A Beka Book

A Beka Book
Mission statement	Excellence in Education from a Christian Perspective.
Location	Pensacola, Florida
Owner	Pensacola Christian College
Founder	Pensacola Christian College
Website	http://www.abeka.com

A Beka Book is a publisher affiliated with Pensacola Christian College (PCC) that produces K-12 curriculum materials that are used by Christian schools and homeschooling families around the world. It is named after Rebekah Horton, wife of college president Arlin Horton. By the 1980s, A Beka Book and BJU Press (formerly Bob Jones University Press) were the two major publishers of Christian-based educational materials in America.

A Beka Book's video program (A Beka Academy) and the Traditional Parent-Directed program are accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools (MSA-CESS) and by the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools (FACCS).

A Beka Book has been criticized by organizations such as the University of California and National Center for Science Education for selling works that contradict scientific views regarding the origins of the universe, origins of life, and evolution. A Beka Book takes a traditional Biblical literalist and young Earth creationist position in its science curriculum, portraying the Genesis creation narrative as a fact.

In Association of Christian Schools International v. Roman Stearns, a judge upheld the University of California's rejection of A Beka publications for preparatory use, because the books are "inconsistent with the viewpoints and knowledge generally accepted in the scientific community."

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