WHO ARE WE?
CALVARY CHAPEL IS A NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH LOCATED IN JACKSONVILLE, NC.
WHILE WE AREN'T A DENOMINATION, WE ARE PART OF THE CALVARY CHAPEL ASSOCIATION.
(WE ARE IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION)
ONE CHARACTERISTIC OF OUR FELLOWSHIP IS OUR DESIRE NOT TO DIVIDE GOD'S PEOPLE OVER NON-ESSENTIAL ISSUES.
Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment."
1 COR 1:10
HOW ARE WE DIFFERENT?
CALVARY CHAPEL HAS TWO MAJOR DISTINCTIONS...
TEACHING OF THE BIBLE. WE TEACH VERSE BY VERSE, CHAPTER BY CHAPTER. EQUIPPING OUR CONGREGATION WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE WHOLE WORD COUNSEL OF GOD.
THE MINISTRY OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. WE ARE NEITHER PENTECOSTAL OR BAPTIST. WE BELIEVE IN THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BEING ACTIVE BUT WE ALSO FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD FUNCTION DECENTLY AND IN ORDER.
"FOR GOD IS NOT THE AUTHOR OF CONFUSION BUT OF PEACE, AS IN ALL THE CHURCHES OF THE SAINTS."
1 COR 14:33
CCJNC SERVICES
Worship
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF CALVARY CHAPEL IS THE CENTRALITY OF JESUS CHRIST IN OUR WORSHIP. WE DON'T LEAD IN ANY PRACTICE OR BEHAVIOR THAT WOULD DISTRACT PEOPLE FROM FOCUSING ON HIM.
"FOR WE PREACH NOT OURSELVES, BUT CHRIST JESUS THE LORD..."
2 COR 4:5
TEACHING
CALVARY CHAPEL ENDEAVORS TO DECLARE THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD. THIS IS WHY WE WALK THROUGH SCRIPTURE VERSE BY VERSE, CHAPTER BY CHAPTER.
"FOR I HAVE NOT SHUNNED TO DECLARE TO YOU THE WHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD"
ACTS 20:27
WE ARE CURRENTLY TEACHING THROUGH THE BOOK OF MARK
