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'''Liberty Christian Academy''' ('''LCA''', founded as '''Lynchburg Christian Academy''') is a [[private school|private]] [[Christian school]] in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]. Founded in 1967 by [[Baptist]] preacher [[Jerry Falwell Sr.]] as a ministry of [[Thomas Road Baptist Church]] and a [[segregation academy]], the school is recognized as an educational facility by the [[Commonwealth of Virginia]] through the Virginia State Board of Education,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://77241.inspyred.com/images/2012-11-14%20State%20Recognized.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020114757/http://77241.inspyred.com/images/2012-11-14%20State%20Recognized.pdf |archivedate=2013-10-20 }}</ref> [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary?institutionId=33686|title=AdvancED - Institution Summary|website=Advanc-ed.org|accessdate=17 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327040621/http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary?institutionId=33686|archive-date=27 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Association of Christian Schools International]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acsiglobal.org/member-search |title=Member Search « ACSI |accessdate=2014-04-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327031712/http://www.acsiglobal.org/member-search |archivedate=2014-03-27 }}</ref> The academy consists of [[Pre-kindergarten|pre–K]] through grade 12.
'''Liberty Christian Academy''' ('''LCA''', founded as '''Lynchburg Christian Academy''') is a [[private school|private]] [[Christian school]] in [[Lynchburg, Virginia]]. Founded in 1967 by [[Baptist]] preacher [[Jerry Falwell Sr.]] as a ministry of [[Thomas Road Baptist Church]], the school is recognized as an educational facility by the [[Commonwealth of Virginia]] through the Virginia State Board of Education,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://77241.inspyred.com/images/2012-11-14%20State%20Recognized.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2013-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131020114757/http://77241.inspyred.com/images/2012-11-14%20State%20Recognized.pdf |archivedate=2013-10-20 }}</ref> [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary?institutionId=33686|title=AdvancED - Institution Summary|website=Advanc-ed.org|accessdate=17 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170327040621/http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary?institutionId=33686|archive-date=27 March 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the [[Association of Christian Schools International]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.acsiglobal.org/member-search |title=Member Search « ACSI |accessdate=2014-04-02 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327031712/http://www.acsiglobal.org/member-search |archivedate=2014-03-27 }}</ref> The academy consists of [[Pre-kindergarten|pre–K]] through grade 12.


==History==
==History==
During the 1950s and 1960s, Falwell spoke and campaigned against [[civil rights movement]] leader [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] and the [[desegregation]] of public school systems by the U.S. federal government.<ref name="Dowland2007">{{cite book| author=Seth Dowland| title=Defending Manhood: Gender, Social Order and the Rise of the Christian Right in the South, 1965-1995|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u3aJmNF9AKQC&pg=PA23| accessdate=6 September 2012| year=2007| isbn=978-0-549-71783-6| page=23}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news| url=https://www.thenation.com/article/agent-intolerance/|title=Agent of Intolerance {{!}} The Nation| last=Blumenthal| first=Max|journal=The Nation| access-date=2018-11-26|language=en-US|issn=0027-8378}}</ref> In 1966, he led the effort to create "a private school for white students," the ''Lynchburg News'' reported. Named Lynchburg Christian Academy, the school opened in 1967 as a [[segregation academy]].<ref name="Dowland2007" /><ref name=":0" /> Falwell developed it as a ministry of his [[Thomas Road Baptist Church]].<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.lcabulldogs.com/index.cfm?PID=19523|title=Liberty Christian Academy - About LCA - History| website=Lcabulldogs.com|accessdate=17 September 2016|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170228061727/http://www.lcabulldogs.com/index.cfm?PID=19523 |archive-date=28 February 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Unlike many other segregation academies, the school became racially integrated two years after its opening.<ref name="Dowland2007" /> The historian Seth Dowland said that school officials later sought to market the school to parents who were not solely motivated by a desire to keep their children out of racially integrated public schools.<ref name="Dowland2015">{{cite book|last1=Dowland|first1=Seth|title=Family values and the rise of the Christian right|date=20 October 2015|isbn=9780812291919|pages=27–30}}</ref>

In 1975, the [[Presidency of Gerald Ford|Ford administration]] began trying to deny segregation academies their tax-exempt status on the basis that they perpetuated segregation. In 1979, Falwell denounced this "intervention against Christian schools", which had become a policy of the Carter administration. He launched the [[Moral Majority]] political action committee to aid the [[U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops]] protest against legal abortion in the United States, according to [[Heritage Foundation]] co-founder [[Paul Weyrich]].<ref>''Republican Gomorrah: Inside The Movement That Shattered The Party''. p. 25. Nation Books, 2009.</ref>

In 2005, the Lynchburg Christian Academy was moved next to [[Liberty University]] and renamed Liberty Christian Academy.


==Athletics==
==Athletics==

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Liberty Christian Academy
Location
Map
Lynchburg
,
Virginia

United States
Coordinates37°21′38″N 79°10′22″W / 37.3605°N 79.1727°W / 37.3605; -79.1727
Information
TypePrivate
Religious affiliation(s)Thomas Road Baptist Church
Established1967
SuperintendentMark Hine
Colour(s)      Red, white, blue
FounderJerry Falwell Sr.
Websitewww.lcabulldogs.com

Liberty Christian Academy (LCA, founded as Lynchburg Christian Academy) is a private Christian school in Lynchburg, Virginia. Founded in 1967 by Baptist preacher Jerry Falwell Sr. as a ministry of Thomas Road Baptist Church, the school is recognized as an educational facility by the Commonwealth of Virginia through the Virginia State Board of Education,[1] Southern Association of Colleges and Schools,[2] and the Association of Christian Schools International.[3] The academy consists of pre–K through grade 12.

History

Athletics

The LCA football team compiled an 85–6 record, winning four state championships and eight conference championships, between 2004, when Frank Rocco become the head coach, and 2013.[4] Among the team's former members are Rashad Jennings[5] and Bobby Massie.

References

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-03-03.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "AdvancED - Institution Summary". Advanc-ed.org. Archived from the original on 27 March 2017. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Member Search « ACSI". Archived from the original on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2014-04-02.
  4. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2013-04-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Rashad Jennings". Nfl.com. Retrieved 17 September 2016.
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