Calvary Chapel of Venice

We believe in the in-errancy of Scripture, that the Bible, Old and New Testaments are the inspired, infallible Word of God.

We believe that God is the personal, transcendent, and sovereign Creator of all things.

We believe that God is eternally existent in three distinct persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe that Christ Jesus is fully God and fully human, that he was born of a virgin, lived a sinless live, provided for the atonement of our sins by his death on the cross, was bodily raised from the dead, ascended back to the right hand of the Father, and ever lives to make intercession for us.

We believe that all people are, by nature, separated from God and responsible for their own sin, but the salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered to all by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. When a person repents of sin and accepts Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord, trusting Him to save, that person is immediately born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit, all his/her sins are forgiven, and that person becomes a child of God, destined to spend eternity with the Lord.

We believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Scriptures, and that they are valid for today if they are exercised within the scriptural guidelines. We as believers are covet the best gifts, seeking to exercise them in love that the whole Body of Christ might be edified. We believe that love is more than the most spectacular gifts, and without this love all exercise of spiritual gifts is worthless.