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We are a faith-filled community following Jesus, made new by His love, compelled by His hope, so that generations of people find life in Him.
Our Core Beliefs
There is one God, the creator, who exists eternally in unity as three equal persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.1 The triune God is loving, holy, infinite, just, and worthy of all worship.2
The Father accomplishes his plan of salvation through both redemption and judgement.3 All things will be subject to him, and his kingdom will have no end.4
The Father sent the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of Mary when she was a virgin.5 Jesus became fully human while remaining fully God.6 Anointed by the Spirit, Jesus revealed the Father and the kingdom of God by his sinless life, teaching, and miracles.7 After he died for our sin, God raised him from the dead, and he is now at the right hand of the Father.8
The Holy Spirit proceeds from the Father through the Son and gives life throughout creation.9 The Spirit draws people to repentance and new life in Jesus Christ.10 Through the Spirit’s indwelling, the Father and the Son are present to all believers, making them children of God.11
1 Matt 28:19; 2Cor 13:14
2 Exod 34:6-7; Psa 99:4-5
3 Exod 6:6; Rom 1:16-18
4 Psa 103:19; Rev 11:15; Eph 1:10
5 Matt 1:18-25
6 John 1:1, 14; Col 1:19; Heb 2:17
7 John 1:32; 14:7-10; Luke 4:18-19
8 Acts 2:32-33; Rom 8:34
9 Psa 104:21-30; Acts 2:33
10 John 16:7-15
11 Rom 8:14-17; 1John 3:24
The Bible, both Old and New Testaments, is the written revelation of God’s character and saving purposes for humanity and for all creation.12 As God’s revelation, the entire Bible is true and trustworthy, and is the final and absolute authority for belief and conduct.13 The Holy Spirit who inspired the Bible enables its interpretation and application.14
12 Psa 119; John 20:30-31; Rom 15:4
13 2Tim 3:16-17; Heb 4:12
14 2Pet 1:20-21; John 16:13; 1Cor 2:12-13
God created and sustains the heavens and the earth,15 which display God’s glory. Formed in the image of God, both male and female, humankind is entrusted with the care of God’s creation as faithful stewards.16 As a result of human rebellion, sin and death entered the world, distorting the image of God and all of God’s good creation.17
Angels were created as supernatural beings to worship and serve God.18 Along with Satan, some angels chose to rebel and oppose the purposes of God.19 Christ gives believers victory over Satan and these demons.20
15 Gen 1:1; Col 1:15-17
16 Gen 1:26-27
17 Rom 5:12; 8:20-22
18 Heb 1:14; Psa 103:20
19 Rev 12:7-9
20 Acts 10:38; Eph 6:10-13
Salvation is available to all people by the loving, redemptive act of the triune God.21 Through obedience to the Father,22 Christ gave himself as a ransom.23 Christ, who had no sin, became sin for us offering himself and shedding his blood on the cross so that in him we might become right with God.24 The life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ25 provide the way of salvation for those who, by God’s grace, repent from their sin and confess faith in Jesus Christ as Lord.26
Salvation means to receive the Spirit, to be forgiven, reconciled with God and others, born again, and liberated from sin and darkness, transferring the believer into God’s kingdom.27 Our experience of liberation includes healing — whether spiritual, physical, emotional, or mental — as a foretaste of our future, complete restoration.28 Those who remain in Christ and do not turn away are assured of salvation on judgement day by the indwelling Holy Spirit,29 who sanctifies and empowers believers for Christ-like living and service.30
21 John 3:16; Gal 4:4-7; Titus 2:11-14
22 John 8:28-29; Phil 2:8; Heb 5:8
23 Mark 10:45; 1Tim 2:6
24 2Cor 5:21; 1John 3:16
25 Rom 4:22-25; 5:19; 6:4-5; Heb 7:24-28
26 Rom 10:9; 1John 1:9; Acts 3:19; 4:12
27 Eph 2:13-16; Col 1:13-14, 19-20; 1Pet 1:3
28 Isa 53:4-5; 1Pet 2:24; Psa 147:3; Rom 8:23
29 Eph 1:13-14; 1John 4:13; Heb 6:5-6; Phil 3:12-14
30 1Thess 4:3-4; 1Cor 6:11; Rom 12:1-2; 1Pet 1:2
On the Day of Pentecost, Jesus poured out the promised Holy Spirit on the church.31 As his return draws near, Jesus continues to baptize in the Holy Spirit those who are believers.32 This empowers them to continue his work of proclaiming with speech and action the good news of the arrival and coming of the kingdom of God.33 This experience is available for everyone, male and female, of every age, status,34 and ethnicity.35 The sign of speaking in tongues indicates that believers have been baptized with the Holy Spirit36 and signifies the nature of Spirit baptism as empowering our communication, to be his witnesses with speech and action as we continue to pray in the Spirit.37
31 Luke 24:49; Acts 2:33
32 Acts 2:38-39; 8:14-17; 19:1-6
33 Luke 4:18-19, 43; Acts 1:8
34 Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2:17-18, 39
35 Acts 10:45-46
36 Acts 2:4; 10:46; 19:6
37 Acts 1:8; 2:11-43; 4:31; Rom 15:19; 1Cor 14:15
Jesus Christ is the head of the church.38 All who are united with Christ are joined by the Spirit to his body.39 Each local church is an expression of the universal church whose role is to participate in the mission of God to restore all things.40 Central to the church is the shared experience of the transforming presence of God.41 The church responds with worship, prayer, proclamation, discipleship, and fellowship,42 including the practices of water baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Baptism by immersion symbolizes the believer’s identification with Christ in his death and resurrection.43 The Lord’s Supper symbolizes Christ’s body and blood, and our communion as believers. Shared together, it proclaims his death in anticipation of his return.44 The Spirit gives all gifts to the church to minister to others in love for the purpose of bearing witness to Christ and for the building up of the church.45 The Spirit also empowers leaders, both female and male, to equip the church to fulfil its mission and purposes.46
38 Col 1:18; Matt 16:18
39 1Cor 12:12-14
40 Acts 1:8; Matt 28:18-20; Acts 13:1-3; Rev 21:5
41 Acts 2:42-43; 1Cor 12:7; Matt 18:20; 2Cor 3:17-18
42 1Pet 2:9-10; Col 4:2-6; Acts 2:42
43 Rom 6:3-8; Matt 28:19
44 Matt 26:26-29; 1Cor 11:23-26
45 Acts 8:5-7; 1Cor 12:4-11; 14:12; Heb 2:3-4
46 Eph 4:11-16; Matt 20:25-28; Acts 2:17-18; 6:2-4; Rom 16:7
Calvary Pentecostal Church is affiliated with the Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada.
Our Core Values
Create a home where people belong.
We believe that the Kingdom of God advances through relationships between people.
We pursue unity, share life across generations, and build relationships that bless those inside and outside our church family.
Embrace God's care and live it out.
Caring on purpose creates a vibrant, faith-filled community of authentic Jesus followers. We care for others because Christ cares for us.
We move toward people with empathy, respond to needs practically, and follow the Spirit's lead in expressing God's love through action.
Celebrate what God is doing.
We believe in celebrating the things that God is doing. Celebration helps us to recognize and grow as a church.
We believe in passionately celebrating Christ and his church together.
Build the Kingdom of God.
We are continually growing in our faith while expressing big faith in what God can and will do.
We believe we participate in the kingdom that's larger than our church/local/geographic community.
We want to serve our community and partner with what's already happening to meet needs.
Invest in the next generations now.
We value the intrinsic worth of children and young people for the kingdom. They are our future and our present.
We prioritize the next generations in our leadership, time, and budget.
