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Our History
Following World War II, large numbers of families from the southern United States migrated to northern Illinois in pursuit of employment. Calvary Baptist Church of Rockford was begun in 1956 in response to a desire of these Baptists to worship in a style and context familiar to their southern heritage. Today, Calvary Baptist Church of Rockford is an indigenous church with its own unique identity. While appreciating the traditional heritage from which we first began, our church presents the message of Christ in a contemporary context suited to this modern - growing mid-western community. Located on 20th Street for nearly 40 years, the church purchased and moved to its present location on Linden Road in 1996. The 20,000 sq. ft. facility and 15 acres campus provide comfort, space, and utility for meeting the wide range of current and future ministry needs of our church family. |
Our Beliefs
Calvary's faith reflects a continuing devotion to those beliefs long cherished among Baptists and expressed in The Baptist Faith and Message statement of the Southern Baptist Convention. Among these doctrines is an affirmation of the full deity of the triune God; uncompromised truth and authority of the Bible; salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ; and the sufficiency of Christ's death, resurrection, ascension, and immanent return. We are devotedly loyal to these core doctrines, but we also affirm the liberty God grants every person to stand accountable to Him in matters of faith and practice. Therefore, in matters not essential to our unity, we respect the individual liberty of every believer to progress in maturity under the work of the Holy Spirit. |