Statement of Faith
Calvary Chapel has been formed as a fellowship of believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Our supreme desire is
to know Christ and be conformed to His image by the
power of the Holy Spirit. We are not a denominational church, nor are we opposed to denominations as such,
only to their over-emphasis of the doctrinal
differences that have led to the division
of the Body of Christ.
to know Christ and be conformed to His image by the
power of the Holy Spirit. We are not a denominational church, nor are we opposed to denominations as such,
only to their over-emphasis of the doctrinal
differences that have led to the division
of the Body of Christ.
We believe the only true basis of Christian fellowship is Christ's Agape love, which is greater than any
differences we possess and without which we
have no right to claim ourselves Christians.
differences we possess and without which we
have no right to claim ourselves Christians.
We believe worship of God should be spiritual. Therefore, we remain flexible and yielded to the leading of
the Holy Spirit to direct our worship.
the Holy Spirit to direct our worship.
We believe worship of God should be inspirational. Therefore, we give great place to
music in our worship.
music in our worship.
We believe worship of God should be intelligent. Therefore, our services are designed with great emphasis upon
the teaching of the Word of God that He might
instruct us how He should be worshipped.
the teaching of the Word of God that He might
instruct us how He should be worshipped.
We believe worship of God should be fruitful. Therefore, we look for His love in our lives as the supreme manifestation that we have truly been worshipping Him.
We believe in all the basic doctrines of historic Christianity.
We believe in the inerrancy of Scripture, that the Bible, Old and New Testaments are the inspired,
infallible Word of God.
infallible Word of God.
We believe that God is eternally existent in three distinct persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We believe that God is the personal, transcendent, and sovereign Creator of all things.
We believe that Jesus Christ is fully God and fully human, that He was born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, provided
for the atonement of our sins by His substitutionary
death on the cross, was bodily raised from the dead,
ascendedback to the right hand of the Father, and
ever lives to make intercession for us.
for the atonement of our sins by His substitutionary
death on the cross, was bodily raised from the dead,
ascendedback to the right hand of the Father, and
ever lives to make intercession for us.
We believe in the personal, visible, and pre-millennial second coming of Jesus Christ to the earth. He will return with His saints and set up a kingdom of which there will be no end.
We believe after Jesus ascended to Heaven, He poured out His Holy Spirit on the believers in Jerusalem, enabling
them to fulfill His command to preach the Gospel
to the entire world, an obligation shared
by all believers today.
them to fulfill His command to preach the Gospel
to the entire world, an obligation shared
by all believers today.
We believe that all people are, by nature, separated from
God and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered to all
by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. When a person
repents of sin and accepts Jesus Christ as personal
Savior and Lord, trusting Him to save, that person
is immediately born again and sealed by the
Holy Spirit, all his/her sins are forgiven, and
that person becomes a child of God,
destined to spend eternity
with the Lord.
God and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered to all
by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. When a person
repents of sin and accepts Jesus Christ as personal
Savior and Lord, trusting Him to save, that person
is immediately born again and sealed by the
Holy Spirit, all his/her sins are forgiven, and
that person becomes a child of God,
destined to spend eternity
with the Lord.
We believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in
the Scriptures, and that they are valid for today if they
are exercised within the scriptural guidelines. We as
believers are to covet the best gifts, seeking to
exercise them in love that the whole Body of
Christ might be edified. We believe that love
is more important than the most spectacular
gifts, and without this love all exercise
of spiritual gifts is worthless.
the Scriptures, and that they are valid for today if they
are exercised within the scriptural guidelines. We as
believers are to covet the best gifts, seeking to
exercise them in love that the whole Body of
Christ might be edified. We believe that love
is more important than the most spectacular
gifts, and without this love all exercise
of spiritual gifts is worthless.