Milford Christian Academy was established in 1973. The founding pastor of First Baptist Church of Milford, Dr. Charles Keen, was burdened to begin a Christian school.

The school started in the church basement on Center Street with grades one through eight and sixty-three students. In 1976, the Lord made land and a building available on Woodville Pike where the student body of MCA increased to include all twelve grades. The first graduating class celebrated their commencement in June of 1977. Since then, many graduates have faithfully served the Lord in ministry positions as well as a variety of other careers.

We have seen God bless MCA over these many years. The school exists to encourage and assist families committed to fulfilling the Biblical mandate of rearing their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

The major responsibility of educating children in Christ-like behavior is that of the parents. No school can ever replace a God-fearing, Christ-honoring home. The school’s job is to supplement the home training of the child. MCA will not condone behavior that is socially, morally, or academically unacceptable. We expect parents to support our actions. Upon first establishing and reinforcing the parents’ priority of training children in spiritual values, MCA will then focus great energy on academic excellence.

As a ministry of First Baptist Church, we believe and teach the doctrines of the Christian faith as embraced by the historical, Biblical Baptist position. We believe in the divine inspiration of the Scriptures; the triune God; the fallen nature of man and his just condemnation; salvation by grace through faith, the free gift of God; the necessity of repentance and faith brought by the Holy Spirit; the glorious display of God’s purpose and grace; the progressive work of sanctification; the keeping power of God; the harmony of the law and the Gospel; the prominence of immersion and the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper; the devout observance of the first day of the week; the honoring of civil government; the resurrection of the righteous to eternal life and the wicked to eternal damnation; and the eminent, personal, pre-tribulation, premillennial return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We believe in the verbal, plenary inspiration of the Bible. Only the King James Version is used in the pulpit and for classroom instruction.