Grace Christian Academy has received full accreditation from both the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Association of Christian Schools International for grades K-12. The Academy is the largest Southern Baptist-affiliated school in the state of Tennessee to receive dual accreditation, one of only 16 schools regionally to achieve this status and the youngest school ever to attain this achievement.

In 1994 God called Grace Baptist Church to begin a new ministry, a Christian school. Church members were called out to serve on the first school board, which was composed of some home school parents, teachers, and businessmen who had a heart for children. After almost two years of research and preparation, Grace Christian Academy opened its doors at the beginning of the 1997-98 school year. God worked through sixty families and five staff members to make GCA more than a vision. Over the years, enrollment grew rapidly to the present day level of over 750 students. In 2004, Grace Christian Academy received full accreditation in grades K-12 and is classified as a category II school. The 2004-05 school year brought the graduation of the first senior class and groundbreaking for phase one of the new high school building and athletic fields.

Grace Christian Academy is conveniently located on Oak Ridge Highway in the Karns community of west Knoxville, Tennessee.  Strong commercial and residential development has taken place in our region in recent years, resulting in an excellent quality of life. Churches, shopping malls, medical facilities and other services are all in close proximity.

All of GCA's faculty, staff, and administrators profess faith in Jesus Christ. The entire academic faculty in grades K-12 have at least a bachelor's degree and an average of 7 years of educational experience. Several of the faculty and administration have advanced degrees.
 

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative, inerrant Word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Peter 1:21)

• We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Genesis 1:1, Matthew 28:19, John 10:30)

• We believe 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, Hebrews 7:26), His miracles (John 2:11), His vicarious and atoning death (1 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 God (Mark 16:19), His personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11, Revelation 19:11)

• We believe in the absolute necessity of regeneration by the Holy Spirit for salvation because of the exceeding sinfulness of human nature; and that we are justified on the single ground of faith in the shed blood of Christ and that only by God’s grace and through faith alone we are saved. (John 3:16-19, John 5:24, Romans 3:23, Romans 5:8-9, Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5)

• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved to the resurrection of life, and the lost to the resurrection of condemnation. (John 5:28-29)

• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 12:12-13, Galatians 3:26-28)

• We believe 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, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 4:30, Ephesians 5:18)

Grace Christian Academy, as a ministry of Grace Baptist Church, believes and teaches the essential doctrines of the Christian faith. GCA adheres, without apology, to the Mission Statement of Grace Baptist Church, which is: Grace Baptist Church exists to reach East Tennessee, America, and the world for Jesus Christ.