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Calvary Community Church
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 Calvary Community Church   is a non-denominational evangelical, multi-site church in Phoenix, Arizona. Its senior pastor since 1982 is Mark Martin, when he founded the church with 11 people ( and http://archive.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2010/04/04/20100404easter-status-change.html ). In 1984 Pastor Chuck Smith of Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa, California invited the Calvary Community church to join the Calvary Chapel fellowship of churches. It is one of the Phoenix area mega churches with 12,000 members. (reference http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/20130219phoenix-area-mega-churches-draw-crowds.html and http://hirr.hartsem.edu/cgi-bin/mega/db.pl?db=default&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&sb=4&State=AZ )

The church meets on two campuses. The current buildings are a recovered shopping center (http://www.barbarastew-art.com/history_new.htm ) (in Phoenix AZ), and a renovated former movie theater (in Glendale, AZ).

Calvary is one of the largest Protestant churches in the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_Protestant_churches_in_the_United_States It is on the list of megachurches http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachurch as reported by Hartford Institute for Religion Research. http://hirr.hartsem.edu/cgi-bin/mega/db.pl?db=default&uid=default&view_records=1&ID=*&sb=4&State=AZ  and http://www.statisticbrain.com/mega-church-statistics/

Singer Jordin Sparks has been a member of Calvary since birth and sang on its high-school ministry worship team. http://www.worldmag.com/2007/06/sparks_fly and http://www.wnd.com/2007/06/41990/ and http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/articles/music/Jordin_Sparks_American_Idol_pop_star_grounded_in_faith_and_family/35798/p1/