Tributes

My family and I started attending Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa in 1974 when I was 11. It was during the height of the Jesus People…

It is hard to believe that our beloved Pastor Chuck has been gone for a decade. I remember how honored my husband, Tom Stipe, was…

One of the greatest gifts that I have received from the ministry of Pastor Chuck was his emphasis on the grace of God. Not just…

It was the late nineties, cassette tapes were still a thing. Each semester, each of us would spend our hard-earned cash to buy a box…

Only in the later years of Pastor Chuck's life and ministry did I have the pleasure of personal interactions with him. I was at Murrieta,…

When I was 18 years old, I boarded a plane bound for Hungary. Despite the fact that I had only been following Jesus for two…

October 3, 2023 marks ten years since the passing of Pastor Chuck Smith, who was the man God used to start the Calvary Chapel Movement…

In this video, Greg Laurie, a renowned author and evangelist, acknowledges the profound impact that Chuck Smith had on an entire generation. Greg Laurie attributes…

So many words have been printed, published and proclaimed to honor Pastor Chuck. My tribute seems hardly worth disseminating when others with greater eloquence or…

The first time I set foot in Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa was on Easter morning. The air was full of electricity as thousands of people…

The first time I discovered Chuck Smith’s teaching, my wife and I were on our honeymoon. The pastor mentoring us as a couple invited us…

I met Chuck Smith on a tractor at Murrieta Hot Springs. It was 1996, and I had just moved to California from my home state…

In 1971 or 1972, Mike MacIntosh asked me to capture the new worship songs that were being born during the Jesus Movement on vinyl. (Yes,…

That voice…that beaming smile…that sparkle in his eyes. Even after a decade has gone by, who could forget the man that thousands upon thousands have…

Even though it has been a decade since Pastor Chuck's passing, his voice still resonates in the ears of those who were touched by his…