Calvary Chapel Association

Calvary Chapel Association
Calvary Chapel is an international association of charismatic

Calvary Chapel
evangelical churches, with origins in Pentecostalism. It
maintains a number of radio stations around the world and
operates many local Calvary Chapel Bible College programs.
Beginning in 1965 in Southern California, this fellowship of

churches grew out of Chuck Smith's Calvary Chapel Costa
Mesa.
History
Classification Protestant
The association has its origins in the founding of a Calvary
Chapel Costa Mesa (California) in 1965 by pastor Chuck Smith Orientation Evangelical with
of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel with 25 Pentecostal origins
people.[1][2][3] In 1968 they broke away from Foursquare Polity Congregational
Church. Prior to Smith, Costa Mesa members spoke of their polity (association of
own vision of becoming part of a massive church movement.[4] autonomous
In 1969 Calvary Chapel became a hub in what later became churches lead by
known as the Jesus movement when Smith's daughter pastors)
introduced him to her boyfriend John Higgins Jr., a former Founder Chuck Smith (1927–
hippie who had become a Christian, and who went on to head 2013)
the largest Jesus freak movement in history, the Shiloh Youth
Origin 1965
Revival Centers (1968-1989).[5] John Higgins introduced
Smith to Lonnie Frisbee, the "hippie evangelist" who became a Separated from Pentecostalism (The
key figure in the growth of both the Jesus Movement and Foursquare Church)
Calvary Chapel. Frisbee moved into Smith's home, and he Branched from Jesus movement
would minister to other hippies and counter-culture youth on
the beaches. At night he would bring home new converts, and Separations Vineyard Movement
soon Smith's house was full.[6] Frisbee became leader in a Congregations 1,800
rental home for the steadily growing crowd of Christian hippies Official website Calvary Chapel
and he named the commune "House of Miracles"; other
Association:
Houses of Miracles would develop throughout California and
calvarycca.org (htt
beyond. As Calvary Chapel grew "explosively",[7] a tent was
p://calvarycca.org)
erected during the construction of a new building.[8]
Calvary Chapel
The converts included musicians who began writing music for Global Network:
praise and worship. This became the genesis for Jesus music calvaryglobalnetwork
and Christian rock concerts. Maranatha! Music eventually .com (http://calvarygl
formed to publish and promote the music.[7] The services led obalnetwork.com)
by Frisbee usually resembled rock concerts more than any
worship services of the time.[9] Frisbee featured in national television-news reports and magazines with
images of him baptizing hundreds at a time in the Pacific Ocean.[10] The network of House of Miracles
communes/crash pads/coffee houses began doing outreach concerts with Smith or Frisbee preaching,
Frisbee calling forth the Holy Spirit and the newly forming bands
playing the music.[6] By the early 1970s Calvary Chapel was home
to ten or more musical groups that were representative of the Jesus
people movement.[11]
In 1982 John Wimber, a Calvary Chapel pastor, and the Calvary

