{"id":16,"date":"2010-02-18T00:00:43","date_gmt":"2010-02-18T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/history\/"},"modified":"2025-09-02T15:31:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T15:31:12","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular section_has_divider et_pb_bottom_divider et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_animated  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><h1 style=\"text-align: center\">History<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Serving Middle Tennessee Since 1993<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_bottom_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_section et_pb_section_1 et_pb_with_background  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_section_regular section_has_divider et_pb_bottom_divider et_pb_top_divider et_block_section\" >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_top_inside_divider et-no-transition\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_text et_pb_text_1  et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>Bill Rice Christian Academy's history as a Murfreesboro Christian school is quite unique. BRCA was established in 1993 as a ministry of the <a href=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/\">Bill Rice Ranch<\/a>, a revival ministry that was founded in 1953. The Ranch began as a summer camping ministry to reach the Deaf, and has grown now to reach thousands of hearing and deaf young people from around the world every summer. BRCA began in a renovated staff house with just a handful of students, both from our staff and from Murfreesboro. For the first thirteen years, our enrollment stayed in the mid-twenties. God has grown our Christian school over the last several years to an enrollment of over one hundred forty, and that allowed us to add new buildings in 2017, 2021, and 2025! We are thankful for our history and look forward to what God will do in the future.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_2 et_pb_row_fullwidth  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_0 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/11\/Red-1.2.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Red 1.2\" 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100vw\" class=\"wp-image-212265\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_1_3 et_pb_column et_pb_column_4  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_with_border et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_image et_pb_image_2 et_animated et-waypoint\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap has-box-shadow-overlay\"><div class=\"box-shadow-overlay\"><\/div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" src=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/IMG_5576-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"IMG_5576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/IMG_5576-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/IMG_5576-1280x720.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/IMG_5576-980x551.jpg 980w, https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/10\/IMG_5576-480x270.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) and (max-width: 1280px) 1280px, (min-width: 1281px) 2560px, 100vw\" class=\"wp-image-212267\" \/><\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_row et_pb_row_3  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_block_row\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column et_pb_column_5  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et-last-child et_block_column\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_module et_d4_element et_pb_slider et_pb_slider_0 et_pb_slider_fullwidth_off et_pb_slider_no_pagination\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slides\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_0  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_media_alignment_center et-pb-active-slide\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_0\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slider_container_inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_slide_content\">\"There is a strong emphasis on building good and godly character\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"pro-client-name\">Parent - Murfreesboro, TN<\/strong><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"et_d4_element et_pb_slide et_pb_slide_1  et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode et_pb_bg_layout_dark et_pb_media_alignment_center\" data-slide-id=\"et_pb_slide_1\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"et_pb_container clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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href=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/character-development\/\">Character Developement<\/a><\/strong> | <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/top-5\/\">Top 5 Reasons<\/a><\/strong><span> | <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/sat-scores\/\"><strong>Standardized Testing<\/strong><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/br-tn.client.renweb.com\/oa\/?memberid=2003\"><strong>Apply Online<\/strong> <\/a>| <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/admissions-steps\/\">Admissions<\/a><\/strong> <span>| <\/span><strong><strong><a title=\"Faculty\" href=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/faculty\/\">Faculty<\/a><\/strong><span>| <\/span><br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/k4\/\">K4 <\/a><\/strong><span> | <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/tuition-fees\/\">Tuition &amp; Fees\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><span> | <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/curriculm\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1028,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":29,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"campaignId":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":213687,"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16\/revisions\/213687"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/billriceranch.org\/brcamustangs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}