Calvary Baptist Church

Calvary Baptist Church Our desire is for you to hear the Good News and to understand how much God cares for you. If you have questions or need spiritual help, please contact us.

In the autumn of 1882 a small group of Romanian immigrants settled in Jamestown. The following spring they moved into the Carrington area on land known later as Longview Township. They started a Sunday School and held services in their sod homes until later moving to a school house. The First German Baptist Church was organized with 13 charter members on November 2, 1884, five years before North D

akota became a state. In 1900 a church building was constructed and in 1909 the congregation incorporated as Pleasant Valley German Baptist Church. Serving as lay pastor was August Leibig. As more and more church members moved into the city, a congregation formed there as well, and in 1920 this group purchased a church building from St. John's Lutheran Church at the corner of First Street North and Eighth Avenue site. The parsonage, which had been built in 1914, was moved to town in 1938. Services were held in both the Carrington and Pleasant Valley church buildings until in 1944 the Pleasant Valley church was dismantled and the lumber used to expand the church in town. In 1945 the name was officially changed to Calvary Baptist Church. In 1962 the Calvary Baptist building was expanded, using lumber from the former German Brethren Church building. In 1975 the building was refurbished inside and outside. In 2003 Calvary Baptist completed a new building project on Main Street. A former grocery store building was transformed into classrooms and a fellowship hall, and a sanctuary was added as new construction. A total of 20 pastors have served the church since 1884, and several members of the congregation have entered the ministry or served on the mission field. TO GOD BE THE GLORY

There is no Bible study tonight or next week. Join us as we continue studying Acts on June 18.
06/04/2026

There is no Bible study tonight or next week. Join us as we continue studying Acts on June 18.

Join us tomorrow as Pastor Keith preaches on Genesis 32.
05/30/2026

Join us tomorrow as Pastor Keith preaches on Genesis 32.

Join us tonight at 7:00pm as we continue a study on the book of Acts.
05/28/2026

Join us tonight at 7:00pm as we continue a study on the book of Acts.

05/26/2026

The thief on the cross had no time left.
Nails had already been driven through his hands.
No time to fix his past.
No time to prove he was a good person.
No time for religious performance.

He simply turned his head.
“Jesus, remember me.”

And Christ answered:

“Today you will be with me in paradise.” — Luke 23:43

The thief didn't earn that promise.
He simply received it.

Charles Spurgeon understood this tension deeply:

“We are not saved by obedience, for obedience is the result of salvation; we are saved by faith because faith leads us to obey.”

We often get this backwards.

We carry the quiet fear: What if I’m still not enough?
So we strive.
We perform.
We try to earn from God what can only be received from Him.

But real obedience does not grow from terror.
It grows from transformation.

Obedience is the fruit.
Grace is the root.

A heart truly changed by grace begins to desire the One who saved it.
Not to earn His love.
But because it has finally found it.

Jesus offers rest before performance.
Mercy before perfection.
Grace before striving.

The thief on the cross found that out in his final hours.
The question is whether we can discover it right now.

05/26/2026

Carrington's Community VBS will be Tuesday-Thursday, August 4-6th from 6-8pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, 100 Poplar Ave S. Students in Kindergarten - 6th grade (as of Fall 2026) are welcome! The Carrington Ministerial Association is sponsoring the registration fee for each child. Please fill out thi...

05/25/2026
Join us tomorrow as Pastor Keith preaches on Genesis 31
05/23/2026

Join us tomorrow as Pastor Keith preaches on Genesis 31

Join us at 7:00pm for Bible study tonight. A night of focused prayer.
05/21/2026

Join us at 7:00pm for Bible study tonight. A night of focused prayer.

Join us this evening at 6:30pm for our evening worship service.
05/17/2026

Join us this evening at 6:30pm for our evening worship service.

Address

725 Main Street
Carrington, ND
58421

Opening Hours

Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm
Sunday 9am - 12pm

Telephone

+17016522162

Website

https://youtube.com/@calvarybaptistcarrington?si=_vI2G9gH7r7ehLDv

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