Welcome to Mt Calvary Church of Christ

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ABOUT US

**WELCOME TO MT CALVARY** Each service is anointed and filled with the Glory of God. The presence of the Lord is welcomed into the temple as the saints offer up praise and worship to the King of Kings. The Spiritual atmosphere parallels the atmosphere of the early church, One of Preaching, Praise and Deliverance. We believe that by the Preaching of the Gospel, study of the word and a discipline walk with God, empowers one to becoming all that God expects of His people. Holiness becomes thine house, so each member is expected to attain the highest Christian life possible. Our church's focus is to build The Body of believers through worship, fellowship, discipleship, and experience so that they might reach the people of Charleston County and beyond with the life-changing Gospel of Jesus Christ. We want to build strong individuals and strong families who will be committed to the Lord Jesus Christ and the ministering of Christ. We believe every individual can have an active, intimate relationship with the God of the Bible and find the strength they need to be victorious in this life as we prepare for the life to come. We invite you to join us here at Mt.Calvary . We'll be looking forward to meeting you soon! < !--BEGIN ATLG Code--> < P> < BGSOUND SRC="http://www.atlreview.com/DrCharlesHayes-n-TheCosmopolitanWarriors-Jesuscanworkitout.remix605.wma" LOOP="INFINITE">< FONT SIZE="4" color="">< I>Now Playing...< /I>< B>"Work It Out (remix)" by Dr. Charles G. Hayes & Warriors< /B> - Compliments of:< B>< a href="http://www.atlgospel.com" target=""> ATLGospel< /a>< /B>< /FONT> < /P> < !-- End ATLG Code -->

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Our Leaders

Business and political leader, philanthropist, and pastor to millions, Bishop Jp Lucas, Sr. began fulfilling his call to the ministry by founding and serving as pastor of Mt Calvary Church of Christ iIn 1979 in a small church in a Montgomery, W.Va. with only 10 members. More than 20 years later, he pastors what Christianity Today calls “one of America’s fastest growing mega-churches.” Mt Calvary Church of Christ, a multiracial church with 59 active outreach ministries, has dominated church growth records since 1996. In only eight years since relocating the church from West Virginia to Newark, has grown from 50 families to more than 28,000 members to date. Rivaling many corporations, Mt Calvary Church of Christ employs more than 300 staff members including full-time finance, human relations, information technology, materials distribution, public relations and television production departments. Mt Calvary Church of Christ is fiscally sound, having recently paid off its newest $45 million, 191,000 sq. ft. structure that was completed less than four years ago. Bishop Lucas was born in South Charleston, W.Va. His parents, businessman and entrepreneur Ernest Sr. and educator Odith, were charitable benefactors in their community and to whom their son credits for his own integrity, discipline and self-reliance. Bishop Lucas is the CEO of The Mt Calvary Church of Christ, a nonprofit organization that produces three major national conferences – “The Pastor’s and Leadership Conference,” “ManPower” and “Mens, Empowerment.” a powerful and popular symposium, addresses specific needs of all men and has helped many go from welfare to work. The conference has set national indoor attendance records with an average of 84,500 attendees per day at the Giant Statium in 1999. The first-ever Mens conference is scheduled for June 23 – 26 in New York City. This will be a family affair combining “Brothers On The Front Line,”conference. In addition to the major conferences, Bishop Lucas hosts the God’s Leading Mens conference, which is designed to help Men in leadership positions to develop financial, relationship and balancing skills. In an effort to remedy social and economic voids in Urban America, Bishop Lucas founded the Metroplex Economic Development Corporation in 1998. The nonprofit 501(c)(3) corporation has sponsored home ownership conferences and youth mentorship programs. Currently, MEDC is developing a job placement center, a skills training center, a small business counseling hotline and a housing development that will include affordable homes for senior citizens and single-parent families. Additional endeavors to improve society include building two Habitat for Humanity homes in conjunction with the 2003 ManPower conference and making a $107,000 donation to relocate Newark citizens from an economically and environmentally disadvantaged area. The Mt Calvary Church of Christ was also responsible for building a hospital in Newark, named Belmopan to whom they later sent $400,000 for medical supplies. Bishop Lucas and The Mt Calvary Church of Christ invested over $500,000 in outreach to prison inmates. Their “Adopt A Prison” program has impacted inmates giving them a way to reduce the rate of recidivism through spiritual support and a network of churches who have awareness to the plight of inmates reentering the system. He is also the founder of JP Enterprises, through which he employs his other aptitudes as author, songwriter and playwright. A renowned religious author with 28 books to his credit; Bishop Lucas’ works have been featured on Christian, secular and business best- seller lists. His top five nonfiction bestsellers are: Maximize the Moment; Brothers, On The Front Line; Man And His Spirutal Weapon; The Great Investment: Faith, Family and Finance and God’s Leading Men, which has peaked at #10 on the New York Times Hardcover Advice List. He released his first novel, The Deacon, in the summer of 2003, and later that year; he released Follow the Star, a compilation of Bishop Lucas’ personal Christmas stories. Bishop Lucashas developed business partnerships with Sony, EMI, Time Warner, Warner, Rueben Cannon Productions, Clear Channel, Thomas Nelson Publishing and a host of other highly respected companies. His theatre production company, Touchdown Concepts, created and produced the Christian plays “The Male Prophet” and “Behind Closed Doors.” Both became number one gospel plays in the United States. Recently his advocacy for men’s rights enabled him to develop the cinema production “Brothers on The Front Line,” The movie is based on his book“and speaks out against domestic violence while encouraging men to rise above injustices. Bishop Lucas also operates Dexterity Sounds, a music label in collaboration with EMI Gospel Music that develops music with a divine message. The label has produced eight albums, five of which have received Grammy nominations. The album, “A Wing and a Prayer” featuring Bishop Lucas and Mt Calvary Church of Christ Mass Choir, received a 2004 Grammy award in the “Best Gospel Choir or Chorus Album” category. His album “JP. Lucas presents" also received a nomination in the category of “Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album.” Bishop Lucas periodically contributes to the nationally circulated magazine Gospel Today and previously contributed articles to Christianity Today and Ministries Today as well. In addition, he heads two of the most widely accessed ministry Internet sites today, He has been a guest on national news programs as a source of spiritual advice. Presidents and statesmen have frequently asked for his wisdom and counsel. He received invitations to the White House during both the current presidential administration and the former administration to give spiritual advice to President George W. Bush and former President Bill Clinton. He has given spiritual insight to President Rawlings of Ghana and President Obosanjo of Nigeria. He was guest to the King of Jordan, King Abdullahll and the President of Trinidad, George Maxwell Richards. He was the keynote speaker for the Congressional Black Caucus in 2000. Following the September 11 terrorist attacks, Bishop Lucas was asked by President Bush to meet with 35 other religious leaders to discuss the tragedy and how to recuperate from it. Most recently, he met with a coalition of ministers at the White House to discuss the faith-based initiative. Bishop Lucas lives in New Jersey with his wife Macy and their five children.

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Mt Calvary Church of Christ is associated with: Church of Christ/COC
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