Bishop B. Courtney McBath is the senior founding pastor of Calvary Revival Church (CRC) in Norfolk, Virginia, and the presiding bishop of Calvary Alliance of Churches and Ministries, an oversight organization for ministries located both in the U.S. and abroad.

 Formerly an engineer and manager with Texas Instruments and Baxter Healthcare Corporation, Bishop McBath left his career in 1990 to establish CRC with his wife and co-pastor, Janeen L. McBath. Since then, the church has grown from 20-plus to an estimated 7,000 weekly attendees and now supports a federal credit union and an accredited K-12 school system.

In 1998, Bishop McBath expanded the scope of his leadership beyond Virginia’s Hampton Roads area, founding Calvary Alliance of Churches and Ministries. As the organization’s presiding bishop, he now is responsible for churches in the U.S., Africa, India, China and the Caribbean.

Bishop McBath is the author of Maximize Your Marriage, and his columns have appeared in Charisma and Ministries Today magazines. Bishop McBath’s television program, “The Voice of Revival,” airs nationally on the Inspiration Network (INSP) and other channels, reaching an estimated market of 21 million viewers weekly. The show remains the most highly rated program in Hampton Roads on Sunday mornings and is also broadcast in Lagos, Nigeria, reaching 20 million viewers in that country each week.

Bishop McBath earned a Bachelor of Science degree in humanities and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a Master of Arts degree in Biblical studies from Regent University. He also holds a Doctor of Ministry degree from Providence Bible College and Theological Seminary.

He has been married to his wife, Janeen, for more than twenty-three years, and they have five wonderful children.