Dade Christian School

Dade Christian School is a private Christian school serving (2k-12th Grade) located in Miami, Florida. It is a ministry of New Testament Baptist Church. DCS has a 2018-2019 enrollment of 152.[1] It was founded as a segregation academy in response to the court ordered desegregation of Miami-Dade public schools.[2]

Dade Christian School
Address
6601 NW 167 St.

Miami
,
Florida

United States
Coordinates25.9263°N 80.3065°W / 25.9263; -80.3065
Information
TypePrivate Christian
MottoWhere Christ Makes a Difference
Established1961
HeadmasterPaul Humphreys
Grades2k–12th Grade
Enrollment152
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Red and white
AthleticsBaseball, football, basketball, volleyball, Miami Prep Basketball Academy
MascotCrusader
AccreditationFlorida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (FACCS), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA)
Websitewww.dadechristian.org

History
Al Janney, founder of New Testament Baptist Church and Dade Christian

Founding

New Testament Baptist Church was founded in 1954, and Dade Christian School in 1961 by Pastor Al Janney.[3] Al Janney founded Dade Christian School in reaction to court decisions removing mandatory prayer from public schools and as a segregation academy.[4] Al Janney pastored New Testament Baptist Church until 1976. He also founded the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools, the American Association of Christian Schools, and the Baptist University of America. The next pastor E.G. Robertson pastored until 1986 and oversaw Dade Christian when it was named a Blue Ribbon School in 1984.[3]

Segregation ruling

In 1973 a lawsuit was brought against Dade Christian School by an African-American couple named in the court documents as Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Brown, Jr. At the time, Dade Christian was an all-white school. The Browns sought injunctive and monetary relief against the school for not allowing their two daughters to attend. The couple had been handed a card that said the policy of the school was "one of nonintegration" and had been asked to leave. The school claimed in their defense that it was against their religious belief to have a desegregated school because of their belief objecting to interracial marriages. The school lost, leaving Brown's attorney to comment that the last quasi-legal segregation had been eliminated. Surprisingly, the Browns still wanted their children to attend the school. When Dade Christian School appealed the ruling in Brown v. Dade Christian School, Inc. (581 F.2d 472) in 1977, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled in favor of the plaintiff in what was considered an open question left by the Supreme Court at the time. The court failed to produce a majority opinion, though, deciding to limit themselves to the specifics of the case. They concluded that even if it was a part of the school's religious beliefs, it was a minor one and thus outweighed by anti-discrimination rules. This brought up questions regarding the free exercise of religion if courts can determine what a religion holds.[4][5][6]

New Testmant Baptist Church

New Testament Baptist Church is currently a Southern Baptist Church church with two private school ministries: Dade Christian School and The Master's Academy. The President and Senior Pastor is Pastor Reyner Cruz Associate Pastors are as follows: Adam Martinez (Executive/Worship NTBC), Pastor Paul Humphreys (Headmaster DCS) Pastor Pablo Miret (Spanish Service NTBC), Pastor Ralph Rodriguez (Evangelism) Pastor Samuel Villar (Student Ministry NTBC), Pastor Alexis Valdes (Bible Teacher DCS) Pastor Carmine Tufano (Campus Pastor TMA), Pastor Anthony Distefano (Associate TMA), Pastor Ron Maselko (Associate TMA), Pastor Richard Rodriguez (Finance) and Pastor Joel Millian (Men's Ministry) [7]

Athletics

Fellowship of Christian Cheerleaders national competition

At the 2006 Fellowship of Christian Cheerleaders National Competition in Orlando, the junior high team won first place with a rendition of Grease. The elementary stunt group also finished first.[8]

Notable alumni

References
  1. http://www.faccs.org/pages/page.asp?page_id=428762
  2. https://www.leagle.com/decision/1977866556f2d3101823
  3. "Pastor's Letter". The Gathering Place. 27 July 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-12-19. Retrieved 2010-07-11.
  4. "Racial Exclusion by Religious Schools: Brown v. Dade Christian Schools, Inc". Harvard Law Review. 91 (4): 879–886. February 1978. doi:10.2307/1340360. JSTOR 1340360.
  5. "Private Religious Schools / Segregation / Court, Ruling | Vanderbilt Television News Archive". tvnews.vanderbilt.edu. Retrieved 2020-03-20.
  6. "EDUCATIONAL POLICY AND THE LAW" (PDF). Washington University in St. Louis School of Law. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 May 2018.
  7. ntbcfl.org
  8. Dade Christian School Newsroom at the Wayback Machine (archive index)
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