{"id":17,"date":"2014-03-29T18:07:30","date_gmt":"2014-03-29T18:07:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cbcbuffalo.org\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2025-05-21T08:16:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-21T13:16:06","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cbcbuffalo.org\/?page_id=17","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH<\/strong> is a non denominational Bible Believing Church which distinctively preaches the Word of God from the King James Bible. The church has been in existence since 1985, beginning from a home group Bible study.<\/p>\n<h3>Vision<\/h3>\n<p>Our vision statement is threefold:<br \/>\n1) To preach the gospel and win the lost to Christ &#8211; Matthew 28:19-20<br \/>\n2) To disciple and equip each believer for ministry &#8211; Ephesians 4:11-13<br \/>\n3) To be a church where &#8220;God&#8217;s love is lived&#8221; &#8211; John 13:35<\/p>\n<h3>Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>Our church government is based on the biblical principle of Pastor\/Deacon ministry. Every leader is to be a Servant\/Leader.<\/p>\n<h3>Teamwork<\/h3>\n<p>We believe in Lay Leadership where members operate with their gifting in their distinct ministry.<\/p>\n<h3>Membership<\/h3>\n<p>Membership is based on the following:<br \/>\n1) You must be &#8220;Born Again&#8221;<br \/>\n2) Be Baptized according to the Scriptures<br \/>\n3) Complete an assigned Discipleship course<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CALVARY BIBLE CHURCH is a non denominational Bible Believing Church which distinctively preaches the Word of God from the King James Bible. The church has been in existence since 1985, beginning from a home group Bible study. Vision Our vision statement is threefold: 1) To preach the gospel and win the lost to Christ &#8211; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"full-width-content","footnotes":""},"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"1969-12-31 19:00:00","action":"","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","browser_timezone_offset":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcbuffalo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcbuffalo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcbuffalo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcbuffalo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcbuffalo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcbuffalo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2055,"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcbuffalo.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions\/2055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cbcbuffalo.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}