Church Profile
Service Times
Sunday School 9:00 am - 9:50 am
Sunday AM Worship 10:00 am - 11:15 am
Wednesday AWANA, Youth Group, and Prayer Service - 6:45 pm - 8:40 pm
(570) 387-0655
Pastor Timothy Smith
Our Mission
Proclaim the Word of God to form a people fully devoted to the Supremacy of Jesus Christ.
Calvary Baptist Church exists is to spread the Gospel, the good news that Jesus Christ has secured salvation by His work on the Cross and deserves our devotion.
Our mission is to:
Proclaim the Word of God to form a people fully devoted to the Supremacy of Jesus Christ.
PROCLAIMING THE WORD OF GOD
The Bible is God’s perfect word that shows the true way to know God, life and genuine joy. At CBC our focus is to understand, believe and obey God’s Word. We seek God’s truth in the Bible verse by verse. Preaching and teaching are of first importance. We cannot be changed without believing and we cannot believe without hearing and understanding God’s Word. The pure Word of God breaks our self-reliance and pride and exalts the all sufficiency and goodness of God given for us in Christ.
We “proclaim” through preaching, teaching, giving testimony of God’s work in us, giving out literature and being an example for others to see of God’s transforming grace and power. We always remember and seek to remind others that we preach Christ and not our ourselves or our own “good works.”
IN ORDER TO FORM
We all are sinners and need to be transformed. The power of God in the gospel, applied by His Spirit, forgives sin, breaks its power, and changes a person into the character of Christ. At CBC we strive to show, by teaching and example, how Christ forgives and how He transforms lives. We are not satisfied to remain as we are, but long to grow pure, holy, and strong. It is not easy, but it is possible by the power of Christ and exceedingly rewarding.
A PEOPLE
Salvation begins with a person coming to faith in Christ, but continues in becoming part of a new spiritual family with loving and committed friendships and engaged in meaningful service for Christ. “A People” is a unified family, kingdom and “temple” for God. As “a people’ we have a common identity and common work to accomplish as each person does their part.
FULLY DEVOTED TO
We all exist to worship God through Christ with all our lives. We seek for God to shape our hearts and minds to love Him above everything. A “decision for Christ” and “Faith” without devotion is an insult to the goodness of Christ and misrepresentation of the Christ of the Bible. We seek to honor Christ, not out of “necessity,” but out of love of His goodness.
THE SUPREMACY OF CHRIST.
Jesus Christ is everything we need and we cannot add anything to what He has done. Christ alone is sufficient to save us and He alone is worthy of all our faith, allegiance, obedience and worship. We do not seek to glory in ourselves, but to proclaim and exult in the glory of Jesus Christ. We must decrease. He must increase.
YOU ARE INVITED
If you are looking for a church home that proclaims this “good news” we encourage you to visit. If you have any spiritual needs please let us know. We would be more than happy to offer guidance from Scripture. Will you join us in our quest to find delight in the Supremacy of Christ?
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About Calvary Baptist Church
We are a fundamental, independent, Baptist church, with emphasis on solid Biblical teaching and conservative, reverent, worship.
Mission
Proclaiming the Word of God to form a people fully devoted to the Supremacy of Jesus Christ.Committed to exposition of Scripture, God-centered Worship, Growth in Godliness, Evangelism, Missions and Fellowship.
General Information
Gospel and Bible believing and teaching, fundamental, evangelistic and mission-minded. Literal Bible translations, but not KJV only.
Pastor Rev. Timothy G. Smith
Associate Pastor Sean Stouffer
Denomination / Affiliation:
Non-Denominational
Service and Sermon Style:
Verse-by-Verse Teaching
Dress Style:
semiformal
Average Age of Attendees:
all-ages
Primary Language:
English
MINISTRIES AND GROUPS
Church Ministries
Kids
Youth
College
Singles
Men’s
Women’s
Sunday School
Adult
Choir
Groups and Public Services
Christian School
Vacation Bible School
Bloomsburg Christian School
K-12 Bible-Centered Academic and Spiritual Training
http://bloomchristian.org/
Worshipful, traditional service utilizing sacred hymns both new and old.
BELIEFS
http://cbcofbloom.com/about-cbc/#beliefs
We believe:
1. The Bible is the inspired Word of God – absolute complete, and without error.
2. There is one triune and living God, active in three persons-Father, Son and the Holy Spirit.
3. Jesus Christ is God and equal with God the Father—Jesus was virgin born, risen from the dead and living today.
4. Man is alienated from God and is totally incapable of saving himself.
5. Salvation is only by grace through faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross.
6. The Holy Spirit indwells every believer.
7. The church is the company of all believers, and each believer must become part of a local church and strive to fulfill the Great Commission.
8. Baptism is by immersion, is for believers, and is a symbol of death, burial, and resurrection.
9. The Lord ’s Supper is a memorial of Christ’s once and for all offering for our sins on the cross.
10. Every child of God must live a life of obedience to God and separation from evil.
11. There is only one way of salvation, but there is a continuing distinction between Israel and the nations in the One true universal Church, and a unique place for Israel in God plan.
12. Jesus will return personally to earth prior to a one thousand year earthy reign of the Lord Jesus Christ in a restored national Israel (the millennium).
13. There will be a bodily resurrection of both the just and the unjust resulting in the everlasting conscious punishment of the lost.
While we believe these are Biblical truths and that they are important, we do not believe these “skeletal beliefs” are sufficient to guide a person or church in full discipleship. We teach from the conviction that both exposition of specific Biblical texts and a sound doctrinal framework that includes all the teaching of the Bible are both important.
Primary Bible Version Used:
New King James
Baptism:
Older Children/adults
Communion Frequency:
Monthly
Eternal Security:
No, Can't Lose
Healing and Charismatic Gifts:
Ceased
Regularly Practice:
Congregational Readings
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Calvary Baptist Church is a Baptist Church located in Zip Code 17815.
Church Profile Manager: Sean Stouffer