Bible Teaching

Jack Hibbs

Jack Hibbs is the senior and founding pastor of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, based in Southern California, the Founder & President of Real Life ministry, and a nationally syndicated TV & Radio host.

David Guzik

David Guzik is a pastor, Bible teacher, and author of a widely used Bible commentary. Millions of people use David’s online Bible commentary on sites such as Enduring Word and Blue Letter Bible.

Gary Hamrick

Pastor Gary Hamrick joined full-time ministry in 1987 as a high school youth pastor, and in 1991, Cornerstone Chapel’s 18 charter members asked him to become the church’s first pastor. Today, Cornerstone is home to several thousand weekly worshipers whom Pastor Gary desires to equip through the teaching of God’s Word, relating Biblical truth to everyday life in practical, relevant, and often humorous ways.

Troy Warner

Troy met Jesus when he was just six years old, and that moment marked the beginning of a lifelong journey of faith and surrender. In high school, his family moved to California, where he started attending Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. It was there he met Rebecca, the girl who would become his wife and ministry partner. For over 30 years, Troy has been faithfully leading, teaching, and pointing people to Jesus, one verse and one chapter at a time.

Brett Meador

Athey Creek Church start­ed in 1996 when Brett Meador moved to Port­land with his fam­i­ly. After 12 years on staff at Apple­gate Chris­t­ian Fel­low­ship, he sensed God call­ing him to start a church. The fel­low­ship began with a small group of believ­ers who met at Athey Creek Mid­dle School to study through the Bible, verse-by-verse. We con­tin­ued to study through the Word in this way and the church con­tin­ued to grow. When it became obvi­ous that we had out­grown the mid­dle school, the Lord, in His per­fect tim­ing, pro­vid­ed a ware­house build­ing in Wilsonville. A short five years lat­er, we moved into a build­ing of our own in West Linn.

From the start, the vision for ACC has been clear and focused: We want every­thing we do to point to Jesus. For us, this means that we keep things sim­ple. Acts 2:42 out­lines the mod­el of the ear­ly church: ​“And they con­tin­ued stead­fast­ly in the apos­tles’ doc­trine and fel­low­ship, and in break­ing of bread, and in prayers.” We take this verse to heart and make sure that we con­form to this pat­tern in the var­i­ous ways we min­is­ter. We view the church as a refuge, a hos­pi­tal of sorts, where those who are lost, hurt­ing, or worn out feel wel­come. Our hope is that we all find the heal­ing and refresh­ment we need as we stick to the ear­ly church’s example.

Chuck Smith

In 1965 Pastor Chuck Smith began his ministry at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa. Only 25 people had attended. What began as a small chapel grew into a church that seats over 2000 and is filled almost nightly. From the beginning, Pastor Chuck welcomed all—young and old—without judgement, placing his emphasis on the teaching of the Word of God.

God graciously used Pastor Chuck to reach a generation of hippies and surfers; generating a movement of the Holy Spirit that spread from the west coast to the east, bringing thousands of young people to Jesus Christ. Pastor Chuck extended his teaching nationally through The Word for Today radio program, as well as internationally over the Internet at CalvaryChapel.com.

Pastor Chuck went home to be with the Lord on October 3, 2013. Yet, the work that the Holy Spirit started with Pastor Chuck did not end that day; but continues forth in this generation and the next as people continue to seek Christ, teach His Word and avail themselves to the direction and leading of the Holy Spirit.