Our Vision & Mission
"We want Calvary Baptist Church to show our city and local communities that we love them and through our love they see that Jesus loves them too!"
Jesus is our Savior, Master, and Good Shepherd. It is for His Glory that we exist and it is for His glory that the Church Exists. We desire to make HIS name famous and to proclaim the glorious gospel that reveals
the truth of who He is.
Because God’s Word is the ultimate authority and completely sufficient for all matters of faith and practice, Scripture (and Scripture alone) is to dictate how we live our lives and guide the ministry of Christ's Bride(2 Pet.1:3; 2 Tim. 3:16-17).
In our current postmodern culture that exists without absolutes, the church, and its leaders, must have the bedrock of Scripture as their one and only measuring device for all things.
The church is not a building you go to, it is a family that you belong to. This is why God's Word says that we are co-heirs with Christ. (Rom. 8:17) Adopted sons & daughters of the Living God & therefore, brothers & sisters in the faith. (John 1:12; Heb. 10:19) For us to be the church that God truly desired for us to be we must realize we are family committed to each other through good and bad and not consumers looking for a “spiritual product.”
As a family we serve one another as Christ has served us. Many people are looking for a church that will be able to meet their needs. We desire to be a church that helps people ask, “How can I serve the body of Christ with the gifts I have been given?” We believe each person has been given special gifts and that those gifts are intended for the building up of God’s church (1 Cor. 12).
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Make – God saves people, but He often uses His people to do so. So we share the Gospel and our lives with those around us. We do life together with authenticity and Gospel intentionality.
Mature – Sharing the Gospel with one another doesn’t end at salvation. Jesus & The Apostles preached the Gospel to the church over and over and over again as they discipled believers. Discipleship is vital to church growth and the responsibility of every believer.
Multiply – In the Great Commission (Matt. 28:18-20) given to us by our Savior, we are commanded to Go to the ends of the Earth. We are to Make Disciples, Baptize them, & Teach them all that Christ has commanded of His people.
As people become more like Christ, they start to make disciples and mature them. That’s how the church grows. As leaders develop and God calls them we send them out – whether it’s a missionary, or a church planter, or even a college student heading off to school.