Chapel leadership mutually agreed to part ways. Tension had been
mounting over Wimber's emphasis on spiritual manifestations,
leading Wimber to withdraw from Calvary Chapel and to affiliate
with a network of churches that would become the Association of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa
Vineyard Churches.[12][13]
In 2012, Pastor Chuck Smith founded the Calvary Chapel Association (CCA) to unite all of the
movement's churches around the world.[14]
On October 3, 2013, Pastor Smith died after a long battle with lung cancer. Smith remained as the senior
pastor at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa during his battle with cancer, to include preaching at three services
the Sunday before his death.[15]
Statistics
According to a census of the association, in 2022, it had 1,800
churches.[16]
Beliefs
Chuck Smith's "Calvary Chapel Distinctives" summarize the tenets A Calvary Chapel, housed in the
for which Calvary Chapel stands. Calvary Chapels place great former Montesano Theatre,
importance on the practice of expository teaching, a "verse by Montesano, Washington
verse, chapter by chapter, book by book" approach to teaching the
Bible.[17][18][19] Typically, Calvary Chapels operate under a senior
pastor-led system of church government, also known as the "Moses" model.[20][21]
It presents itself as a "fellowship of churches" in contrast to a denomination.[22][23]
Affiliates of Calvary Chapel believe in the doctrines of evangelical Christianity, which include the
inerrancy of the Bible and the Trinity.[24][25] Within evangelical Christianity, they say that they stand in the
"middle ground between fundamentalism and Pentecostalism in modern Protestant theology". While they
share with a belief in the inerrancy of the Bible, they accept charismatic spiritual gifts.[26] However, they
feel that Pentecostalism values experience at the expense of the word of God.[27]
Calvinism and Arminianism
According to Calvary Chapel literature, the association strives to "strik[e] a balance between extremes"
when it comes to controversial theological issues such as Calvinism's and Arminianism's conflicting views
on salvation. Calvary Chapels hold the following views on the five points of Calvinism:
1. Regarding total depravity, Calvary Chapel affirms that "apart from God's grace, no one can
be saved," and that "mankind is clearly fallen and lost in sin."[28]
2. Regarding unconditional election, Calvary Chapel affirms that God, "based on his
foreknowledge, has predestined the believer," and that "God clearly does choose, but man
must also accept God's invitation to salvation."[29]
3. Regarding limited atonement, Calvary Chapel affirms that Jesus died "for the whole world"
and that the "atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ was clearly sufficient to save the entire human
race."[30]
4. Regarding irresistible grace, Calvary Chapel affirms that "God's grace can either be resisted
or received by the exercise of human free will".[31]
5. Calvary Chapels "believe in the perseverance of the saints (true believers) but are deeply
concerned about sinful lifestyles and rebellious hearts among those who call themselves
'Christians'."[32]
Spiritual gifts
Although Calvary Chapel believes in the continuing efficacy of the gift of tongues, it does not recognize
uninterpreted tongues spoken in a congregational setting as necessarily inspired (or at least directed) by the
Holy Spirit because of its understanding of 1 Corinthians 14 (https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Corin
thians%2014&version=nrsv). Calvary Chapel accepts that the Bible affirms interpreted tongues and modern
prophecy. Practicing tongues in private occurs more commonly.[33] Calvary Chapel does not teach that the
outward manifestation of every Christian counts as speaking in tongues.
Similar to other Pentecostal or Charismatic movements,[34] Calvary Chapel holds that the baptism of the
Holy Spirit does not take place during conversion, but is available as a second experience.[35] It is their
understanding that there are three distinct relationships with the Holy Spirit. The first is that which is
experienced prior to conversion. In this relationship the Holy Spirit is convicting the person of his sin.[36] In
the second relationship the Holy Spirit indwells believers during conversion for the purpose of
sanctification.[37] The third relationship is the baptism of the Holy Spirit which Calvary Chapel believes is
for the purpose of being a Christian witness.
Baptism and Communion
Calvary Chapels practice believer's baptism by immersion. Calvary Chapel does not regard baptism as
necessary for salvation, but instead sees it as an outward sign of an inward change. As a result, the Chapels
do not baptize infants, although they may dedicate them to God. Calvary Chapel views Communion in a
symbolic way, with reference to 1 Corinthians 11:23–26 (https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=1%20Corinthia
ns%2011:23–26&version=nrsv).
Eschatology
Calvary Chapels strongly espouse pretribulationist and premillennialist views in their eschatology (the study
