We are a Teaching Ministry
Using verse by verse exposition of Scripture, believing all of the Word to be God inspired.

We are a Missions Ministry
We support missions local and broad with prayer, finances, many short term missionary teams, and sending long term missionaries to the field.

We are a Evangelistic Ministry
We believe evangelism flows naturally from the teaching of God's Word. We also seek to reach lost souls for Christ through evangelistic concerts and other outreach events.Calvary Chapel of Murrieta has been formed as a fellowship of believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Our Supreme desire is to know Jesus and to be conformed into His image by the power of the Holy Spirit. We are not a denominational church, nor are we opposed to denominations as such, only their over emphasis of the doctrinal differences that have led to the division of the body of Christ. We believe that the only true basis of Christian Fellowship is His (Agape) love, which is greater than any differences we posses and without which we have no right to claim ourselves Christians.

The Scriptures
We believe the Old and New Testaments to be plenary, verbally inspired by God, inerrant in the original writings, and the supreme and final authority in faith and life.

The Godhead
We believe the Godhead eternally exists in the three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. These three Persons are one God having precisely the same nature, attributes, and perfections.

The Lord Jesus Christ
We believe in:

• His eternal existence as God.
• His incarnation by means of the Virgin Birth.
• His death on the cross as the substitutionary atonement for sin.
• His literal, bodily resurrection from the dead.
• His present ministry of intercession in heaven.
• His personal return to earth.

The Holy Spirit
We believe:

The Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Godhead,convicts men of sin, regenerates, baptizes, indwells, seals, and sets apart believers unto a holy life, that He keeps and empowers believers day by day, the He is the Teacher of the Word of God and the guide of our daily life.

Man
We believe:

• Man was created innocent and pure.
• Adam fell through the sin of disobedience.
• Therefore all men are corrupted in body, mind, and spirit.
• Therefore, all are in need of redemption.Salvation

Salvation
We believe:

• It is by grace, a free gift of God apart from works.
• It requires repentance - turning from your way to God's way.
• It is through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
• All who receive Him are regenerated by the Holy Spirit and become the children of God.
• True salvation will be manifested by a changed life.

The Future
We believe:

• In a pre-tribulation rapture of the Church.
• In the personal, visible, bodily premillennial return of Jesus Christ to earth.
• In the bodily resurrection of the just to eternal abode in the glory of His presence.
• In the bodily resurrection of the unjust to judgement and everlasting conscious punishment in the Lake of Fire.

BRIEF HISTORY OF CALVARY CHAPEL MURRIETA

Calvary Chapel of Murrieta was originally incorporated as Murrieta Union Church in 1951 as part of the Assembly of God denomination. However, in January of 1985, the church had only 12 remaining members and no pastor. The remaining members, at that time, contacted Chuck Smith, the Pastor of Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, California, a non-denominational church, requesting that a pastor be sent. A pastor from Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa came and began teaching line upon line, precept upon precept, through the Word of God. The church began to slowly grow in numbers during the next three years. The name was changed to Murrieta Country Church to better reflect the rural setting and location of the church.

By March of 1987, the church numbered more than 100 adults. It a move to Murrieta Christian School located on Adams Avenue. The church refurbished the school facilities and was able to meet there rent free. Near the end of 1987, the church sold its property in Old Town and purchased five acres of vacant land next to Murrieta Christian School with the intent of building its own facility.

In June 1989, because of confusion over whether or not we were affiliated with Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, we changed the name of the church to Calvary Chapel of Murrieta. On July 2, 1989, the original pastor sent from Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa resigned and moved away. At that time, the Assistant Pastor, Brian Bell, became the Senior Pastor.

In June of 1991 we completed the construction of a new 350 seat sanctuary and Sunday School/fellowship hall on the five acres that we had purchased in 1987 on Adams Ave. In September of 1993, Calvary Chapel Murrieta established Calvary Chapel Christian School on this site with an enrollment of 268 students.

The next five years would be filled with continued growth, not only for our church, but our new school as well. As the church expanded to four Sunday morning services and the school added eight modular classrooms to keep up with our growth, it was evident that we were in need of a larger facility. In 1995, we purchased 8.25 acres on Monroe Ave. and made plans to not only move the church to this site, but also to construct a Jr./Sr. high school facility so that we could accommodate the continued growth and expansion of our school.

In August 1996, we broke ground on the building of a new 900 seat sanctuary and gymnasium at the Monroe Ave. site, which also included 60,000 additional square feet of classrooms, 315 parking spaces and support offices for the church, Sunday school, and our Jr./Sr. high school. In February 1997 we dedicated the building and held our first service.

1999 was a busy year at Calvary Chapel Murrieta. We were able to complete our new elementary school campus in late February. This new campus, which is located south of the church on Monroe Ave., currently has 640 students and 60 staff members. The 35,000 square foot school has a full service kitchen, a separate fine arts department room, and a large maintenance building. With over two acres of playground and play equipment, as well as 185 new parking stalls, this new facility will meet our needs for some time to come.

Our Jr./Sr. high campus has also seen some new construction with the addition of six classrooms, the relocation and remodeling of our Jr./Sr. high school offices, and the consolidation of our church and school print shops to one location. The addition of the six new classrooms has enabled us to add a multi-room library to serve both campuses, as well as a completely new computer lab and support staff office.

In addition to the 505 students at our Jr./Sr. high campus, we also have an additional 229 students who are home schooled participating in ISP (Independent Study Program.)

Our Beliefs: We are a Bible believing and teaching, non-denominational, evangelical church. This church was formed as a body of believers and followers of the Lordship of Jesus Christ, with the purpose of coming together to encourage and build up one another in our faith. We emphasize the teaching of God's Word, the Bible, and reaching out to our community with the Good News of Jesus Christ. To accomplish this purpose, we have many activities occurring daily, weekly, and monthly. It is our goal to continue to equip the saints and to reach into other areas of ministry whereby we might model the love of our Savior to a dying world. God has blessed abundantly and only He knows the future for Calvary Chapel of Murrieta.

We are continually amazed at what the Lord has done and is doing at Calvary Chapel Murrieta, and see the growth and blessings as one hundred percent... His Grace! "(God) Who does great things, and unsearchable, marvelous things without number." Job 5:9

May God bless us all as we continue to seek His face.

Pastor Brian