Our Mission

These principles provide direction and thrust to CCA and its activities.

Our Mission

The mission of Christian Communicators of America is to assist parents who are home educating their children with the development of communication and critical thinking skills, equipping these children to be faithful servants of the Lord Jesus Christ by preparing them to give a defense of their faith to everyone who asks for a reason for the hope that is within them, and to do so with grace, seasoned with salt.

Vision

To accomplish this mission, CCA will provide opportunities for home-educated children to participate in competitive speech and debate tournaments where an emphasis will be placed on excellence in speech, critical thinking from a Biblical worldview, and Christ-like character development. Students will be encouraged to recognize and develop their God-given gifts, to work as unto the Lord, to acknowledge God's sovereignty in all events, and to give God the glory in all that is done.

View our full mission and vision statement here.

Statement of Faith

  • We believe the Bible, both Old and New Testaments, to be the inspired, inerrant and infallible Word of God, and the final authority for faith and life (2 Timothy 3:16).
  • We believe that there is one God, eternally existent, in one essence, yet three coequal persons, the Trinity: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Ephesians 4:4-6, Matthew 28:19, John 14:9-11, John 15:26).
  • We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life, and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment (John 5:28-29, John 5:24).
  • We believe that all men are sinful by nature, and that salvation is the gift of God given to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ (Romans 3:22-24).
  • We believe that we should live in such a manner as to not bring reproach upon our Savior and Lord (Matthew 5:16, Philippians 1:27).
  • We believe it is our obligation as believers to witness by life and word to the truths of the Gospel and proclaim these truths to all mankind (Matthew 28:19-20).
  • We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ (Matthew 16:16, Mark 8:27-29, Luke 9:18-20), His virgin birth (Luke 1:29-35), His sinless life (1 John 3:5), His miracles (Acts 2:22, John 3:2), His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood (Romans 3:25, 1 Timothy 2:5-6, 1 Peter 1:18-19), His bodily resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:3-5), His ascension (Luke 24:50-53, Acts 1:9-11), and His personal return in power and glory (Acts 1:11, John 14:2-3).

Values Hierarchy

The following values hierarchy, in order of importance, is used to evaluate all decisions.

  • Does this decision enhance participant’s opportunities to glorify God?
  • Does this decision support the role of the family?
  • Does this decision foster the educational nature of the debate program?
  • Does this decision facilitate fellowship among students and families?
  • Does this decision foster healthy competition that enhances numbers 1-4?