We Are Calvin Christian Reformed Church
CALVIN ...
Named after John Calvin, one of the leaders instrumental in shaping our faith in Jesus Christ.
CHRISTIAN ...
We come to know God through Christ, whom we seek to obey.
REFORMED...
We are committed to the Bible as the Word of God, and seek to have every area of our lives continually reformed by its message.
CHURCH ...
We are a community of believers who share the love of God as it strengthens and renews our lives.
CALVIN CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH
Has been part of the National Capital Region community since 1953. By God’s gracious help and guidance, we have grown into a community of some 250 persons of all ages and backgrounds.
There is a place for you at Calvin.
What We Believe
We believe that the Bible teaches:
- A living personal relationship with God is a free gift. No one can earn it and no one deserves it. “…the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” We are saved by grace, not by works, not by doing good.
- All people have sinned and come short of glorifying God. The wages of sin are death which separates us from the love of God.
- God is a just God and must punish sin. Yet He is also a God of love and He provided a way out of the dilemma. Jesus Christ took our punishment and obtained eternal life for us. He always stands ready to forgive those who are sorry for their sins and turn to Him.
- Jesus Christ is the key to a renewed relationship with God. Since Jesus Christ is God himself, He could take the punishment of our sin upon Himself on the cross of Calvary and provide eternal life with God for all who believe in Him and trust Him as Saviour and Lord of their lives.
- By believing in Jesus Christ through faith we can know that we already have eternal life. Jesus died on the cross, but He was raised from the dead. Those who believe in Christ have a personal relationship with Him both now and forever.
You become a Christian when you respond to the teachings of the Bible as outlined above by:
- Accepting the free gift of salvation offered by Jesus Christ (Acts 16:31)
- Being sorry for your sins and turning from them (Romans 6 & 8:10-14)
- Committing yourself to follow Jesus and serve Him as Lord (Mark 8:34-38), (John 15:14)
Where we fit
The Christian Reformed Church calls itself Christian because it forms one small part of Christ’s church on earth. It recognizes as fellow-Christians all people who accept the teachings of the Bible as they are summarized so beautifully in the Apostles’ Creed. This includes believers from many denominations such as Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Lutheran, Baptist, Presbyterian, and Pentecostal. We may disagree with these believers on some practices or teachings. But we recognize them as sisters and brothers in Christ if they believe in God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, and if they confess that Jesus died for their sins, rose from the dead, and ascended into heaven.
Together with other Protestant churches, the Christian Reformed Church teaches that:
- The Bible is our only reliable guide to what we should believe and how we should conduct our lives (2 Tim. 3:14-17). It is God’s unfailing Word to us. It shows us who God is by telling us the great things God has done. The Bible leads us to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ.
- God saves us by grace, by his acts of kindness and love that we do not deserve. Our own efforts cannot rescue us from sin. Only Jesus’s sacrifice on the cross can make us right with God (Eph. 2:8-10). The good we do is the result of our salvation, not its cause.
- We can be saved only by faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:16-18).
- The Christian Reformed Church calls itself Reformed because it stands in the tradition of the Reformed Churches. These churches follow the teachings of the sixteenth-century church reformed by John Calvin. Calvin struggled valiantly to return Christianity back to its biblical roots. Christian Reformed Church teachings are closely akin to Presbyterian and other Reformed churches, and it enjoys solid relationships with many of them.
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