I want to thank you for being a church that is passionate about changing lives forever with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Because of you, we had our biggest weekend ever at Calvary Church. Seven services, more than 1200 worshippers on Good Friday, and...

Calvary Church sits in the small city of Valparaiso, Indiana and Nairobi Chapel is located in Nairobi, Kenya in Africa. These two entities may be miles and miles apart, but they share one, large goal: to have a church planted in every country on the...

Do you sometimes just need some good news? It does my heart good to hear something that makes me say, That’s great! Wow, God is good. I got some good news like that and wanted to share it with you. During a Sunday morning last fall, our church...

I walked through the future Life Change Center with some of the other pastors last week. The progress is amazing! New construction isn’t pretty, but it’s still a thing of beauty: new walls are framed out both upstairs and down and essential...

Hope. I need it. This week I am grieving. Monday night my wife and I wept with a family we have known for almost twenty years. Tragically, their son died in a car accident in southern Indiana. He grew up with our boys and has been in our home many...

I'm back to work today after spending some much needed time with my family in Texas. I sure wasn’t expecting winter’s latest sleight of hand trick when we landed in Chicago yesterday! Another blustery snowstorm after a stretch of mild,...

This time of year gets me excited about all the great things that are coming at Calvary. We have awesome events going on all year (Sunday worship, anyone?!), but emerging from the cold cocoon of winter into the promise of spring and the upcoming...

My wife and I are all in. We live to see lives changed forever in Valparaiso and the world. A few days ago, we saw the smiling faces of children in Mitaboni, Kenya, and we were again reminded what a powerful difference our church is making. How does...

We are on the go here in Kenya! Today we are visiting with our kids at the Mitaboni children’s home. And we’ll catch up with the guys on the Sevenglory worship team trip this evening. Follow the Calvary Global Outreach Facebook page this week for...

Recently my wife Lyn and I, along with our three boys, had the privilege to travel to Kenya to visit our church partners, Nairobi Chapel, and to serve with Kids Alive International. My wife and I are so thankful for Kids Alive and the work they do,...