In 1959 First Baptist Church of Westwood Lake established Westwood Christian School as its Christian academic educational ministry under the direction of Pastor Marvin M. Gochenour. Our vison was then and continues to be to reach the students we minister to with the gospel of Jesus Christ, to mold them with Christian values, and to provide them with an excellent academic education.

Today, we provide our students with a beautiful 35-acre campus complete with academic buildings, athletic fields, swimming pools, and horse facilities.

The success of Westwood Christian School is attributed to faithful dependence upon God’s direction and His continued blessings, as well as strong administrative leadership, a faithful, dedicated, and qualified Christian faculty and staff, a highly developed curriculum, and the cooperation of dedicated parents who value the need for a Christian education. Together, these contribute to providing students with an ongoing environment where they can learn and grow.

As a ministry of First Baptist Church of Westwood Lake, the mission of Westwood Christian School is to lead students to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and to provide an excellent Biblical and academic education that will serve the student in subsequent educational levels. We want our students to be prepared as they serve the Lord and seek His guidance regarding further education and ministry.

We determine to teach and to promote these core values to all our students, parents, and staff by demonstrating Christ-like characteristics in everyday circumstances and by reflecting the Christ we serve in our testimony.

Compassion (Colossians 3:12)
Honesty (Proverbs 12:17)
Respect (Titus 2:2)
Integrity (Titus 2:7)
Success (1 Samuel 18:14)
Trust (Proverbs 3:5)

We believe in the verbal inspiration of the sixty-six books of the Bible, that they are without error, and that they are the sole authority in all matters of faith and practice. We further believe that the Scriptures reveal God, the fall of man, the way of salvation, and God’s plan and purpose of the ages.

We believe there is one and only one true and living God, existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three are co-eternal and co-equal from all eternity, each with distinct personalities but with one nature.

We believe in the deity and virgin birth of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Son of God, co-existent with the Father and the Holy Spirit. He came to the world, was born of a virgin, suffered, died, was buried, rose again bodily and ascended to the right hand of the Father.

We believe in the person and work of the Holy Spirit: conviction of sin, regeneration of sinners, and the indwelling of the believer.

We believe that salvation is by grace plus nothing and minus nothing. The conditions of salvation are repentance and faith. We further believe that a soul is saved when Christ is received as personal Savior and Lord, and that the Holy Spirit imparts eternal life.

We believe that the believer is eternally secure, and that it is the plan of God for each believer to walk after the Spirit and not to fulfill the lusts of the flesh.

We believe in baptism by immersion of the believer in water, symbolizing Christ’s death, burial, resurrection, and the believers’ identification with Him. We do not believe that baptism saves but it is an outward expression of an inward change. There are only two ordinances of the Church: baptism and the Lord’s Supper. The elements of the Lord’s Supper merely symbolize the body and blood of the Lord Jesus. We reject the doctrine of transubstantiation.

We believe that a New Testament Church is a local group of baptized believers, united for His purpose, knowledge, and the spread of the Word of God, including worldwide missions. We believe the local church is completely independent and is autonomous with no other person, group or body having any authority, jurisdiction or control whatsoever over it.

We believe in the visible, personal and pre-millennial return of Jesus Christ and the bodily resurrection of the righteous dead at His coming. We further believe in the everlasting blessedness of the saved and the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.