History
The Academy Of Biblical Character Development (ABCD) began with a handful of families committed to the godly upbringing and teaching of their children. The school was incorporated in 1984 in accordance with Florida Statute Section 623 and operates solely in Marion County. Since its inception, ABCD has grown to an organization of more than 120 students, representing approximately 75 families from a broad spectrum of evangelical Christian churches.
ABCD is a private school operating under the authority of the State of Florida, and is comprised of families who have sensed God's leadership in the area of the education of their own children. The commitment of ABCD is to encourage, facilitate, and develop the godly character of the children that we, through God's strength and grace, are privileged to teach.
ABCD is an organization that has at its very foundation the vision of supporting godly families as they impress, instill, and develop biblical and godly character in their students. ABCD is unique in that it is established as a ministry for Christian families that are serious about honoring God in the moral and academic development of their children. Membership is a privilege and not an entitlement and great care is taken to ensure that applicants for enrollment share the same convictions and vision as ABCD. We have been and will continue to be a place where parents who protect and shield their children from the unwholesome influences of this world and who are committed to the biblical instruction of their children may freely come together without fear of moral compromise or the undermining of the biblical values which they hold so dear. Our desire as an organization is not to have the largest enrollment possible, but rather to have a school filled with students and families whose chief end in life is to bring glory and honor to Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord in every area of their lives.
 
 
 
   
 
 
Statement Of Faith
GOD EXISTS externally in three persons as Father, Son and Holy Spirit. These three are one God, and there is no other true God.
THE BIBLE is the Word of God, supernaturally inspired and preserved by God. It is equal in all parts, without error in its origin, and divinely authoritative for faith and practice for every age and every life.
GOD IS the absolute and sole Creator of the universe, and creation was by divine fiat, not through evolutionary process.
JESUS CHRIST is God the Son, and was both God and man while on the earth in the flesh. He was born of a virgin, lived a perfect, sinless life, was crucified and died as the penalty for our sins, was raised bodily from the dead on the third day, appeared to His disciples and as many as five hundred at one time, ascended to the Father's right hand, and is personally, bodily, and visibly coming again to earth.
THE HOLY SPIRIT is a person, is God, and possesses all the divine attributes. He indwells all believers at the moment of salvation, and fills them in response to confession of sin and full yieldedness to Him.
MAN IS BORN a sinner and totally depraved, void of any righteousness, without God. The whole human race has fallen into the sin of Adam, bringing personally upon each one physical, spiritual, and the possibility of eternal death.
JESUS CHRIST provides the only way to salvation through his substitutionary death and shed blood on the cross. Salvation is entirely apart from good works, the keeping of Old Testament Law, baptism, church membership, or any of man's efforts, and is of pure grace.
THE CHURCH, also named the Body or Bride of Christ, consists only of those who are born again, who are now called sons of God. Christ's imminent return for the Church will bring complete perfection, sanctification, and glory for the Church in Himself.
 
 

 
   
Board Of Directors
 
 
 
     
  Charles Chazel  
Charles is presently serving as President of ABCD. He and his wife, Mary, have four children and have homeschooled for 12 years.
Email Addresses
Charles: academybcd@embarqmail.com
   
   
 
 
     
 

 
  Dave & Beth Glenny  
Dave and Beth Glenny have served as ABCD board members for two years and have homeschooled three children fourteen years.
Email Addresses
Glenny  
   
 
 
     
 

 

  
  Beth Husted  
Beth Husted has served as an ABCD board member for one year and home-schools two children.
Email Addresses
Beth:  
   
 
 
     
 

 

  
 

Mike & Kathy Kaufman

  
Mike and Kathy have served as ABCD board members for two years, and have homeschooled a son for five years.
Email Addresses
MIke:  
Kathy:  
 
 
     
 

 

  
 

Ken & Wendy Kebrdle

 
Ken is acting Vice Chairman of the Board, and his wife, Wendy, is a high school guidance counselor. They have three children and have been homeschooling for 2 years.
Email Addresses
Keberdle:   kebrdle@cox.net