of the end times). They believe that the rapture of the Church will occur first, followed by a literal seven-
year period of Great Tribulation, followed by the second coming of Jesus Christ, and then finally a literal
thousand-year reign of Jesus Christ on earth called the Millennial Kingdom. Calvary Chapel also rejects
supersessionism, and instead believes that the Jews remain God's chosen people and that Israel will play an
important part in the end times.[38]
Interest in one event during the Tribulation—the building of a Third Temple in Jerusalem—led in the early
1980s to associations between some in Calvary Chapel (including Chuck Smith) and Jewish groups
interested in seeing the temple rebuilt.[39]
Return of Christ in 1981
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Chuck Smith wrote and published a prophetic timeline that declared
the imminent return of Christ.
In the book Snatched Away!, published in 1976, Smith wrote:
the generation that was living in May 1948 shall not pass until the second coming of Jesus
Christ takes place and the kingdom of God be established upon the earth.[40][41][42]
In a 1978 book, Smith wrote:
I believe that the generation of 1948 is the last generation. Since a generation of judgment is
forty years and the Tribulation period lasts seven years, I believe the Lord could come back for
His Church any time before the Tribulation starts, which would mean any time before
1981.[43][44]
The reasoning had to do with the idea that the seven-year Tribulation would end in 1988, forty years after
the establishment of the state of Israel. In his 1978 book, Smith reasoned that Halley's Comet in 1986
would result in problems for those left behind:
The Lord said that towards the end of the Tribulation period the sun would scorch men who
dwell upon the face of the earth (Rev. 16). The year 1986 would fit just about right! We're
getting close to the Tribulation and the return of Christ in glory. All the pieces of the puzzle are
coming together.[43]
Disappointment resulting from the prophecy not materializing in 1981 caused some to leave the
church.[40][45][46][47]
Practices
Calvary Chapel pastors tend to prefer expositional sermons rather than topical ones, and they will often
give their sermons sequentially from the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. They believe that expository
preaching allows the congregation to learn how all parts of the Bible address issues as opposed to topical
sermons which they see as allowing preachers to emphasize certain issues more than others.[48] Another
advantage, they say, is that it makes difficult topics easier to address because members of the congregation
won't feel like they are being singled out.[49] It sees expository teaching as providing consistent teaching
that, over time, brings the "perfecting of the saints" which is part of their general philosophy for the
Church.[50] In teaching expositorily through scripture sequentially, Calvary Chapel believes God sets the
agenda, not the pastor.
Calvary Chapels believe that most churches have a "dependent, highly organized, [and] structured"
environment, but that most people want an "independent and casual way of life". Calvary churches
typically have a casual and laid-back atmosphere.[51] As a practical implication of this philosophy, people
may wear informal clothes to church.[52] Praise and worship usually consists of upbeat contemporary
Christian music though many of the churches also play hymns. The style of worship generally reflects the
region and the specific make-up of the congregation.
Calvary Chapel does not have a formalized system of church membership. Calling a Calvary Chapel one's
church usually means regularly attending church services and becoming involved in fellowship with other
"members" of the church.
Organization
The form of church government practiced by Calvary Chapel does not conform to any of the three
historical forms. They do not employ congregational polity, believing that God's people collectively made
poor decisions in the Old Testament, citing Exodus 16:2 (https://bible.oremus.org/?passage=Exodus%2016:
2&version=nrsv) as an example.[53] They also criticize presbyterian polity because when "the pastor is
hired by the board and can be fired by the board," they fear that "the pastor becomes a hireling".[53]
Although Calvary Chapel's governance shares a similarity with episcopal polity in that the congregation has
no direct authority over the pastor, it does not have the formal hierarchy characteristic of episcopal polity.
The majority of Calvary Chapels have adopted models of government based on their understanding of the
theocracy that God established in the Old Testament they sometimes call the "Moses model". In this
system, God was head of his people and under God's authority was Moses, who led the Israelites as God
directed him. Moses also had a priesthood and seventy elders providing him support. Calvary Chapel has
adapted this order believing their pastors have a role like Moses and their boards of elders function in
supporting roles.[52][53]
Calvary Chapels are independent and self-governing churches. They do not have church membership apart
