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A Calvary Chapel, housed in the former Montesano Theatre, Montesano, Washington. The association has its origins in the founding of a Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa (California) in 1965 by pastor Chuck Smith of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel with 25 people. [1] [2] [3] In 1968 they broke away from Foursquare Church. Prior to Smith ...
Harvest Christian Fellowship was founded in 1973 by Greg Laurie, who has been the senior pastor since that time. [1]In 2009, it opened a new building, with a 5,000-seat auditorium, a gymnasium, and a High School.
Bikers For Christ, or BFC is a Christian ministry for motorcyclists founded in 1990 by Pastor Fred Zariczny (A.K.A. "Pastor Z"), [1] who also pastors Rushing Wind Ministries in Oceanside, California. BFC first operated under Calvary Chapel of Marysville, CA in the 1990s. Now it operates under the covering of: Rushing Wind Ministries in Southern ...
Charles Ward "Chuck" Smith (June 25, 1927 – October 3, 2013) was an American pastor who founded the Calvary Chapel movement. Beginning with the 25-person Costa Mesa congregation in 1965, Smith's influence now extends to "more than 1,000 churches nationwide and hundreds more overseas", [1] some of which are among the largest churches in the United States.
In 1973, at the age of 20, under the mentorship of Calvary Chapel pastor Chuck Smith, Laurie was given the opportunity to lead a Bible study of 30 people in Riverside, California. [4] The group quickly grew in size, and that same year, Laurie founded the Harvest Christian Fellowship in Riverside, where he still serves as senior pastor. [4]
In 1968, the Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa congregation of the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (under pastor Chuck Smith) broke from the denomination and later formed an association of autonomous Charismatic Evangelical churches, today making up the Charismatic but non-Pentecostal denomination, Calvary Chapel. [14] [15] [16]
In 1985, Calvary Chapel bought the station. The Calvary offer beat two competing bidders because it was an all-cash offer. [8] The church took over on April 15, 1985. Calvary Chapel expanded the Christian programming to its current 24-hour format while retaining the KWVE call sign and K-Wave brand.
A source claimed Frisbee contracted AIDS and died from complications associated with the condition; [11] At his funeral at the Crystal Cathedral, Calvary Chapel's Chuck Smith eulogized Frisbee as a spiritual son and said he was a Samson-like figure, saying that he was a man through whom God did many great works, but that he was the victim of ...