To become a new member, please complete this form and submit it for our review. Our team will reach out to you. Or print the PDF and send it to our office.
WVCEA exists to strengthen, connect, and serve Christian schools across West Virginia while helping protect the religious liberty and educational freedom that allow our schools to fulfill their God-given mission. Through WVCEA membership, schools become part of a statewide network of Christian education leaders committed to biblical truth, Christ-centered education, and faithful service to students and families. Qualifying schools are also connected through WVCEA to the American Association of Christian Schools. The American Association of Christian Schools is an association of state and regional associations. Since West Virginia has an AACS affiliate association, school membership in AACS is handled through WVCEA.
WVCEA offers two membership pathways to serve Christian schools while maintaining clear membership distinctions. Schools that are able to affirm the AACS Statement of Faith participate as WVCEA Full Members. Cooperative Membership is available for evangelical Christian schools that affirm the WVCEA Statement of Faith but are unable to affirm the AACS Statement of Faith in its entirety because of denominational, doctrinal, or organizational distinctives.
FULL MEMBERSHIP
Full Membership includes WVCEA membership privileges and AACS membership benefits.
COOPERATIVE MEMBERSHIP
Cooperative Membership includes WVCEA membership privileges but does not include AACS benefits.
Membership Feature
WVCEA events and member support.
AACS membership benefits
Voting status
Accreditation pathways
Teacher Certification Pathways
Full
Included
Included
Voting member
AACS + NACSAA
AACS membership benefits
Cooperative
Included
Not Included
Non-voting member
NACSAA
Included
WVCEA Full Membership includes all privileges of WVCEA membership and AACS membership. Full Member schools subscribe to the AACS / WVCEA Statement of Faith and are eligible for the full benefits of WVCEA and AACS participation.
WVCEA Full Membership includes:
Review the official AACS Statement of Faith before applying for Full Membership.
Cooperative Membership provides a pathway for evangelical Christian schools that desire connection, encouragement, professional development, and participation with WVCEA. Cooperative member schools fully embrace the WVCEA Statement of Faith and share WVCEA’s commitment to biblical authority, Christ-centered education, and faithful service to students and families.
Some evangelical Christian schools may not be able to affirm the AACS Statement of Faith in its entirety because of denominational, doctrinal, or organizational distinctives. Cooperative Membership allows WVCEA to serve and strengthen these like-minded Christian schools while maintaining clear and appropriate membership distinctions.
WVCEA Cooperative Member Benefits Include:
Review the WVCEA Statement of Faith below before applying for Cooperative Membership.
Member schools of the West Virginia Christian Education Association are expected to sign the doctrinal statement that is given below:
We believe that the Bible, both the Old and New Testaments, was verbally inspired by God, and is inerrant and is our only rule in matters of faith and practice. We believe in creation, not evolution; that man was created by the direct act of God and in the image of God. We believe that Adam and Eve, in yielding to the temptation of Satan, became alien creatures. We believe that all men are born in sin. We believe in the Incarnation, the Virgin Birth, and Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ.
We believe in the vicarious and substitutional Atonement for the sins of mankind by the shedding of His blood on the cross. We believe in the resurrection of His body from the tomb, His ascension to heaven, and that He is now our Advocate. We believe that He is personally coming again. We believe in His power to save men from sin. We believe in the necessity of the New Birth, and that this New Birth is through the regeneration of the Holy Spirit. We believe that salvation is by grace through faith, plus nothing minus nothing, in the atoning of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
We believe that this statement of faith is basic for Christian fellowship and that all born-again men and women who sincerely accept it and are separated from the world of apostasy and sin, can, and should, live together in peace and that it is their Christian duty to promote harmony among the Believers.
We would be glad to help your school take the next step with WVCEA. Review the membership pathways above and complete the application for your school’s designated membership level.
For schools affirming the AACS/WVCEA Statement of Faith and seeking WVCEA and AACS benefits.
For evangelical Christian schools affirming the WVCEA Statement of Faith and seeking WVCEA connection without AACS benefits.
Contact WVCEA if your school would like help confirming its appropriate membership pathway.
The West Virginia Christian Education Association is a community of faith-based Christian schools committed to biblical truth and Christ-centered education. WVCEA member schools subscribe to an approved statement of faith and share a commitment to providing Christian education in a manner consistent with their religious mission.
WVCEA and its member schools admit students of any race, color, national origin, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.
WVCEA and its member schools do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or ethnic origin in the administration of educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, athletic programs, or other school-administered or association-administered programs.
As faith-based ministries, WVCEA and its member schools reserve the right to operate in accordance with their sincerely held religious beliefs, biblical convictions, governing documents, and stated religious mission.