Abundant
Life Academy Ministries is an early intervention
program for unmotivated, gifted teens located
in Kanab, Utah. ALA believes that each teen is
“chosen for greatness” and that God
has an abundant plan for each life. The staff
of ALA is committed to the Lord and to the spiritual,
academic, and emotional development of each teen.
We know that as teens learn the discipline of
"looking unto Jesus", they will find
that plan and purpose of God...in abundance. We
purpose to help them gain ...new perspectives,
new awareness, new language, and balanced behaviors
as they transition into adult life. We also commit
to helping them to "connect the dots"...to
God's plan for their lives.
Abundant Life Academy is a powerful Christian
boarding school for the struggling and troubled
teen. Providing a new look at “truth”,
ALA is a college preparatory school, which gives
particular emphasis on the emotional and spiritual
development of each young person. On the cutting
edge of academics, leadership development, and
personal spiritual growth, ALA also offers unique
opportunities for students to look beyond and
give of themselves through a program called ALA
Mercy Ministries Outreach.
At ALA Ministries, students learn in a three Trimester
program to: “Know Yourself, Choose Yourself,
and Give Yourself”. This specialized program
is the alternative to the traditional boarding
school, the therapeutic boarding school, and the
emotional growth boarding school. It is unique
in its belief that “Jesus is the ONLY Answer”!
As a Christ-centered program, ALA allows for knowledge
and application in all the disciplines to fall
into their rightful place.
Elements of a Godly Positive
Environment
at Abundant Life Academy
Truth is embraced – Life skills developed
Structure – Discipline – Focus
Not self centered but Christ centered
Responsibility for self is taken
Simple acts of obedience
Respect of Authority and others
Godly wisdom and understanding pursued
Team Effort – Cooperation
Serve others willingly
Thankful in all things
Honest with God, self, others
ALA Ministries specializes in transitioning students
from adolescence into adulthood. At Abundant Life
there is a strong commitment to academic pursuits
and Christ-centered (non-denominational) leadership
training. We consider ALA Ministries to be a fresh
educational alternative to the therapeutic boarding
school, taking young men and women from adolescence
and training them to meet the basic responsibilities
of adulthood. We prepare our students to look
toward their future with confidence and boldness.
Abundant Life Academy offers a comprehensive independent
life skills curriculum which includes: honoring
God, understanding respect for authority, training
in accountability, making wise choices and decisions,
teambuilding, positively facing adversity, and
applying self-control and orderly personal habits.
Abundant Life Academy Ministries offers a year
round academic program enhanced with an intense
emotional growth curriculum using the principles
found in the Holy Bible. Students not only study
the principles taught by Jesus Christ, but they
also learn to apply those principles in all that
they do. Students are shown how to tap into the
power of God, and to have opportunity to find
and choose Him to be their life source and strength.
The Directors and staff of ALA are committed to
the pursuit of calling forth the destiny that
God placed in each of these young student-leaders.
OUR HISTORY
In response to the overwhelming need for a school
that will fulfill the lack of Christian leadership
rarely found in most emotional growth and traditional
boarding schools, Craig Rogers founded Abundant
Life Academy as an alternative option for teens.
Most specialty schools do not have an emphasis
on Christian training. Craig, and his staff, have
developed Abundant Life Academy to be a powerful
alternative to the “run of the mill”
emotional growth/transitional program, emphasizing
a foundation under God’s Authority, firmly
grounded in the love and transforming power of
Jesus Christ.
Craig and Wendy Rogers are committed to sowing
the fruit of their lives into troubled young people
who are in need of personal hope and change in
the areas of academics, behavioral, and spiritual
development. Opening their home in December 2000
to such students, Craig and Wendy founded Abundant
Life Academy. Since that time, the locations of
ALA have moved from Mexico, the Czech Republic,
and Nevada before settling among the red rock
cliffs of Kanab, Utah, hub to 3 National Parks.
This permanent campus of ALA is set to house 60
students, made up of a Boy’s Academy and
a Girl’s Academy. The populations of the
two Academies are kept separate except for some
Leadership and Bible classes 4 days a week, as
well as combined church services on Sunday in
the Chapel. In weekday academic classes, the genders
are separated.
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