Calvary Baptist Church Bishop, CA

Ministry News

A multi-church Men's study group meets each Monday morning at 7:00AM in Big Pine.

Women's groups meet regularly for Bible Study and for Devotion and prayer. Call the church office for information.

The Sunday morning portion of Children's Ministries includes children participating in the music portion of Sunday Morning Worship. Following the song designed especially for the elementary age young people, they are dismissed to Children's Church for age appropriate lessons during the sermon time. AWANA meets each Wednesday at 6:30PM, during the school year,in the Family Center/Gym.Young people 3 years old thru sixth grade are encouraged to attend this nondenominational ministry intended to win and grow kids for Christ.

All Student Ministries (including students 6th grade thru high school) meet in the Chapel at 6:00PM on Sunday evenings. After Worship the groups take part in activities and discussion according to their varying interest levels.

Missionaries for September - Ben and Maggie Chan, Missions Door. Ben and Maggie serve the Lord among the Chinese in Southern California and China. After successfully planting two Chinese churches, Ben was appointed to be Missions Door's Chinese Ministry Specialist. Through their ministry, over 2000 people have heard the Gospel, and over 100 people have believed in God and gotten baptized in Southern California. During this time they have taken mission trips to China to minister through preaching, visitation, discipleship, social concerns and training. The training is provided to church leaders, pastors and lay leaders. To be more effective in the ministry, Ben and Maggie are working hard to build a Chinese ministry team, by both planting churches in the United States and wide-range ministry in China.

Lead Pastor Rick Klug began his ministry as Lead Pastor at CBC on November 1, 2005. He came to CBC with a full background of interdenominational experiences. He has been in ministry in Presbyterian, Nazarene, Evangelical Covenant, Baptist, and non-denominational churches as well as in multi-denominational summer camps and seminary. Before coming to CBC Rick was a Pastor/Teacher at Grace Christian Fellowship of Potter Valley, CA, which was a new non-denominational church plant. Before that he was Pastor to Youth and Families for ten years at First Presbyterian Church, Ukiah, CA, (from 02/95 through 04/05). Other ministry positions include being a Cell Shepherd for young adults at Harvest Community Church in Glendora, CA, work with Young Life in San Dimas, CA, Program Director at Lone Tree Bible Ranch summer camp in Wyoming, Junior High Ministries intern at Pasadena Nazarene Church, Director of Youth Ministries at Arcata Nazarene Church in Arcata, CA, and summer camp counselor at Mount Hermon’s Redwood Camp.

Beyond that Pastor Rick has spent a number of years counseling children, youth, and their families, including years at psychiatric treatment homes for boys. He also has coached youth and high school sports for many years including 15 years of football. His passion is to see people met by the love and grace of God, and to help them find forgiveness and wholeness through Jesus Christ. He desires to bring the Gospel to all people in ways they can understand and by which they can be challenged, and to equip and motivate God’s people in their ministries (Ephesians 4:11-13).

Pastor Rick received his B.S. in Business Administration at Humboldt State University in Arcata, CA (1990), and his Masters of Divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA (1994).