Al Perkins, a legendary musician from the early Calvary Chapel days, looks back at how God guided him throughout his long career and provided opportunities to share the Gospel.

Holland Davis, songwriter and pastor of Calvary Chapel San Clemente, CA, shares the inspiring story of his start in ministry as a teenager in the early days of the Jesus Movement.

After surviving civil wars and mudslides, Sharon Faith Ries is now in the presence of her Savior, Jesus Christ, after her lengthy battle with cancer. Wife of Pastor Raul Ries of Calvary Chapel Golden Springs, CA, she had no regrets as she ran her race exceptionally well. Sharon had previously shared memories with Calvary Chapel Magazine of what God had done over the past 50 years in her marriage, women's ministry, and missions.

Pastors and leaders at the Calvary Chapel Deep South Conference focused on loving God with all we are and on the sustaining power of God’s love.

The Jesus Music phenomenon helped to spread the Calvary Chapel movement into other cities in the 1970s. Many of the bands’ musicians performed in California cities and were instrumental in starting new churches there.

Hippie musicians saved during the Jesus Movement began to form bands to share their newfound faith. Calvary Chapel Pastor Chuck Smith eagerly supported them in many ways, including forming Maranatha! Music.

LoveSong members were drawn to faith in Jesus by the love and simple worship they witnessed at Calvary Chapel in the early 1970s. Once saved, the early Jesus Movement band decided to dedicate their musical talents to God.

As hippies fell in love with Jesus during the early days of the Jesus Movement, they began to create their own music style, sparking a new genre of Christian music. LoveSong was one of the first, its members drawn to Pastor Chuck Smith’s Calvary Chapel as they faced the desperation in their lives.

Missionaries and church planters in Hungary in the 1990s placed a high priority on unity, grace, and accountability—strengthening the growth of Calvary Chapels there. Further expansion in Eastern Europe occurred after a CC pastor from Indiana courageously moved his large family to Ukraine.

After Calvary Chapel missionaries moved to Hungary in response to God's call, they led youth and their parents into a relationship with Jesus Christ. Moving in step with the Holy Spirit, leaders started planting churches throughout Eastern Europe. Read more here.

God used Calvary Chapel missionaries to help spark the Jesus Revolution in Hungary after the fall of communism. Teenagers were hungry to learn the life-changing Word of God. Read more here.

At the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, Calvary Chapels spread into those countries as spiritually hungry people were eager to learn about Jesus Christ. Learn about the beginning stages of this exciting time of growth for the CC movement here.

The Calvary Chapel movement expanded overseas in the 1980s-1990s, including to the Philippines and Russia, where pastors were eager to learn inductive Bible study skills. Dan Finfrock was one of the men who took that training to them. Read his story here.

As the Calvary Chapel movement grew into the 1980s-1990s, it expanded overseas. CC missionaries found people of all cultures hungry to hear the pure teaching of the Word of God. Learn about one man's exciting venture into Mexico.

Calvary Chapel leaders and pastors John Milhouse, David Rosales, Don and Jean McClure, and Jack Hibbs were all influenced in the early 1980s by CC founder Chuck Smith. Read their stories here.

Read the testimonies of several Calvary Chapel pastors who came from varied backgrounds before they were saved and called to lasting, effective, ministry. Their stories are included in this installment of our series honoring the legacy of CC founder Chuck Smith.

Men trained through Calvary Chapel Bible colleges carried God’s Word from California to the East Coast in the 1980s. Learn more about several of these pastors in our continuing series honoring the legacy of CC founder Chuck Smith.

As the CC movement continued to expand, Bible schools were formed to train new believers who wanted to grow in their knowledge of God’s Word. God blessed many of them with flourishing ministry.

God used the popularity of the Word for Today radio ministry to help plant many Calvary Chapel fellowships across the country and world. Read more here.

The Calvary Chapel movement expanded into the 1980s as a revival fed by God’s Word, led by the Holy Spirit, and nurtured by God’s love. Read more about how Pastor Chuck’s simple, verse-by-verse teaching, often shared by cassette tapes, continued to inspire many who heard his words.