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"Calvary Chapel has been formed as a fellowship of
believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Our supreme desire
is to know Christ and to be conformed into His image by
the power of the Holy Spirit. We are not a denominational
church, nor are we opposed to denominations as such, only
their over-emphasis of the doctrinal differences that have
led to the division of the Body of Christ."
We believe that 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.
We believe the worship of God should be
spiritual. Therefore, we remain flexible and yielded to
the leading of the Holy Spirit to direct our worship.
We believe worship of God should be inspirational.
Therefore, we give a great place to music in our worship.
We believe worship of God should be intelligent.
Therefore, our services are designed with great emphasis
upon teaching 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 fundamental doctrines
of evangelical Christianity.
We believe in the inerrancy of Scripture,
that the Bible, Old and New Testaments are the inspired,
infallible Word of God.
We believe that God is eternally existent
in three separate persons: Father, Son and Holy Spirit..
We believe that God the Father 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 vicarious
death on the Cross, was bodily resurrected by the power
of the Holy Spirit, ascended back to the right hand of the
Father, and ever lives to make intercession for us. 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.
We believe that all people are by nature
separated from God and are 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.
We believe that church
government should be simplistic rather than complex bureaucracy,
and we depend on the Holy Spirit to lead, rather than on
fleshly promotion.
We await the pre-tribulation
rapture of the church, and We believe that
the second coming of Christ with His saints to rule on the
earth will be personal, pre-millennial, and visible. This
motivates us to holy living, heartfelt worship, committed
service, diligent study of God's Word, regular fellowship,
and participation in adult baptism by immersion and Holy
Communion.
We seek to teach the Word of God in such
a way that its message can be applied to an individual's
life, leading that person to greater maturity in Christ.
We reject: The belief that
true Christians can be demon possessed.
We reject: "5-point
Calvinism" (i.e., a fatalistic Calvinistic view that
leaves no room for free will; specifically we reject the
belief that Jesus' atonement was limited. Instead We believe
that He died for all people, and we reject the assertion
that God's wooing grace cannot be resisted or that He has
elected some people to go to hell; instead We believe that
anyone who wills to come to Christ may do so)
We reject: "Positive
confession" (the faith movement belief that God can
be commanded to heal or work miracles according to man's
will),
We reject: Human prophecy
that supersedes the Scripture.
We reject: The incorporation of humanistic
and secular psychology and philosophy into Biblical teaching.
We reject: The over-emphasis of spiritual
gifts, experiential signs and wonders to the exclusion of
Biblical teaching. In our services, we focus on a personal
relationship with God through worship, prayer, and the teaching
of the Word of God. We teach both expositorily and topically.
We do not allow speaking in tongues loudly during services,
or prophecy while a Bible study is in progress
"While Calvary Chapel Bible College holds
to these beliefs, we welcome any believer in the Lord Jesus
Christ who has a sincere desire to grow closer to Jesus. Our
desire is to share in the fellowship of Christ in a way that
brings glory to God, avoiding division, and to
share in His Agape love."
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