SUNSHINE BIBLE ACADEMY
Sunshine Bible Academy is a non-denominational Christian school located in the heart of South Dakota on Highway 45 nestled in between Huron and Pierre or about 13 miles south of Miller, South Dakota. Sunshine Bible Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin or gender.
Mission Statement
We believe that Sunshine Bible Academy exists to assist parents with their responsibility to raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord by integrating God's truth in all areas of life.
Values
- We believe in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as verbally inspired by God (II Tim. 3:16-17 and II Peter 1:19-21), and inerrant in the original writings, and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life (Deut. 8:3 and Matt. 5:18).
- We believe in one God (Deut. 6:4), eternally existing in three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Matt. 28:18-19).
- We believe that Jesus Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit and born of the Virgin Mary (Matt. 1:16-23), and is true God and true man (John 1:14).
- We believe that man was created in the image of God (Gen. 1:26-28); that he sinned and thereby incurred, not only physical death, but also that spiritual death which is separation from God (Gen.3), and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature and, in the case of those who reach moral responsibility, become sinners in thought, word, and deed (Rom. 5:12-19).
- We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures (I Cor. 15:3-4) as a representative and substitutionary sacrifice (Rom. 5:8, 18); and all that believe in Him are justified on the ground of His shed blood. (Rom. 4:24-25).
- We believe in the resurrection of the crucified body of our Lord (I Cor. 15:3-8), in His ascension into heaven (Acts 1:9), and in His present life there for us as High Priest and Advocate (Heb. 4:14-16).
- We believe in that "blessed hope" (Titus 2:13, I Thess. 4:13-18) - the personal, premillennial and imminent return of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
- We believe that all who receive by faith the Lord Jesus Christ are born again of the Holy Spirit and thereby become children of God (Titus 3:5 and Rom. 8:14-16).
- We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the everlasting blessedness of the saved, and the everlasting, conscious suffering of the lost (Rev. 20:4-21:8).
Sunshine Bible Academy ... The Early Years
Back in the spring of 1951, in the living room of the Marshal's frame house, twenty men gathered to discuss the problem all of them shared ... their children's education. Their problem, providing a high school education was a big one. They wanted their young people to have an accredited education, but in addition, they wanted to see their children mature in Christian character and stability during the important high school years.
By the end of that day the twenty men had reached an agreement. The solution was drastic, but visionary beyond its time ... they would start their own school! A Christian Boarding School on the South Dakota Prairie! That day, Richard M. Marshall gave forty acres on Highway 45 just outside of Miller, South Dakota and Sunshine Bible Academy was birthed! Birthing is labor accompanied by pain and trials ... the beginning of Sunshine Bible Academy was no exception.
In the spring of 1956 the first four-year class of seventeen students graduated. As the school enrollment continued to grow it was necessary to expand campus facilities and those needs continue today.
Over the years numerous physical changes have been made but the "Spirit of SBA" remains the same. The corner stone dated 1951 with the mission statement "God's Truth for Today's Youth" still resonates across the South Dakota prairie today. We believe that Sunshine Bible Academy exists to assist parents with their responsibility to raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord by integrating God's truth in all areas of life.
