Legacy Christian Academy names Rev. Jerry Gifford as new principal

BOWLING GREEN Ky.– Legacy Christian Academy of Bowling Green announced Rev. Jerry Gifford as its new principal.

A Bowling Green native, Gifford has served as pastor of five Kentucky churches, currently as Senior Pastor of LifePoint Church in Franklin. He has served as a member of multiple area boards, including Habitat for Humanity of Simpson County and Children’s First, Inc., of Frankfort, an orphanage in Haiti, and as part of the Haitian Baptist Convention, as well as several Kentucky Baptist Convention denominational roles, notably as chair of the church revitalization team.

In the Spring of 2020, Gifford led the joint effort to consolidate Anchored Christian School and Bowling Green Christian Academy into Legacy Christian Academy of Bowling Green. Legacy officially launched in the Summer of 2020 and meets on the campus of sponsoring church Glendale at Cave Mill, currently enrolling nearly 220 students from across the region.

Gifford has also served as chair of the school’s Board of Directors for the past year. Gifford will assume his role on May 10 with the transition to the new school year.