Founded in 1950, Calvary is a caring, accepting, open-minded church with a heart for meeting the needs of the less fortunate, both in our community and around the world. We were a "doing" church from the beginning (our early members constructed the first building with bricks hauled from the railhead). Today, we are a 200-member congregation known in our local community for our ministry to the home
less, refugees, and other vulnerable populations. At Calvary, we pride ourselves on a few key qualities that make us a unique congregation:
- We welcome and encourage diversity within our congregation. We have people of many ethnicities, ages, and viewpoints.
- Despite our smaller size, we are consistently among the top 20 churches in mission giving in the entire American Baptist Churches USA denomination.
- We gladly collaborate with the interfaith and interdenominational community.
- We have a reputation for being involved in the local community and serving vulnerable populations.
- We have historically been "ahead of the curve;" for example, being the first racially integrated church in the area. Our vision is that all would "Come, Grow, Go and Serve!"
