Welcome to Calvary Grace Church of Calgary
We are a gathered assembly of believers in Jesus Christ marked by the following distinctives of conviction and practice:
We are Confessional
Our faith is not new, but ancient. We stand not alone, but confess the Christian faith passed down through the centuries. The faith we confess is rooted in history, and continues to shape our history.
We are Reformational
Tracing our roots to the recovery of biblical truth during the Protestant Reformation, we identify with its chief principles expressed in the following Latin slogans: Sola Fide (Faith Alone), Sola Scriptura (Scripture Alone), Sola Gratia (Grace Alone), Solus Christus (Christ Alone), and Soli Deo Gloria (Glory to God Alone). As such we gladly claim the broad term of ‘Reformed’ as our own, thereby expressing our commitment to these Reformation principles.
We are Evangelical
As people of the evangel, that is, the gospel, we are rightly called Evangelicals. Our heritage bears this name out as we celebrate the proclamation, mission and social consciousness of the 18th century Evangelical Revivals. We eagerly support the heralding of the gospel in local and global contexts in our day and look forward to the multilingual celebration of Christ’s worshippers from ‘every tribe, tongue and nation’.
We are Baptistic
The term baptistic simply refers to the biblical teaching about who the Church is. The Church is not a building. Christians are not an ethnic group. Rather the Church is the gathering of people who have been born from above (John 3:3,7). They believe in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. They follow him in faith. It is these believers who make up the Church. In obedience to their Lord they identify with him by being baptized according to his command.
