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'''Chuck Smith''' is the founder of the [[Calvary Chapel]] fellowship of churches, beginning with the original Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California in the late 1960s. Reaching out to hippies and ex-hippies during the [[Jesus Movement]], Smith's original churches spread so that today over 1,000 churches have the name Calvary Chapel.
'''Chuck Smith''' (1927-2013) was the founder of the [[Calvary Chapel]] fellowship of churches, beginning with the original Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California in the late 1960s.<ref>https://pastorchuck.com/</ref> Reaching out to hippies and ex-hippies during the [[Jesus Movement]], Smith's original churches spread so that today over 1,000 churches have the name Calvary Chapel.<ref>http://calvarychapelassociation.com/founders-page/</ref>
Apart from his pastoring, Smith is a prolific author of [[Christian]] works.
Apart from his pastoring, Smith was a prolific author of [[Christian]] works.
He was born in 1927, attended LIFE Bible College, and worked as a preacher in many places before arriving at Calvary Chapel.<ref>http://www.wheaton.edu/ISAE/Hall-of-Biography/Chuck-Smith</ref>
He died October 3, 2013.<ref>http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/03/local/la-me-1004-chuck-smith-20131004</ref> His successor may be causing a minor schism in Calvary College.<ref>http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2017/march/tale-of-two-calvary-chapel-movement-split-chuck-smith.html</ref>
==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.calvarychapel.com Calvary Chapel home page]
*[http://www.calvarychapel.com Calvary Chapel home page]