Born in Southern California in 1968 into a Southern Baptist pastor’s family, Chris Fraley was immersed in a life of rich and active ministry. At the age of 19, while attending California Baptist College, Chris felt the call to ministry. He began by serving as a youth pastor under his father’s leadership. Soon after, he married his high school sweetheart, Wendi. Together, they now have three grown children and two grandchildren.

In 1996, Chris took classes through Calvary Chapel Bible College. It was during that time he sensed God calling him to plant a Calvary Chapel. After ten years of youth ministry, he started a home fellowship in the Wildwood Canyon area of Yucaipa in 1998. This small beginning marked the birth of Wildwood Calvary Chapel in the Yucaipa/Calimesa Valley - a thriving, Bible-teaching church that has been shining the light of Jesus for over 27 years.