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Church Info

SUNDAY: 9:30 am.
THURSDAY: 7:00 pm.

Meeting at Jan van Riebeeck Primary School.
52 Kloof Street
Gardens
Cape Town

Telephone: 021 462 2574
Intl. : 011 27 21 462 2574

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What we believe

At Calvary Chapel we believe the Church exists primarily for three reasons: Firstly, we exist for God's pleasure. Secondly, we exist to equip and edify the Saints (Ephesians 4:12). Thirdly, we exist to share and declare God's plan of salvation to the world (Matthew 28:18-20). (Revelation 4:11)

Our Mission

Calvary Chapel Cape Town is a fellowship of believers from all walks of life who desire to know the Lord Jesus Christ and to make Him known in an ever increasing measure. Our supreme desire is to grow in our understanding of God's Word and to be conformed to His image by the power of the Holy Spirit.

An emphasis is given to challenging lives to change through studying the Word of God, worshiping God in spirit and truth, and sharing the love of Jesus Christ with one another and others.

What We Believe...

• We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God and inerrant in the original writings.
• We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit
• We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, that He died in our place and through His shed blood we receive the forgiveness of sins, in His bodily resurrection, and in His ascension to the right hand of the Father.
• We believe in the personal, visible, and pre-millennial return of Jesus Christ to the earth. He will return with His saints and set up a kingdom of which there will be no end.
• We believe that lost and sinful man must be saved from this condition, and that man's only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
• We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live the Christian life.
• We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the unsaved; they that are saved unto a resurrection of life and they that are unsaved unto a resurrection of damnation.
• We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Concerning Man's Need for Salvation

• We believe that all people are, by nature, separated from God and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered to all by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. When a person repents of sin and accepts Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord, trusting Him to save, that person is immediately born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit, all his/her sins are forgiven, and that person becomes a child of God, destined to spend eternity with the Lord.

Concerning the Gifts and Ministry of the Holy Spirit

• We believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Scriptures, and that they are valid for today if they are exercised within the scriptural guidelines.
• We as believers are to covet the best gifts, seeking to exercise them in love that the whole Body of Christ might be edified.
• We believe that love is more important than the most spectacular gifts, and without this love all exercise of spiritual gifts is worthless.

Concerning Our Worship

• We believe that the worship of God should be spiritual. Therefore, we remain flexible and yielded to the leading of the Holy Spirit to direct our worship.
• We believe that the worship of God should be inspirational. Therefore, we give great place to music in our worship.
• We believe that the worship of God should be intelligent. Therefore, our services are designed with great emphasis upon the teaching of the Word of God that He might instruct us how He should be worshipped.
• We believe that the worship of God should be fruitful. Therefore, we look for His love in our lives as the supreme manifestation that we have truly been worshipping Him.

Distinctives of Calvary Chapel

• The clear teaching of God's Word to promote spiritual growth (1Pet 2:2)
• The present day continuation of the spiritual gifts mentioned in 1 Corinthians 12-14
• Simplicity of church government, instead of a complex bureaucracy
• A dependence upon the Holy Spirit to lead us as a church
• The premillennial, pre-tribulation return of Jesus Christ for His waiting church

What we DO NOT Teach or Promote

Our desire at Calvary Chapel is to exalt the Lord Jesus Christ and uphold the Word of God. Scripture encourages us to "test all things" and "hold fast what is good" (1Thessalonians 5:21). For this reason, we reject the following teachings  and practices which have been shown to be in error. (This does not mean that we will not fellowship with those holding these views, but that we simply do not agree with these views).

• The teaching of 'positive confession' (the belief that God can be commanded to heal or bring wealth according to man's will)
• The belief that true born-again Christians can be possessed by demons
• 'Dominion' or 'Kingdom-Now' theology
• A fatalistic Calvinistic view which allows no room for free will
• Words of Prophecy that supercede or contradict Scripture
• The incorporation of humanistic psychology and philosophy into Biblical teaching
• 'Charismania' (the over emphasis of experiential signs and wonders)

In Closing...

By clarifying some of what we believe at Calvary Chapel, our purpose is simply to help those who are not familiar with our ministry to gain insight into who we are

It is not our intention to say that we are right and everyone else is wrong, nor is it our intention to argue our position with any Christian believer. We are content to agree to disagree, and we desire to have nothing but love and fellowship with anyone who calls on the name of our Lord in truth and sincerity.

We seek the unity of the Spirit in a bond of peace and love, and believe that God has called us to a unique ministry that fulfills His special purpose in this generation.

May God bless you as you seek to draw near to Him in love.

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