Who We Are

CALVIN CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH

CALVIN:

This part of our name identifies one particular congregation in the denomination called the Christian Reformed Church. The name goes back to the man John Calvin, who lived from 1509 to 1564. As one of the Reformers, he zealously defended the scriptural teaching of the sovereignty of God and structured a system of theology in which the glory of God is the supreme motivation for all of life.

CHRISTIAN:

When we use the adjective Christian in our name, we identify ourselves as followers of Jesus Christ, whom we confess to be God's Son sent into our world to redeem human beings and their world from sin and its destructive powers. In his life and teaching, Jesus proclaimed the coming of the Kingdom of God; in his death and resurrection and in his sending of the Holy Spirit, we experience the power to live a life for God; and in the promise of his coming again, we have the hope of victory over sin and evil.

REFORMED:

Our history goes back to the Reformation of the sixteenth century, a movement in which the Protestant churches reaffirmed the centrality of the Bible as the authority for doctrine and life. As we continue to call ourselves Reformed, we commit ourselves to be a church always reforming and being reformed by God's Spirit to reflect faithfulness to God and his Word in our world.

CHURCH:

As a church, we confess that we are called and set apart by God. As citizens of his kingdom in a broken and sinful world, we attempt to be faithful to God in thought, word, and deed, separating ourselves from evil actions and demonstrating God's power to heal and redeem broken and sinful people through our Lord Jesus Christ. We pledge to be servants of God until the day of Christ's return in power and glorious victory.

This site is maintained by Earl D. Fife.
For assistance or corrections, please contact him at fife@calvin.edu