Nolan Christian Academy History from 2010 to 2022
Nolan
Christian Academy was organized in August 2010, after our pastor Ray Taylor
met another pastor at a mission revival. This other pastor told of being
abandoned as a child and placed in an orphanage, he then told of God calling
him into the ministry and starting a Christian school. He expounded how that
the Christian School has enabled his church to help others, especially
children, by teaching them Christian values, and preparing them for a Christ
filled life. Our pastor went home after this service and felt that this
meeting may have been appointed by God, and that the Nolan FWB Church,
should start a Christian School. This was in March of 2010. In Jun 2010, the
church voted unanimously in favor of this decision, and the church worked
hard. In August 2010 school began, offering classes ranging from K4 – 12th
grade. In the beginning classes were held in the Auxiliary Building of the
Nolan Freewill Baptist Church. During the school’s first 2-years, it
operated as a satellite school of the Eastern Panhandle Christian Academy, a
ministry of the Heritage FWB Church at Inwood, WV. After the second year,
NCA went independent.
In 2012, the church had a vision to build a new school building dedicated
to Christian education. Not having the funds to build the building, the
church took the little money they had and began to work by faith. Men of the
church gathered daily and worked, local contractors donated their time and
equipment. People in the community made donations, and church members gave
and sacrificed to see this projected through completion. In August 2014, God
blessed us to move into our new building fully furnished, bought and paid
for, completely debt-free. This new building was designed especially for
NCA.
NCA operated until 2022 in the new building and under the direction of the
Nolan FWB Church, during that time the school had the privilege of seeing
students graduate, go onto college, and labor for the Lord. NCA students
were trained to serve God and they are paying it forward by working in their
local churches. Former students who are singing, teaching, and preaching the
Gospel, all for the glory of God! Our members and those who supported this
school have a part in these students’ ministries!
