Career
He founded the (a fundamental Christian church in Fairfax, Virginia) and its associated school, the Academy. He currently serves the church in the role of Pastor Emeritus and "travels throughout the United States and around the world preaching in missions conferences, helping to start churches, encouraging missionaries and pastors, and training men who are preparing for the ministry."
In a joint resolution of the Virginia State House, Calvert was commended for 35 years of leadership, outstanding service and compassionate ministry to the residents of Fairfax County and other communities. Calvert was born on October 3, 1943, in Arlington, Virginia.
He joined the United States Army and served as a paratrooper in Italy, then attended at Bob Jones University and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree.
He later received a masters and doctorate in ministry from Freedom University. Bud Calvert founded the in October 1970 with the stated mission "to glorify God and evangelize the world." In 1976 the church began a Christian school, Academy, now a K4-12th grade school considered a ministry of the church and which takes part in the Old Dominion Association of Church Schools.
The church also founded and sponsors the International Conference on World Evangelism (ICWE), intended "to educate young pastors and remind seasoned pastors about the need to maintain primacy of world evangelism in the life of every church.".
