ABOUT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH

Pastor Scott and Tammy McCain were both raised in a small southern town and grew up in the same Baptist church. Both were saved (separately) at 16 after making earlier professions of faith but seeing no real fruit of the Spirit. In 1994, the couple married; in 1995, they began ministry together at their alma mater, Heritage Christian School, a ministry of Lighthouse Baptist Church in Blacksburg, S.C.

They served the Lord together at Northside Christian School in North Charleston, S.C. for a number of years. Scott worked for several years at Charleston Southern University and started his own business before returning to Northside part-time. In 2016, God called the McCains to Virginia; Scott served as youth pastor while Tammy continued teaching at a Christian academy preschool.

During their time in Hampton Roads, God burdened the McCains for the United Kingdom, specifically a primarily military congregation in Suffolk County, England. They completed deputation in just over 2½ years and served the Lord at Faith Baptist Church for almost two more. Tightened regulations from UK Visas and Immigration terminated the sponsorship license of the couple sponsoring the McCains, and multiple avenues of remaining in the country resulted in the same dead end.

Upon returning from England in late 2023, Scott and Tammy sought the Lord’s will for His next station of service. The McCains were willing to go far and wide, logging trips to destinations that were one thousand, two thousand, and four thousand miles from home over the next ten months. All the while, God was preparing a place for them a little over 100 miles from their former home with a loving, godly congregation at Calvary Baptist Church in Midlothian. Upon the first meeting, it was evident that God had put this together: the McCains were just right for Calvary, and Calvary was just right for the McCains.

The McCains’ first Sunday at CBC was the first of 2025. What attracted them to the church was the Christ-honoring music and sound expositional preaching available to watch on live streaming. If you also like those, we think you might find a home here at Calvary. Please let us know if we can pray for you or minister to you in some way.