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Church History

Calvary Independent Baptist Church was established under the leadership of Dr. Charles Forriester & Bro. Wayne Honeycutt in 1969.  Dr. Forriester pastored Calvary until his death in 2008 & Bro. Honeycutt retired in 2007.  The church was originally located in Ensley, Alabama and stayed at that location for twenty years before purchasing new property and building their current church facilities.  The church is situated on 23 beautiful acres on Hwy. 269 in Jefferson County,  of Birmingham.  The entire property and buildings are debt free and future plans have been made for future building projects.
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WE BELIEVE

1.  OF THE SCRIPTURES
WE BELIEVE THAT THE HOLY BIBLE, CONSISTING OF THE OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT SCRIPTURES, WAS WRITTEN BY MEN DIVINELY INSPIRED AND IS A PERFECT TREASURE OF HEAVENLY INSTRUCTION; THAT IT HAS GOD IT'S AUTHOR, SALVATION FOR IT'S END, AND TRUTH WITHOUT ANY MIXTURE OF ERROR FOR IT'S MATTER.
2.  OF THE TRUE GOD
WE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS ONE, AND ONLY ONE, LIVING TRUE GOD, AN INFINITE, INTELLIGENT SPIRIT WHOSE NAME IS JEHOVAH, WHO CONSISTS OF THREE PERSONS---THE FATHER, THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST.
3.  OF THE FALL OF MAN
WE BELIEVE THAT MAN WAS CREATED IN HOLINESS UNDER THE LAW OF HIS MAKER, BUT BY VOLUNTARY TRANSGRESSION FELL FROM THAT HOLY AND HAPPY STATE, IN CONSEQUENCES OF WHICH ALL MANKIND ARE NOW SINNERS.
4.  OF SALVATION
WE BELIEVE THAT THE SALVATION OF SINNERS IS WHOLLY OF GRACE THROUGH THE MEDIATORIAL OFFICES OF THE SON OF GOD, WHO BY APPOINTMENT OF THE FATHER, FREELY TOOK UPON HIM OUR NATURE; THAT BEING CONCEIVED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BORN OF THE VIRGIN MARY, YET WITHOUT SIN, HE HONORED THE DIVINE LAW BY HIS PERSONAL OBEDIENCE AND BY HIS DEATH MADE A FULL ATONEMENT FOR OUR SINS.
5.  OF JUSTIFICATION
WE BELIEVE THAT THE GREAT GOSPEL BLESSING, WHICH CHRIST SECURES TO SUCH AS BELIEVE IN HIM, IS JUSTIFICATION; THAT JUSTIFICATION INCLUDES THE PARDON OF SIN AND THE PROMISE OF ETERNAL LIFE IN PRINCIPLES OF RIGHTEOUSNESS.
6.  OF REGENERATION
WE BELIEVE THAT, IN ORDER TO BE SAVED, SINNERS MUST BE REGENERATED OR BORN AGAIN; THAT REGENERATION CONSISTS IN GIVING A HOLY DISPOSITION TO THE MIND; THAT IT IS EFFECTED IN A MANNER ABOVE OUR COMPREHENSION BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
7.  OF BAPTISM AND THE LORD'S SUPPER
WE BELIEVE THAT CHRISTIAN BAPTISM IS THE IMMERSION IN WATER OF THE BELIEVER, IN THE NAME IF THE FATHER, AND THE SON, AND THE HOLY GHOST SHOWS FORTH IN A SOLEMN AND BEAUTIFUL EMBLEM OUR FAITH IN THE CRUCIFIED, BURIED, AND RISEN SAVIOUR WITH ITS EFFECT IN OUR DEATH TO SIN AND RESURRECTION TO A NEW LIFE.  WE BELIEVE THAT THE LORD'S SUPPER, IN WHICH THE MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH BY THE SACRED USE OF THE BREAD AND WINE ARE COMMEMORATE TOGETHER THE DYING LOVE OF CHRIST, IS TO BE PRECEDED ALWAYS WITH SOLEMN SELF-EXAMINATION. 
8.  OF THE LORD'S DAY
WE BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST DAY OF THE WEEK IS THE LORD'S DAY AND IS TO BE KEPT SACRED TO RELIGIOUS PURPOSES BY ABSTAINING FROM ALL SECULAR ACTIVITIES.