M I S S I O N S

Ever since our founding in 1915, Calvary has maintained a strong commitment to world missions. We're serious about Christ's command to "preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). Missions spending currently represents about 20 percent of the total church budget. We support 37 missionary couples or singles serving in 21 different nations. We expect to send out several more missionaries in the next few years. But missions is not just for a select few who can serve overseas. We work hard at communicating the needs of our missionaries so that everyone can support them through prayer and personal encouragement. We also organize regular short-term missions trips so that as many people as possible can help spread the Good News across cultural barriers. To keep our Great Commission commitment strong, we host a World Focus Week each spring.

What is a Missionary?
In Matthew 28:19 & 20 Jesus gives His followers important instructions, "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age."(NIV)At Calvary Memorial Church, we believe a missionary is any believer that takes up Jesus' command to make disciples of all nations. A missionary is someone who crosses cultural boundaries to further the spread of the gospel. This can be done through relationships with people in your own community who are from a different culture, or on the other side of the world.