About Lawton Calvary

What You Can expect during a service:

We are a Pentecostal church.

What does that mean? It's not uncommon for our members to praise God through outspoken prayers, raised hands, or speaking in tongues. We encourage everyone to follow the moving of the Spirit during the song service as well as at the altar.

we praise and worship through music.

We sing both traditional hymns and modern worship songs.

"Old-Fashioned" preaching for a new era.

Truth is never changing and the greatest source of truth in this world is the Word of God. Call it "old-fashioned" but the Bible is as relevant a source of wisdom and saving power today as it was 100 years ago, and we refuse to water down its substance when it is the only source of true life.  Pastor Elmore's Sunday sermons, and those preached by our associate pastor, reflect this commitment.  

Our Wednesday series focuses on studying one book of the Bible at a time. We are currently studying the book of Hebrews.

A Call to the Altar.

The altar is a place of relationship as well as reverence and we take every opportunity to spend time with God in prayer, believing that it is in that simple yet sacred act that earth and heaven commune.

At times the altar service may be focused on one certain life issue, in which our church members and pastors will gladly take the time to pray with anyone in need.

 

 

About Our Denomination

 

The Assemblies of God is committed to fulfilling a four-fold mission. Our primary reason for being is to:

1. Evangelize the lost. 
2. Worship God. 
3. Disciple believers.
4. Show compassion.

 

Statement of Fundamental Truths

(clicking on highlighted phrases will take you offsite to the official Assembly of God website and further information)

  1. WE BELIEVE...The Scriptures are Inspired by God and declare His design and plan for mankind.

  2. WE BELIEVE...There is only One True God–revealed in three persons...Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (commonly known as the Trinity).

  3. WE BELIEVE...In the Deity of the Lord Jesus Christ. As God's son Jesus was both human and divine.

  4. WE BELIEVE...though originally good, Man Willingly Fell to Sin–ushering evil and death, both physical and spiritual, into the world.

  5. WE BELIEVE...Every Person Can Have Restored Fellowship with God Through 'Salvation'(trusting Christ, through faith and repentance, to be our personal Savior). [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the AG]

  6. WE BELIEVE...and practice two ordinances—(1) Water Baptism by Immersion after repenting of one's sins and receiving Christ's gift of salvation, and (2) Holy Communion(the Lord's Supper) as a symbolic remembrance of Christ's suffering and death for our salvation.

  7. WE BELIEVE...the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is a Special Experience Following Salvationthat empowers believers for witnessing and effective service, just as it did in New Testament times. [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the AG]

  8. WE BELIEVE... The Initial Physical Evidence of the Baptism in the Holy Spirit is ‘Speaking in Tongues,’ as experienced on the Day of Pentecost and referenced throughout Acts and the Epistles.

  9. WE BELIEVE...Sanctification Initially Occurs at Salvation and is not only a declaration that a believer is holy, but also a progressive lifelong process of separating from evil as believers continually draw closer to God and become more Christlike.

  10. WE BELIEVE...The Church has a Mission to seek and save all who are lost in sin. We believe 'the Church' is the Body of Christ and consists of the people who, throughout time, have accepted God's offer of redemption (regardless of religious denomination) through the sacrificial death of His son Jesus Christ.

  11. WE BELIEVE...A Divinely Called and Scripturally Ordained Leadership Ministry Serves the Church. The Bible teaches that each of us under leadership must commit ourselves to reach others for Christ, to worship Him with other believers, to build up or edify the body of believers–the Church and to Meet human need with ministries of love and compassion.

  12. WE BELIEVE...Divine Healing of the Sick is a Privilege for Christians Today and is provided for in Christ's atonement (His sacrificial death on the cross for our sins). [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the AG]

  13. WE BELIEVE...in The Blessed Hope—When Jesus Raptures His Church Prior to His Return to Earth (the second coming). At this future moment in time all believers who have died will rise from their graves and will meet the Lord in the air, and Christians who are alive will be caught up with them, to be with the Lord forever. [1 of 4 cardinal doctrines of the AG]

  14. WE BELIEVE...in The Millennial Reign of Christ when Jesus returns with His saints at His second coming and begins His benevolent rule over earth for 1,000 years. This millennial reign will bring the salvation of national Israel and the establishment of universal peace.

  15. WE BELIEVE...A Final Judgment Will Take Place for those who have rejected Christ. They will be judged for their sin and consigned to eternal punishment in a punishing lake of fire.

  16. WE BELIEVE...and look forward to the perfect New Heavens and a New Earth that Christ is preparing for all people, of all time, who have accepted Him. We will live and dwell with Him there forever following His millennial reign on Earth. 'And so shall we forever be with the Lord!'