Empowering Young Minds with the Help of Divine Guidance at Reach Academy Christian School

At Reach Academy Christian School, we strive to empower and educate young minds to become future leaders regardless of their background. Our approach is guided by God-honoring ways to ensure our students receive the best education possible.

Vision

Improve the lives of every child in our community and beyond so that they become God-honoring, successful, leaders in society regardless of their family’s socioeconomic status.

Mission

Reach Academy develops high-quality and exciting programs that will teach children and youth how to love God and love others.

Reach Academy Values

History

Reach Academy Christian School had its beginning as a children’s outreach ministry of Northeast Bible Church (NEBC) in Plano, Texas. In May of 2017, NEBC hosted its first Reach Academy Summer Camp targeted at young children ages five to 18. The camp then and now focused on providing children with a vacation resort atmosphere layered with spiritual growth and development instructions, fun activities, and a Biblical Education. After starting the School and Afterschool Programs, Reach Academy now offers programs 12 months out of the year, Monday – Friday from 7:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Over 300 children and youth have benefited from these programs over the years, which have been staffed by volunteers and employees whose skills range from administration to teaching. The program was initially funded by the church and has been a very huge success.

Pastor Bob Rice

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Pastor Bob and Sonya Rice

Pastor Bob Rice is first and foremost a servant of the true and living God, the happy husband of Sonya Rice, his wife of over 35 years, a proud father to his daughter Rayanna and proud grandfather to his three grandchildren.

Pastor Rice is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended Cleveland Central Catholic High School and graduated from Youngstown State University in 1987 with a B.S. in Psychology.

Pastor Rice came to Christ at age 18 and accepted his call to preach the gospel at the age of 21. He served as an associate minister at Rising Star Baptist Church in Youngstown, Ohio, from 1984 to 1990. He was in high demand as a vocalist, revivalist, and teacher during this time. He co-founded Open Door Ministries, a program receiving a federal grant to work with gang members on parole in the inner city. As participants in this program, these young men were mentored and shown alternatives to gang life.

From 1987 to 1989, he served as interim Pastor of the Faith Community Baptist Church in Euclid, Ohio. Pastor Rice was offered the permanent assignment as Senior Pastor but turned it down to attend Dallas Theological Seminary.

In 1990, the Rice family left Ohio to attend Dallas Theological Seminary, where he earned a Master’s Degree in Christian Education. He united with North Dallas Community Bible Fellowship in January 1991. There, he served as Pastor Smith’s loyal servant in various capacities, including Sunday School teacher, AWANA game leader, Wednesday night Bible study teacher, Choir member, Pastor of Fellowship, Pastor of Assimilation, Pastor of Christian Education, Executive Pastor, and Elder. He started the Care Cluster ministry and was influential in selecting and training the first group of deacons ordained at NDCBF. Other ministries founded under his leadership include, Life Groups, Inquiry Counseling, Security ministry, and Greeters.

In 2003, the Elders of North Dallas decided to plant a church and selected Bob to be the lead Pastor. On April 3, 2005, the Northeast Bible Church was born. Over the past 17 years, thousands of people have been reached and transformed by the Word of God and the blood of Jesus working through Pastor Rice and the members of the Northeast Bible Church.

Pastor Rice has a unique ability to make the Bible come to life and to make the complex theological concepts of scriptures clear, easy to understand, and applicable to life today.