What we believe
- 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 BELIEVE the Bible to be the only inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God
- WE BELIEVE there is one God, eternally existent in perfect unity as three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- WE BELIEVE in the deity of Jesus Christ; in His Virgin Birth; in His sinless human life; in His divine miracles; in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood; in His bodily resurrection; in His ascension to the right hand of the Father; and in His personal return in power and glory.
- WE BELIEVE the Holy Spirit was sent by the Father and the Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment. We believe the Holy Spirit regenerates and indwells and seals every believer in the Lord Jesus Christ, and that He empowers us to live as witnesses for Christ. We believe that all of the gifts of the Holy Spirit are available to His church today. (John 14:16-17, John 16:7-11, Titus 3:5-6, Romans 8:9, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Ephesians 1:13-14, Acts 1:8, Romans 12:6-8, 1 Corinthians 12-14, 1 Peter 4:10-11)
- WE BELIEVE that God created human beings, male and female, in His own image. He created them sinless, equal in value, dignity, and worth. According to His purpose and design, men and women are created to fulfil distinct but complementary roles in the contexts of marriage, family, and the local church. (Genesis 1:26-27, Ephesians 5:22-6:4, 1 Timothy 3:1-7)
- WE BELIEVE that, as a result of the Fall, all people are sinners by nature and in need of a Saviour, and that salvation is by grace alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone. We believe that all who call on the name of the Lord shall be saved eternally. (Romans 3:10, Romans 3:23, Matthew 1:21, John 14:6, Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 10:9, John 10:28)
- WE BELIEVE that for the salvation of lost and sinful humanity, regeneration by the Holy Spirit is essential and that repentance from sin and acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour is the only way to come into a relationship with God. (Romans 8:9, 14-16)
- WWE BELIEVE there is one church, the body of Christ, consisting of men and women from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation. We believe that each local congregation is an expression of that universal church. (Ephesians 4:4-5, 1 Corinthians 12:13, Revelation 5:9, Acts 2:42)
- WE BELIEVE in and expectantly await the glorious, visible, personal, premillennial return of the Lord Jesus Christ. The blessed hope of His return has vital bearing on the personal life, service, and mission of the believer (1 Thessalonians 4:13–18).
- WE BELIEVE in the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost. The lost will be raised to judgment and experience eternal wrath in Hell. The saved will be raised to eternal joy in the new Heaven and new earth in the manifested presence of God (Revelation 20:6, 12-15).