Meet the Pastor Jared Heatherly
Pastor Jared Heatherly graduated from Bob Jones University (Greenville, SC) with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Pastoral Studies in 1993, and a Master of Arts degree in Bible in 1995. He and his wife, Julie, were married in August of 1995.
After serving at Fellowship Christian Academy (Methuen, MA) as a teacher for two years, he was led by the Lord to start a church in Swansea, MA. Pastor Jared served there for 9 years, working full time outside of the church for his financial support. During this time, the Lord blessed the Heatherlys with a core of faithful believers at the church, and with a daughter, Trisha, who was born in 1998. In 2006, Calvary Bible Church extended the invitation to Pastor Jared to assume the role of pastor. After much prayer, he accepted the invitation. At this time, the congregation in Swansea joined him at Calvary Bible.
A Message from Pastor Jared
It is my goal as the pastor of Calvary Bible Church to cultivate in the hearts of every person here a yearning to know God intimately by the teaching and preaching of His Word (Philippians 3:10). This, first of all, comes by knowing the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Savior. Man must come to the place where he realizes that he cannot please God on his own, but instead is ready to repent of his sin, and put his faith solely in the sacrifice of the Lord Jesus upon the cross (Titus 3:5-7). This is the starting point of new life! This new life is characterized by vibrant growth in Christ. Christian maturity cannot be reached simply by attending church. We must be faithfully reading, studying, memorizing, and meditating on God’s Word daily (Joshua 1:8). We must also be careful not to neglect committing daily time to prayer (Philippians 4:6). These expressions of obedient dependence upon the Lord will give us the spiritual strength to be able to reach out to others with the timeless message of God’s Word.
It is my prayer that Calvary Bible Church be a beacon of the gospel and a tool in the hand of God to build up believers and win the lost. We must faithfully glorify the Lord by pointing people to Jesus, who is “the way, the truth, and the life.” (John 14:6) “Far be it from me to boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ…” Galatians 6:14)
