OPEN DOOR PROJECT
For over 20 years, Calvary’s Open
Door Project has given each of us
the opportunity to partner with ways
God is at work locally and around
the world. This annual year-end
focus has allowed us to participate
with God in bringing the nations
and the Grand Rapids area into His
family. Did you know this proj-
ect originally began because of a
building project? This fund started
because an anonymous Calvary
member was led by God to use the
monetary blessings he had received
to bless the church.
21 years ago Calvary was complet-
ing construction on the East End,
including the Chapel and Gymnasi-
um. Pledges were coming in slowly
and the Board was struggling to
make ends meet. They were faced
with how to cut ministry back, both
in our church and in our external
outreach efforts. As the Calvary
member mentioned above witnessed
these plans, he was burdened at the
thought that the obligation of our
construction loan would keep us
from ministering to those outside
our walls.
God gave this man a radical idea:
what if from the blessing he had
received through many years of
faithfully walking with the Lord, he
paid off the construction loan and
remaining building expenses? Then
the pledged funds could be used to
support projects that ministered to
those outside of Calvary. The idea
was brought to the church leader-
ship, affirmed, and the Open Door
Project began.
Calvary Church has been blessed for
many years through this outreach.
The purpose of Grace Beyond has
been to improve our facility, to pro-
vide accessible worship space, areas
for fellowship and secure rooms
for our children. Even more, Grace
Beyond has been about establishing
a solid base from which our church
can continue to minister to others
in this same vein.
Over the past few months, God
has made it clear that he has a new
vision for Calvary Church. In God’s
kindness, He has made it abundant-
ly clear that the season for the Open
Door Project has ended and we are
now called to move forward in a
new direction. A direction that has
roots firmly planted in the rich soil
of sacrificial giving and missional
outreach that ODP has helped to
establish in the Calvary DNA.
As we close out this chapter in
our church history, we want to
celebrate the work that God has
done through this project. Over $7
million dollars has been contributed
to the Open Door Project through-
out its history. Join us in praising
God for the many ways in which His
Word has been brought to the na-
tions. Thank you for giving faithfully
to see many come to know Jesus as
Lord.
nations touched
by projects
USA
India
Tanzania
Nigeria
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Egypt
Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
Lebanon
Syria
Sudan
South Sudan
England
Russia
Honduras
Poland
Bangladesh
Greece
Albania
Ukraine
Mozambique
China
Ghana
types of
projects funded
• Leadership development
• Church planting
• Orphan Care, Justice/
Anti-trafficking
• Refugees
• Persecuted church
• Deaf Outreach
• Bible translation, print-
ing and distribution
• Evangelistic media pro-
duction and distribution
• Camp scholarships
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