Our Story
Building a Strong Christian foundation for learning,
Albemarle Baptist Church School (ABCS) was a dream of our pastor, Marcus Deloach, since early in the beginning of the church. ABC was founded in August 1998 and celebrated its 28th anniversary in 2026. Pastor Deloach and our first principal, Mr. Haddock, sat down early in March 2009 and sketched out plans to launch a Christian school. Meetings were held with county planning department officials, representatives of the county health department, and various Christian educators well versed in Christian education and church schools. Support and advice was sought from several pastors and other school leaders through the Old Dominion Association of Church Schools (ODACS).
A school board was organized and in 2010 we began meeting monthly with the goal of establishing ABCS. Member support played an important role in jumping various hurdles placed on the church by different governing bodies. In our first round with the Albemarle Planning Commission our application for the school was defeated by a 4-3 vote of the commission members. At the hearing before the Board of Supervisors, 135 members and friends appeared in support of the school and 35 spoke before the Board. The application was approved on a 6-0 vote. Man cannot stand in the way of the Lord when His people are responding to His plan. In so many ways, during the struggles of the early days,
we saw God’s hand clearing the path that led to the
opening of ABCS on September 6, 2011.
Our Mission
As an educational ministry of Albemarle Baptist Church, ABCS works in cooperation with Christian families for the purpose of training for life young men and women to be academically equipped and spiritually prepared for Christian service and leadership beyond their school years. At ABCS, we teach students to think by
• comparing ideas, exploring the relationships of ideas, and applying ideas
to real life situations
• using traditional teaching methodology in presenting subject matter
• teaching problem solving, deductive reasoning, and evaluation skills
necessary for critical thinking
• helping students become careful, disciplined lifelong learners and thinkers
• providing a realistic view of history and science, based upon the foundational truths of Scripture from a Christian perspective
