Jefferson Christian Academy

in the spring of 1970, several interested individuals-all members of the church of christ-began formulating plans to fund and develop a great school to provide quality education in a christian environment for the young people of the birmingham area. in the fall of 1971, operation of jefferson christian academy began with thirty students in kindergarten through the fourth grade, meeting in the old building of the homewood church of christ. enrollment grew to sixty students the following year, necessitating a move to larger facilities, which were provided by what was then the woodlawn church of christ (now roebuck parkway church of christ). the academy continued to expand there until it moved to the campus of the former birmingham university school in 1975. in february of 1985, jca moved to its present facilities on a 15-acre campus on the eastern edge of irondale. jefferson christian academy is founded on the belief that a true education is an enterprise in which the whole person, body,