Calvary Chapelites!!!!

vangelicmonk said:

Hey what do all of you CC's think of having a sub forum on this site to talk about CC stuff?? Good idea? Would you support it? Would others support it with me? Can we even do that?

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vangelicmonk said:

Hey what do all of you CC's think of having a sub forum on this site to talk about CC stuff?? Good idea? Would you support it? Would others support it with me? Can we even do that?

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I would post there (even though I'm not CC)!

I was reading their beliefs and they seem pretty mainstream evangelical. So often much is left out. Was there a reason that they struck out on their own, forming what has become another de facto denomination?

If no real reason, that's fine, I was just wondering the history.

Marv

I went to a Calvary Chapel in Cali from 2003-2005. I loved it and really miss it!


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BigNorsk said:

I was reading their beliefs and they seem pretty mainstream evangelical. So often much is left out. Was there a reason that they struck out on their own, forming what has become another de facto denomination?

If no real reason, that's fine, I was just wondering the history.

Marv

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What I've heard, don't know if it's true, is that Chuck Smith was tired of all the showy business that mainstream churches were into. And that Chuck Smith read in the book of Acts about how "the Lord added to their number every day". Can any CC's verify this?

Chuck says that in the begining years he had a certain amount of sermons, not unlike a lot of preachers at that time, when he would start running out of sermons he would begin to look for a new church to go to. One night at a prayer meeting a brother had a vision and said that one day Chuck would lead a lot of people to the lord, thousands. At that time he was struggling with a small church in Orange County, the first Calvary Chapel. He began teaching one chapter of the Bible a week and the church grew very quickly because of the studies and the truth being revealed. The church outgrew the tiny chapel and soon they were having outdoor meetings and a much larger church was eventually built. My favorite story is that when they finally installed the carpet in the sanctuary the deacons took it on themselves to put up signs saying "No Bare Feet in the Sanctuary Please" in order to keep the carpet clean,(lots of hippies back then). When Chuck found out about the signs he told everyone that if carpet was more important than human beings then they would either tear up the carpet or go back outside to study Gods word.

Chuck teaches that all churches are a part of the body, provided they are Bible based with the focus on Jesus. He tells us that some people need the "High Churches" with all its pomp and ceremony, some people need less and some people need very little. CC is very casual. Most CC just let the Holy Spirit do most of the work on peoples hearts and you can see them changing. It's truly awsome. He also puts a lot of emphasis on Love, which come to think of it is what attracted all the hippies.
What attracted me was the chapter by chapter study of Gods word. As far as them being non-denominational I have been to many CC's and they are somewhat different. For instance most of them do not take up an offering, they just leave boxes out in the hallway and hope for the best,( God is not broke) but I have been to some that take up offerings. There is also no "joining" the church, if you show up you're as much a member as anyone else.

That's a very nice history. Thanks.

I was helped immensely by a nice Baptist minister during my college years. He was a teacher not a preacher, it looked a lot like a college lecture room during sermons. He had overheads with the main points, many of us would have notebooks where we took notes.

It is nice to see the power of God's Word working in Calvary Chapel.

Marv

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savedbyfaithinchrist said:

Hey guys just wanted to say that does any 1 have the Chuck Smith Mp3 set it rocks all about the word

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yes. way good stuff.

simonpeter52 said:

Calvary chapel says it is non deomoniational, but if you read Chuck Smith's book "Calvary Chapel Distinctives" you start to see that it is a demoniation that takes a centerist viewpoint of everything. I love my CC

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I like that--centerist--never heard of that one. I've been a literalist for some time, but centerist sounds like being worth trying on

Hello, Praise Jesus!

calidog said:

I like that--centerist--never heard of that one. I've been a literalist for some time, but centerist sounds like being worth trying on

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It is worth it.

To quote Chuck Smith, it is the balance between Baptists and Pentecostals.

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My guess was that he taught the word as though the word was centered on Christ.

thanks

I'll have to think about that one.

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