The Church’s Character
We believe the church is visible and invisible, gathered and scattered. The church is not a place… it’s a people. Whenever and wherever the people of God gather to worship, serve, or fellowship, church is taking place. The church is universal in the sense that it is comprised of all believers in Jesus Christ throughout the world. The Church is also local as observed in the gathering together of believers within their perspective communities (Hebrews 10:25). Read more…
Statement of Faith
We believe the Bible to be the inspired, infallible, authoritative and inerrant Word of God (2 Timothy 3:15, 2 Peter 1:21). Read more…
Salvation
To enter God’s kingdom, you must be born again. Just look to Jesus Christ, who died for your sins on the cross, and believe in Him and His love for you, and that transformation will take place. Thus the question, “Have you been born again by the Spirit of God?” If not, the process is very simple. Read more…
Communion
Communion, often called “The Lord’s Supper,” is a memorial in which Christians identify with the crucifixion of Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 10:16, 11:20). It’s a time for believers to remember the Lord’s broken body and His shed blood for all people (Luke 22:19-20). Read more..
Giving Tithe
We believe that tithes and offering are both Old and New testament principles (Malachi 3:10, Matthew 23:23). This is not a matter of God needing our money or anything from us, but He desires our worship. Giving to God is an act of faith and worship between the believer and the Lord. Read more…
Baby Dedications
Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 19:14). Read more…
Worship
The area of praise and worship can be a sensitive issue among churches. At Calvary we believe that everything should be done “decently and in order” as the apostle Paul stated in 1 Corinthians 14. In that passage the context is dealing directly with the gifts of tongues and prophecy. The command is that there should be an order to the exercising of spiritual gifts to avoid confusion. Read more…
The Bible
We believe that God speaks, through general and special revelation. In times past He spoke to mankind through the prophets but has now spoken through Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:1-2). Jesus is God’s living Word (John 1:1), and the Bible is God’s written Word which is the highest authority. The Bible is inspired (1 Corinthians 2:13, Ephesians 3:5) and preserved by God and provides us all we need to live a life pleasing to Him (2 Timothy 3:16, Proverbs 30:6, John 17:17, Psalm 19:7, Isaiah 55:11) Read more…
Water Baptism
Water Baptism is an outward expression of an inward change. The symbolism mentioned in Romans 6, is that of being buried with Christ as we go under the water. We identify with His death. Then, as we come out of the water, we identify with His resurrection. If we died with Christ, we know that we will live with Christ and therefore, we make the choice to live for Christ. Many, after going through baptism’s waters enter into a closer, more intimate relationship with Jesus. Read more…