For several years, the members and leaders of Lucas Christian Church (now Faith Fellowship Church - FFC) shared a dream and desire for a Christian school.  They envisioned a school where students are taught and discipled in a caring, Christian environment with a full offering of classes from kindergarten through twelfth grade.  In 1998, a team was formed to begin researching what it would take to start a school.  During this planning phase, a small group of teachers and students were drawn together and started "Classes at Lucas" in August, 1999. These classes were formed from their ongoing research and served as a foundation for Lucas Christian Academy (LCA).  The students in these classes flourished and grew!  The FCC congregation was able to witness the possibilities that a Christian school could have.  This was the confirmation they were seeking.

During the following months, the church was led along paths that continued to point toward establishing LCA.  Through prayers and research they found an educational model called University-Model Schooling (UMS) in use at Grace Preparatory Academy (GPA), in Arlington, TX.  With the tools and training provided by GPA, along with God's direction and blessings, LCA opened its doors in the fall of 2000 with fifty-seven students in 7th-11th grades.  In its second year of operation, LCA expanded to kindergarten and 6th-12th grades with one hundred and six students. At this time, LCA needed larger facilities so FFC provided a six thousand square foot educational building on its premises and purchased twenty-two acres for future church and school expansion. By year three, there were one hundred and thirty-six students at LCA. The fourth year (2003-2004) saw 1st-5th grades added, which completed the vision for a complete K-12th grade school. Enrollment swelled to two hundred and forty-six students. This increased student population led to the purchase of two additional classroom buildings and an office building to house administrative staff.

In addition to adding five elementary grades, the 2003-2004 school year saw LCA certified by the National Association of University Model Schools (NAUMS).  Representatives of NAUMS visited the LCA campus in January 2004 and were so impressed that LCA was certified in record time.  Since the certification, LCA has become a flagship school for NAUMS and regularly provides speakers for their yearly leadership and teacher conferences.    

The 2005-2006 school year saw a major change for LCA; i.e., the introduction of Tuesday/Thursday classes.  After prayer and much discussion, the LCA Advisory Board and administration decided to move kindergarten and some upper level secondary classes to Tuesday/Thursday.  The catalyst for this change was two-pronged.  First, space challenges required that LCA expand its course offerings to Tuesday/Thursday.  Second, LCA saw the need to prepare its upper secondary students for the challenge of college and university classes that meet twice a week. 

In our seventh year of operation (2006-2007) we hired an Elementary Director and added additional staff to our academic team.  By far the most significant change for LCA was becoming autonomous from FCC.  With this autonomy came prayerful discussions to seek God's plan for the future.  In the 2007-2008 school year, LCA changed to block scheduling for 4th-6th grades and added elementary classes on Tuesday/Thursday.

Currently, we are not only looking for the land the Lord has for us, but we continue to grow and fine tune.