When Chuck Smith, founder of the worldwide Calvary Chapel movement, decided to invest big in radio, the Orange County evangelist joined forces with a pastor he trusted. God's word, plus static, on ...

Smith’s son-in-law and successor at California flagship Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, Brian Brodersen, left the Calvary Chapel Association (CCA) this past fall with plans to build on Smith’s ...

Paul Smith “stepped into Heaven” and joined his late brother, Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa Pastor Chuck Smith, who died of lung cancer in October 2013, Ruth Smith said. In the late 1960s ...

Rather than viewing hippies as a threat to the established social order, Smith and Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa began to see them as potential converts. In churchy language, hippies became, ...

Some churches simply excluded them. But when countercultural youths showed up at a little church called Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, Calif., pastor Chuck Smith let them in, embraced them with ...

Sophomore quarterback Matthew Peters rushed for 295 yards, four touchdowns, and the game-winning two-point conversion, leading Calvary Chapel to a 38-37 victory over Costa Mesa Thursday night at ...