from pastors recognized through their affiliate program. The Calvary Chapel Association has the
responsibility of affiliating churches with Calvary Chapel. A church that affiliates with Calvary Chapel
often (but not always) uses the name "Calvary Chapel". Three requirements for becoming affiliated exist:
1. the pastor must "embrace the characteristics of the Calvary Chapel movement as described
in Calvary Chapel Distinctives"
2. the church must have the characteristics of a church (as opposed to a less-developed home
fellowship)
3. an applicant must express willingness to spend the time to fellowship with other Calvary
Chapels[54]
The requirements do not include a seminary degree. In accordance with Calvary's interpretation and
understanding of the Bible (see 1 Timothy 3:2 and 1 Timothy 3:12), Calvary Chapel does not ordain
women or sexually-active homosexuals as pastors.
Regional lead pastors exercise a measure of accountability.[55] Since no legal or financial ties link the
different Calvary Chapels, only disaffiliation can serve as a disciplinary procedure.
The Calvary Chapel trademark is owned by Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, the flagship church of the
Calvary Chapel Global Network.[56] The Calvary dove logo is also a "trademark-protected property of
Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa."[57]
Controversies
Various criticisms of the organization and of the pastorate role in the organization exist. For example,
Chuck Smith has been criticized for drawing connections between disasters (e.g., earthquakes, the
September 11 attacks) and divine wrath against homosexuality and abortion.[47][58]
Calvary Chapel leaders, including Smith, were the subject of a lawsuit alleging that they knew or should
have known that a minister named Anthony Iglesias was prone to sexual abuse when they moved him from
ministry positions in Diamond Bar, California, to Thailand, to Post Falls, Idaho.[59][60] Iglesias was
convicted of molesting two 14-year-old boys in California in 2004, and the lawsuit stemmed from events in
Idaho, but all alleged abuse occurred in or before 2003.[59] The church was dismissed as a defendant in the
lawsuit.
As a result of what he saw as micromanaging church elders and board members, Chuck Smith used "an
independent board of elders" when he took the senior pastor role at Calvary Chapel. Smith subsequently
wrote that "senior pastors should be answerable to God, not to a denominational hierarchy or board of
elders". Christianity Today says that Smith's "Moses Model", in which senior pastors do not permit their
authority to be challenged, can lead to churches that are often resistant to accountability. In response, Smith
says he is following the authority structure that God used when Israel was under the rule of Moses.[61]
According to one article, "Smith's book Calvary Chapel Distinctives teaches that senior pastors should be
answerable to God, not to a denominational hierarchy or board of elders." Critics say this 'Moses model'
produces pastors who do not permit their authority be challenged. Calvary Chapel suggests that some
churches are led astray by the management of their boards and that a biblical board of elders should aid the
ministry and give wise counsel, not control the affairs of the church.
In November 2016, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa left the Calvary Chapel Association and formed the
Calvary Chapel Global Network. The latter continues to count the association's 1,700 churches as members
unless they opt out.[62]
Ministries
Bible college
Calvary Chapel Bible College (CCBC) in Twin Peaks, California is the flagship of at least 50 affiliated
campuses throughout the world. The college recently returned to a newly renovated site after about three
decades in Murrieta, California.[63] Founded in 1975, it originally offered a "short, intensive study
program",[64] but became a college awarding Certificates of Completion, Associate in Theology degrees
(for high-school graduates), and Bachelor of Biblical Studies degrees (to students who have an Associate of
Arts from an approved college).[65][66] The college as a whole is pursuing accreditation; and students can
transfer CCBC credits to some major accredited colleges such as Azusa Pacific, Biola University, Liberty
University, Veritas International University, etc. The college was initially reluctant on seeking
accreditation,[67] stating that this allows Calvary Chapel Bible College to keep tuition costs lower and offer
courses taught by instructors without master's degrees. But C.C.B.C. has reversed course and is currently
seeking accreditation.[68]
Harvest Crusades
Harvest Crusades operate as a ministry of Harvest Christian Fellowship (a former Calvary Chapel in
Riverside, California). They carry out an evangelistic ministry similar to Billy Graham's. They meet in
stadiums and have Christian music bands play followed by an evangelical message normally given by Greg
Laurie. They estimate three million people have attended since its inception in 1990.[69]
Broadcasting
Calvary Chapel churches operate several radio stations, including:
KBLD in Kennewick, Washington

