Testimonials

Over the course of its 33 years of existence, Temple has had ample opportunity to celebrate the fruits of its ministry in the successes of our students in the areas of academics, fine arts, athletics and lives committed to service in the ministry of Jesus Christ.  To date, a total of 365 students have graduated from TBA.  Numerous graduates have gone on to pursue undergraduate degrees at such Christian colleges as Baptist Bible College, Biola University, Colorado Christian University, West Coast Baptist College, Wayland Baptist College, Tennessee Temple University, Pensacola Christian College, Word of Life Bible Institute, Moody Bible Institute and Liberty University, to name a few.  Other graduates have gone on to attend secular colleges and universities including the University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Tech, New Mexico Highlands University, University of Phoenix, Central New Mexico College, along with numerous other colleges and universities throughout the United States.   

Dan Robinson, (’08), received an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point.   Lisa Herrera, (’06), received a full scholarship to the University of New Mexico where she is now completing her degree requirements leading to her admission to the UNM School of Medicine. Joe Adams (TBA ‘06) received his BA from BBC and is now the Youth Pastor at Mountain Springs Fellowship Baptist Church in Albuquerque. Will Hamlett (‘05) graduated with his BA from BBC.  He and his wife Amy are now the Youth Leaders at TBC and are on staff at TBA. Justin Dabney (‘04) has also completed his undergraduate studies at BBC in Springfield, Missouri.  Kevin McGinn (TBA ‘06) served as a Pastoral Intern at Temple Baptist Church in Massachusetts, while completing his undergraduate studies at Liberty University.  He was ordained in May, 2010 and is working on his Master’s Degree at LU.   

These are just a few of the most recent TBA graduates who have gone on to distinguish themselves in a variety of fields of service.  Other graduates include pastors, missionaries, lawyers, nurses, doctors, mechanics, tradesmen, wives and husbands.  TBA has had the privilege of serving three generations of children from at least three families who began their family involvement as either teachers or students at TBA. 

TBA began its chapter of the National Honor Society in 2001.  A total of fifty-four high school students have been inducted into the NHS since its inception at TBA.  TBA has been an active participant in a variety of state-wide and ACSI regional academic activities including Spelling Bee, Poetry contests, Geography Bee, Science Fairs and Musicale.  Sarah Yackey (’11) represented TBA and the ACSI Southwest Region at the National Spelling Bee competition in Washington D.C. in 2007.  Sarah has also been a participant in the ACSI National Speech Meet.  In the last 6 years alone, 97 works of poetry written by TBA students have been accepted for publication in interstate poetry book contests.  TBA has received 31 awards for participation in the English Expo competition.  TBA has also enjoyed success in the area of fine arts and choir, culminating in the Resonate choir participation in a Christian musical program at Carnegie Hall in New York City in the Spring of 2007. 

The following represent unsolicited testimonials from parents of students who are or who have attended TBA in recent years: 

“I wanted to formally thank Temple Baptist Academy for the years of service to our children.  Yesterday our son . . . had to be enrolled in public school . . .  When I went to check on his testing, the counselor informed me he had missed two out of 190 questions.  She was so surprised that she had to check her key and run the numbers again.  She thought she had graded it wrong and thus graded it a second time.  We have always encouraged . . . to excel academically, and Temple Baptist Academy has done so as well.  Thank you for a solid education.” “I have to drop you a note letting you know how much I have enjoyed J . . .'s experience this year.  Ms. . . . really took good care of him and he learned so much!  I’ve seen tremendous growth in him and I am so proud of him. Coach . . . has also been a key factor in J . . .’s progress.  I cannot tell you how much Coach . . . means to me at this point for his role in J . . .’s growth. You have been so patient with my son.  I have never seen you have a bad day, or treat anyone with anything but respect and kindness.  Temple is lucky to have you there! I just wanted you to know in writing how I feel about the three of you in regard to J . . .  It’s so hard being a single mom.  J . . .’s a good Christian boy with a good heart.  I know he loves all three of you. Thank you!”