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Our Vision

Mission Statement

We exist to glorify God by proclaiming the gospel and demonstrating the kingdom of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit for the joy of all people.

Our vision is that each person develop a personal faith that is growing and serving.
Individual

PERSONAL FAITH: Responding to the Gospel

It is our desire that each person have personal faith in Jesus Christ the Lord as their savior from sin and their only hope in this life and forever.

GROWING FAITH: Applying the Gospel

It is our desire that each person have growing faith by applying the gospel to all areas of life, fully engaging in the life of the church family, conforming to the image of Christ.

SERVING FAITH: Reflecting the Gospel

It is our desire that each person have faith that results in serving other believers and those outside of the church. 

Our vision is that Calvary be a missional, multiplying, multigenerational, and multicultural church.
Community

Missional

We hope to be a church that is equipped to go together into all the nations and all sectors of society to share the gospel in a contextualized way as we seek to have a faithful presence in the culture by doing good to all.

Multiplying

We hope to be a church equipped to share the gospel, mentor young believers, cultivate mature disciples, and start new congregations all over the world.

Multigenerational

We hope to be a church that shares life as a unified family, in corporate worship and in small groups, to learn and benefit from those who are different than us.

Multicultural

We hope to be a church that reaches many different cultures.

As guiding principles, they shape and structure how we seek to accomplish our mission.
Core Values

Gospel Transformation

We focus on heart transformation by proclaiming and applying the gospel of Jesus Christ in all that we do.

Biblical Authority

We submit to God's authoritative Word and align our beliefs and practice to it.

Christ-Centered Worship

We center our corporate worship on Christ – through preaching, praying, singing, reading, and picturing (ordinances) the Word so that God is glorified and His people are edified.

Historic Convictions

We minister in accordance with historic Baptist convictions on believer's baptism, regenerate church membership, the priesthood of all believers, and congregational governance.

Loving Community

We focus on being a family that shares life together as a kingdom community reflecting the power of the gospel that unites different people in Christ.

Mercy Ministries

We seek to remember the poor, hopeless, and oppressed by aiding them through relief, rehabilitation, and development.

Missional Living

We seek to appropriately engage cultures (both here and abroad) by permeating them as equipped worshippers whose lives are defined by the mission – in all that we do.