KKJC in McMinnville, Oregon
KLYT[70] in Albuquerque, New Mexico
KQIP-LP in Chico, California
KWTH[71] 91.3 in Barstow, California
KWTW in Bishop, California (with its partner KWTD)
KWVE-FM[72][71] in Costa Mesa, California (near Los Angeles)
KXGR[73] FM 89.7 in Loveland, Colorado
WAYG-LP 104.7 FM in Miami, Florida
WJCX[74] in Pittsfield, Maine
WLGS-LP in Lake Villa, Illinois
WLMP-LP in Fredericksburg, Virginia
WRDR[75] in Freehold Township, New Jersey (near New York City)
WTWT/WYVL in Russell, Pennsylvania (in the Twin Tiers of Pennsylvania and New York)
WXMB-LP 101.5 FM in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
WZXV in Farmington, New York
In addition, a Calvary Chapel in Twin Falls, Idaho founded the CSN International (originally known as the
"Calvary Satellite Network") and Effect Radio networks; though CSN still carries a significant number of
programs from several Calvary Chapels, the networks and the church (subsequently known by the name
"The River Christian Fellowship") severed their official ties with the Calvary Chapel as part of a 2007 legal
settlement.[76] In 2010, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa sold 11 stations and 20 translators in the midwestern
United States to the Calvary Radio Network.[77]
Notable people
Pastors
Chuck Smith (died October 3, 2013),[15] founder of the Calvary Chapel movement in the
1960s; senior pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in Santa Ana, California, until his death.
Bob Coy, founder of Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale. Resigned in 2014 over an adultery
scandal.[78][79][80][81]
Lonnie Frisbee (died 1993),[82][83] hippie evangelist in the 1960s, the key figure of the Jesus
Movement: "The first Jesus freak."[84] Pastor in Calvary Chapel until 1971.
Skip Heitzig, senior pastor as of 1982[85] of Calvary of Albuquerque in Albuquerque, New
Mexico (to 1982 and from Present).
Greg Laurie, Senior Pastor, since 1979, of Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside.
Jack Hibbs (https://jackhibbs.com), Senior Pastor & founder of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills
(https://calvarycch.org), alongside the Real Life (https://jackhibbs.com) network. A key figure
in the teaching of the bible, end times prophesy & along with Amir Tsarfati, leads the popular
Happening Now (https://jackhibbs.com/happening-now/) program.
Mike MacIntosh, pastor as of 2009 of Horizon Christian Fellowship in San Diego.
Chuck Missler (died May 1, 2018), author and teacher.
Musicians
Dennis Agajanian, alumnus of the "Guinness Book of World Records" as the fastest flat-
picker
Alejandro Alonso, contemporary Christian-Latin artist
Jeremy Camp, contemporary Christian artist
Paul Clark, contemporary Christian artist
Daniel Amos, Christian rock and alternative rock band
Phil Danyew, contemporary Christian artist and touring member of Foster the People
Richie Furay, folk rock artist
Chuck Girard, folk rock artist
Love Song, Jesus music band
Mustard Seed Faith, folk rock band
P.O.D., alternative rock band
Tony Stone, Christian hip-hop producer
Switchfoot, alternative rock band
Brian "Head" Welch, alternative Christian artist
Phil Wickham, contemporary Christian artist
Kelly Willard, contemporary Christian artist
See also
Born again
Believers' Church
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age/151). ISBN 9780801026584. Retrieved January 25, 2019. "Rev. Chuck Smith [...] also
spawned a host of other Calvary chapel congregations, all mildly charismatic and
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26. Douglas A. Sweeney, The American Evangelical Story: A History of the Movement, Baker
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mandth.pdf) (PDF). The Word For Today. Archived from the original (http://www.calvarychap
elblythewood.com/books/calvinismarminianismandth.pdf) (PDF) on April 2, 2012. Retrieved
August 11, 2011. "We believe that all are sinners (Romans 3:23) and unable by human
performance to earn, deserve, or merit salvation (Titus 3:5). We believe that the wages of sin
is death (Romans 6:23), and that apart from God's grace, no one can be saved (Ephesians
2:8–9). We believe that none are righteous, or capable of doing good (Romans 3:10–12),
and that apart from the conviction and regeneration of the Holy Spirit, none can be saved
(John 1:12–13; 16:8–11; I Peter 1:23–25). Mankind is clearly fallen and lost in sin."
August 11, 2011. "We believe that God chose the believer before the foundation of the world
(Ephesians 1:4–6), and based on His foreknowledge, has predestined the believer to be
conformed to the image of His Son (Romans 8:29–30). We believe that God offers salvation
to all who will call on His name. Romans 10:13 says, "For whosoever shall call on the name
of the Lord shall be saved." We also believe that God calls to Himself those who will believe
in His Son, Jesus Christ (I Corinthians 1:9). However, the Bible also teaches that an
invitation (or call) is given to all, but that only a few will accept it. We see this balance
throughout scripture. Revelation 22:17 states, "And whosoever will, let him take the water of
life freely." I Peter 1:2 tells us we are, "elect according to the foreknowledge of God, the
Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of
Jesus Christ." Matthew 22:14 says, "For many are called, but few are chosen (elected)." God
clearly does choose, but man must also accept God's invitation to salvation."
August 11, 2011. "We believe that Jesus Christ died as a propitiation (a satisfaction of the
righteous wrath of God against sin) "for the whole world" (I John 2:2; 4:9–10), and that He
redeems and forgives all who will believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ as
