Calvary Chapel 1000 Hills, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa

“You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.”

Matthew 5:14-16

“And they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, in the breaking of bread, and in prayers. Then fear came upon every soul, and many wonders and signs were done through the apostles. Now all who believed were together, and had all things in common, and sold their possessions and goods, and divided them among all, as anyone had need. So continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they ate their food with gladness and simplicity of heart, praising God and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who were being saved.”

Acts 2:42-47

“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”

Colossians 3:16

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.”

Romans 12:1-2

“Him we preach, warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus.”

Colossians 1:28

“for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, till we all come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ;”

Ephesians 4:12-13

“Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen.”

Matthew 28:19-20

“But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.”

Luke 6:35-36

About Us

Calvary Chapel 1000 Hills is a non-denominational Christian Fellowship. We are an independent church but choose to affiliate with Calvary Chapel both nationally and internationally. We are an outreach ministry of Calvary Chapel Kommetjie, Cape Town.

We seek to emphasize the spiritual unity of all true believers in God through faith in our Lord Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. We give pre-eminence to the preaching of the gospel, to studying the Word of God, and to exalting the Lord Jesus Christ.

Our Purpose & Mission

Our purpose and mission is to minister in three areas: To minister to God through worship (Col. 3:16; Rom.12:1), to minister to God’s people with the aim of building them up to maturity in the faith (Col. 1:28) and to equip and build up the body of Christ (Eph. 4:12-13), and to minister to the world through evangelism (Matt. 28:19) and mercy (Luke 6:35-36).

What We Believe...

We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God and inerrant in the original writings.

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, that He died in our place and through His shed blood we receive the forgiveness of sins, in His bodily resurrection, and in His ascension to the right hand of the Father.

We believe in the personal, visible, and pre-millennial return of Jesus Christ to the earth. He will return with His saints and set up a kingdom of which there will be no end.

We believe that lost and sinful man must be saved from this condition, and that the only hope of redemption is through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live the Christian life.

We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the unsaved; they that are saved unto a resurrection of life and they that are unsaved unto a resurrection of damnation.

We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.

Man's Need for Salvation:

We believe that all people are, by nature, separated from God and responsible for their own sin, but that salvation, redemption, and forgiveness are freely offered to all by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. When a person repents of sin and accepts Jesus Christ as personal Savior and Lord, trusting Him to save, that person is immediately born again and sealed by the Holy Spirit, all his/her sins are forgiven, and that person becomes a child of God, destined to spend eternity with the Lord.

The Gifts and Ministry of the Holy Spirit:

We believe in the gifts of the Holy Spirit mentioned in the Scriptures, and that they are valid for today if they are exercised within the scriptural guidelines.

We as believers are to covet the best gifts, seeking to exercise them in love that the whole Body of Christ might be edified.

We believe that love is more important than the most spectacular gifts, and without this love all exercise of spiritual gifts is worthless.

Our Worship:

We believe that the worship of God should be spiritual. Therefore, we remain flexible and yielded to the leading of the Holy Spirit to direct our worship.

We believe that the worship of God should be inspirational. Therefore, we give great place to music in our worship.

We believe that the worship of God should be intelligent. Therefore, our services are designed with great emphasis upon the teaching of the Word of God that He might instruct us how He should be worshipped.

We believe that the worship of God should be fruitful. Therefore, we look for His love in our lives as the supreme manifestation that we have truly been worshipping Him.

Distinctives of Calvary Chapel:

A clear conviction in our hearts that God has chosen and called us to serve Him.
That the Book of Acts is the model for the church.
Simplicity of church government.
An empowering of the Holy Spirit in the life of a believer.
A relaxed casual style of worship.
That we are saved by the grace of God and daily stand in His grace.
The clear teaching of God's Word in an endeavor to declare the whole counsel of God.
The centrality of Jesus Christ in our worship.
The present day continuation of the spiritual gifts.
The supremacy of love.
A dependence upon the Holy Spirit to lead us as a church.
The premillennial, pre-tribulation return of Jesus Christ to take away His church from this earth.

For further details please read “Calvary Chapel Distinctives” by Chuck Smith, giving the foundational principles of the Calvary Chapel movement.

The History of Calvary Chapel

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