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Address from Pastor Walton
Dear Members and Visitors to our Website:
Lenten Blessings to All…
Thank you for clicking on our Website. Calvary is a 130-year-old predominantly Black/African American Baptist church located in one of the ‘hoods of Milwaukee that still believes God cares.
As pastor and people, we believe that God cares about people. We believe that God cares about families. We believe that God cares about all ethnicities and societies and is not offended when ethnic cultures celebrate who they are in Christ Jesus. For example, I was not born a Christian. I was born a black boy in America. I learned about Jesus from my parents and family and accepted Him in a particular context, which, for me, happened to be Black and Baptist. We welcome all ethnicities, but our predominantly Black. As Milwaukee’s oldest Black Baptist Church (1895), that is our DNA.
Along with all other Christian communities, we believe that Jesus died, rose, and is coming back for His church - those who accept Him as Lord and Savior of their lives, regardless of ethnic background.
What fuels us? We are a biblically based church who loves Jesus and believes in Christian discipleship. We believe that Jesus is the sole way to the salvation of the soul. We also believe that Jesus wants us to be His disciples. Church membership and discipleship is not synonymous. Church membership is not salvation. Water Baptism is not salvation. Salvation is accepting Jesus, and discipleship is following Jesus daily. It’s that simple.
During Lent, we pause to walk with Jesus to Calvary. Resurrection Sunday (also known as Easter) takes on added significance when Lent is observed. So, please keep clicking on our site and, when you are able, join us in person for Worship. We would love to host you for Church School at 8:15 am; Worship at 9:30 am. Youth Church is 2nd and 4th Sundays.
As we walk with our Savior to Calvary, where He died for us, may we confess and repent of our sins so that Jesus Christ will be ever more alive in our personal and familial lives as His disciples.
On the Way to Calvary,
The Reverend Dr. John Richard Walton, Jr., D.Min, Senior Pastor
Calvary Baptist Church of Milwaukee
Reverend Dr. John Richard Walton, Jr.
The Reverend Doctor John Richard Walton, Jr. is a native of Cleveland, Ohio, and has served as the senior pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church of Milwaukee for the last 22 years. Pastor Walton is well-respected and sought after as preacher, pastor to pastors, lecturer, and spiritual, biblical, and academic authority in the training and discipleship of deacons and church leadership.
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January 2026 Focus:
Preparing To Persevere By Building Up Spiritual Stamina through God’s Word
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Dear Calvary Members and Friends,
Let us pray with confidence and boldness knowing that He hears and is faithful.
Dear Lord, Our God,
You are the Source of our strength. You are the Strength of our life. In this prayer, we offer total and complete praise to You in all things because You are worthy. Thank You for bringing us into another year. Thank You for all of Your kept promises and how You took care of us in 2025. As we have entered 2026, we pray that You would nourish us with all power according to Your glorious might. In 2026, we ask Your help for discerning Your best for us, and for godly endurance when the wait may seem long for what You’ve promised. We know that discipleship to You is a lifelong commitment. Thank You that Your power is always made perfect in our weakness and that Your grace is always sufficient for us. We ask You to allow us to recognize the richness of Your grace that abounds in every area of our lives individually and collectively. Today, hear our prayer that in every area where we are weak that we would look to You and Your Word and experience the power that fills us with Your strength. Your Son, Jesus, knew that knowing the words of His Father was essential to victory. He faced the lies of Satan with Your Word. Thank You for Your Word that is living and active. Your Word brings energy and restoration and shows us how to live. Lead us through Your Holy Spirit to follow our Lord’s example each day by relying on Your Word in our lives. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Dear Lord and Father,
We come to express our sincere gratitude for Your leadership today. Thank You for keeping us safe through seen and unseen dangers. Thank You for the light You gave through our travels today. Through the trials and testing of this day, thank You that our faith was fortified and built up and that whatever we faced today has already begun to build up endurance for tomorrow. Thank You, Lord, that You cause us to persevere and win. Through the watches of the night, even as we rest, thank you for strengthening us by Your Holy Spirit and relieving any anxiety we may have. We remember that Your love endures forever and trust that You walk with us. May our thoughts and actions be fortified and empowered knowing Your presence is our optimum source of hspiritual stamina. Order our steps, words, and thoughts as we come to the close of this day. In our blessed Savior’s name, Amen.