their only hope of salvation from sin, death, and hell (Ephesians 1:7; I Peter 1:18–19). We
believe that eternal life is a gift of God (Romans 6:23), and that "whosoever believeth" in
Jesus Christ will not perish, but will have eternal life (John 3:16–18). I Timothy 4:10 says "we
trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men, specially of those that believe." Hebrews
2:9 states that Jesus, "was made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death,
crowned with glory and honor, that He, by the grace of God, should taste death for every
man." The atoning sacrifice of Jesus Christ was clearly sufficient to save the entire human
race."
August 11, 2011. "In Stephen's message in Acts 7:51, he concluded by saying, "Ye stiff-
necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost; as your
fathers did, so do ye." In Romans 10:21, the apostle Paul quotes Isaiah 65:2 when he
speaks of God's words to Israel, "All day long I have stretched forth My hands unto a
disobedient and gainsaying people." In one of the five warning passages of the book of
Hebrews, we read in Hebrews 10:26, "For if we sin wilfully after we have received the
knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins." Verse 29 adds, "Of how
much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under
foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, with which he was
sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?" Clearly, God's
grace can either be resisted or received by the exercise of human free will."
August 11, 2011. "We believe that nothing can separate us from the love of God in Jesus
Christ our Lord (Romans 8:38–39), and that there is no condemnation to those who are in
Jesus Christ (Romans 8:1). We believe that the promise of Jesus in John 10:27–28 is clear:
"My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give unto them eternal
life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand." Jesus
said in John 6:37, "him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out." We have this assurance
in Philippians 1:6 "Being confident of this very thing, that He who hath begun a good work in
you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ." We believe that the Holy Spirit has sealed
us unto the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13–14; 4:30). But we also are deeply concerned
over the words of Jesus in Matthew 7:21–23"
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Differentiation of Terms". Pneuma: The Journal of the Society for Pentecostal Studies. 3 (1):
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an experience of the empowering of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer that is distinct and
separate from the indwelling of the Spirit that takes place at conversion."
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Spirit is dwelling with a person prior to conversion. He is the One convicting him of his sin,
convincing him that Jesus Christ is the only answer."
0chuc/page/29). ISBN 0-936728-80-9. Retrieved August 28, 2011. "So we see the dynamic
power of the Spirit in us which comes when we accept Jesus. He begins that work in us of
transforming us into the image of Jesus Christ."
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January 2, 2009. "According to one source, [Stanley] Goldfoot was the one to establish the
contacts, which became vital since the 1990s, between the Temple Mount Faithful and its
Christian supporters (Kol HaIr 13 October 1995: 44–49). In the early 1980s, Chuck Smith, a
noted evangelist and minister of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California, one of the
largest and most dynamic Charismatic churches in America (on Smith, see Miller), invited
Stanley Goldfoot to lecture in his church, and Smith's followers helped to finance Goldfoot's
activity. Chuck Smith's involvement in the rebuilding of the Temple is demonstrative of the
constituency of Christians interested in the Temple and the prospect of its rebuilding."
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8. "Jesus taught us that the generation which sees the "budding of the fig tree," the birth of
the nation Israel, will be the generation that sees the Lord's return. I believe that the
generation of 1948 is the last generation. Since a generation of judgment is forty years and
the Tribulation period lasts seven years, I believe the Lord could come back for His Church
any time before the Tribulation starts, which would mean anytime before 1981.
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prone by nature to preach only those topics that you like.... If you're only preaching topically,
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them straightforwardly. we need not worry about people thinking, 'Oh, he's aiming at me
today.' People in the congregation know that it's simply the passage of Scripture being
studied that day. So it can't be, 'Oh man, he's really picking on me," because they realize that
you're going straight through the Book, and you're not jumping from topic to topic. We're just
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Calvary Chapel is an international association of charismatic

Beginning in 1965 in Southern California, this fellowship of

In 1982 John Wimber, a Calvary Chapel pastor, and the Calvary

It presents itself as a "fellowship of churches" in contrast to a denomination.[22][23]

Calvinism and Arminianism

Baptism and Communion

Return of Christ in 1981

In the book Snatched Away!, published in 1976, Smith wrote:

In a 1978 book, Smith wrote:

Calvary Chapel churches operate several radio stations, including:

KBLD in Kennewick, Washington

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