Bethany Christian Academy (BCA) is a New Jersey State licensed childcare center which operates
in the Bethany Community Center, a ministry of Bethany Church.
BCA is a place where faith and intellect grow as one.

Our Mission

To educate students in the light of God’s Word to equip them for a lifetime of learning, leadership, service, and worship.

Our Vision

To be a Christian school of influence characterized by academic excellence while building a loving community.

We’ve made it our responsibility not just to provide an education but to provide an excellent education for the students of BCA. As we influence the next generation, we equip young people to have an impact on their community and culture both academically and spiritually.

Our History

Pastor Don James (Bethany Church’s former Senior Pastor and current Assemblies of God New Jersey state Superintendent) had a God-sized dream to open a preschool. His desire was to offer an option of Christian education with principles and values to help create a foundation for the future generation while providing a nourishing and safe environment.  The preschool would meet the need of the parents in the community and possibly become a gateway to church. Bethany Church began to expand into multiple locations in 2010.  God blessed the first campus in Washington Township so much that it ran out of room to meet. God enabled Bethany Church to purchase the community center in 2017 to meet the need for additional space. Built into the community center was an area set apart for a preschool.  To our knowledge, Washington Township has no licensed childcare centers and we pursued the opportunity. Realizing it takes a village to raise a child, with Pastor John James (Senior Pastor) and the board’s initiative, the BCA was formed.  With this vision and mission in mind, the process of licensing and certifying the preschool (with the New Jersey state office of licensing) began and the doors are expected to
open to the public in the fall of 2023.

Our Curriculum

We believe that all children deserve a nurturing, engaging, and high-quality learning environment designed to support their unique needs throughout the critical, formative years.

Teaching Strategies: The Creative Curriculum is the curriculum used here at the BCA. With the help of early childhood experienced and certified educators, we plan to build a foundation and foster an environment of development for success for each child by connecting teachers, children, and their families with our valued based practical teaching, encouraging experience-based learning combined with informative data and collaborative partnerships.