COSTA MESA (CBSLA.com) — Orange County pastor Chuck Smith, the founder of the Calvary Chapel movement, died Thursday after a long battle with lung cancer. He was 86. KNX 1070's Vytas Safronikas ...

Pastor Chuck Smith, founder of Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, died Thursday at 86, his church announced Thursday. He had been battling lung cancer for the past 21 months, the Associated Press reported.

SANTA ANA – It was just Sept. 29 that senior pastor Chuck Smith led three Sunday services in front of thousands of people at Calvary Chapel of Costa Mesa. Smith’s son, Chuck Smith Jr., said it was his ...

COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — The family of the late founder of Orange County’s Calvary Chapel has filed a lawsuit against the church, claiming elder abuse and wrongful takeover of his property. The ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (KABC) -- A family fight over control of an Orange County megachurch after the death of the founder heads to the courts. The family of Pastor Chuck Smith is embroiled in a legal ...

(UPDATED) Children reportedly divided on allegations over who should control megachurch pastor’s sermons. The daughter of Chuck Smith, the late Calvary Chapel movement founder, has filed a lawsuit ...

Eighty-six-year-old Chuck Smith was planning on preaching all three morning services last Sunday. Instead, God gently took Chuck to heaven at 3 am, October 3, 2013. Though he never smoked, Chuck ...

Chuck Smith, the longtime Orange County pastor who reached out to hippies and created a Christian movement, died Thursday after battling lung cancer. He was 86. Smith was senior pastor of Calvary ...

In his church office, pastor Chuck Smith kept a crown made of thorns and a jar full of candy. The thorns were from the Holy Land. The candy was for his grandkids. The image suggested his special ...

In his church office, pastor Chuck Smith kept a crown made of thorns and a jar full of candy. The thorns were from the Holy Land. The candy was for his grandkids. The image suggested his special ...