beings, and students, parents, and teachers are humans. There is sin at Lake Pointe.
Yes, the program has policies and rules, but "law" serves to reveal sin, and not to prevent it.
Acknowledging that there is and will always be sin in earthly people, LPA will seek to call it what it is, and what God calls it -- "sin," and we will seek to engage it, as in 2 Timothy 3:16-18 (biblically teach, rebuke, correct, and train).
Our culture is not a religious military-style school. Those looking for such will be disappointed. Likewise, others will be frustrated if they tolerate their child's sin at LPA and if they seek to protect their child from correction.