Pastor Cory Kilgus and his wife Danielle have been serving on the mission field for 10 years. They have four children, Abigail, Noah, Isabella and Sophia all who were born in Peru. Cory was ordained as a pastor at Calvary Chapel Fort Bragg in 2015, and has served at Bible Colleges and in church plants throughout the world.
He served at Calvary Chapel Bible College Peru and Calvary Chapel Bible College Israel in a variety of roles including being the director of each school.
In 2016, God led him to start a new work in Trujillo, Peru. Cory, Danielle, and the team planted Calvary Trujillo in 2017, and started the Calvary Bible Institute the following year. Both the church and school are growing and thriving. Pastor Cory has a heart to make disciples of all nations, to raise up the next generation, and to see many healthy church plants throughout South America and the world.
Calvary Chapel Missions Conference; Comisionado
From Calvary Chapel Magazine
Pastors throughout the South American continent—and beyond—responded to God’s call to gather at the first Calvary Chapel South America Missions Conference last November hosted by Calvary Bible Institute (CBI) Peru and Calvary Trujillo, Peru. Over 300 pastors and leaders came from not only South America but all over the world, some crossing the Andes Mountains on a three-day journey from Bolivia, by canoe from the jungles of the Amazon, and even from Germany and the Philippines.
It was Calvary Trujillo Pastor Cory Kilgus’ heart to inspire church leaders, bringing them together for a time of fellowship and edification. Under Peru’s strict COVID-related restrictions for the last two years, many churches in Peru have been unable to meet for months. On October 31, however, these were lifted—just in time for the conference.
The excitement was palpable as pastors and leaders, unable to meet prior to the pandemic, greeted one another with great joy. They came to worship Jesus and intently seek His direction for how to fulfill the “Great Commission” He gave His disciples 2,000 years ago.
Pastor Ronny Breen of Horizon Christian Fellowship in Harrisonburg, VA, involved with CBI Peru from its beginning, observed, “The Spirit of the Lord is moving, bringing brothers and sisters together from everywhere for such a time as this. The time is now in South America.”
Post-conference comments indicated that many believed God is moving in Latin America. Pastors left deeply convinced that God was calling them to fulfill the Great Commission, make disciples, and plant Bible-teaching churches throughout South America and the world. Excited to see the fruit of the Gospel in the coming years, Pastor Cory said, “I believe this conference is going to set the continent on fire for Jesus and the Great Commission. There is going to be fruit for years to come because of what God did this weekend.”
Ronny wrote to Cory after the conference, “This past week was one of those moments in my life that I will never forget. So much fruit!”
“I believe this conference is going to set the continent on fire for Jesus and the Great Commission. There is going to be fruit for years to come because of what God did this weekend.”
- Cory Kilgus
Cory expressed, “The CC Missions Conference in South America was the result of unceasing prayer, hard work, and much grace, but it set evangelism afire in the hearts of all who attended.” Many pastors testified that God is moving in a fresh way and that the Church in South America is ready to expand despite its many challenges.
Pastor Kevin Vander Kodde shared, “I had this desire to see Calvary Chapel in Latin America have a vision to plant churches. There wasn’t this vision before, but through this conference, many pastors are getting the vision.” He continued, however, with a warning: “What’s coming will be hard because [of] the enemy attacks, but it will also be amazing because we are going to win Latin America for Christ.”
Cory concluded, “In the darkest of times, the Church always shines the brightest. Now is the time for men and women of faith, filled with the Holy Spirit, to courageously rise up and fulfill the Great Commission—and it is happening in South America.”