Calvary purchased 2.5 acres from Kenneth Sparks (a Methodist) and he donated the other 2.5 acres for the new location on HWY. 22 east. St. John’s Lutheran Church and Dr. Jerry Zschiesche, as well as members of Calvary Baptist Church contributed to the fund to purchase land. Ground breaking was held prior to the beginning of construction. The piano was moved out on a truck for the service, and Ray Weathers’ stereotape recorder was used as a loud speaker. Bob Miller, editor of The Hamilton Herald-News wrote about the ground breaking and thought when Randy Russell, the pastor, said, "Let us pray," he should have said "Let us SPRAY." The chiggers were ABUNDANT that afternoon!!!!

Construction began on a new church building in late 1981 with Randy Cowan and the pastor, Randy Russell serving as general contractors and doing much of the construction themselves. By January 23, 1982, there were regularly scheduled work days for members to help with the building process. The tasks for January 23 included cleaning the inside and painting on the outside. The original building was sold before the new building was completed, thus services had to be held in the school cafeteria for several weeks during the summer of 1982. As soon as enough of the new building was completed, we moved in and construction continued for several months. Most of the construction was done only after there was money to pay for its completion, so that the new church building was completed without incurring a large indebtedness.

Randy Cowan and Randy Russell shopped wholesale building supply companies in Austin, Waco, Dallas, and Fort Worth to find the most economical source of materials. All of the cabinet work and trim was done in red oak because that was the cheapest wholesale lumber they could find. The leftover red oak wood was stored under the pulpit platform. Access to this storage area is through the bathroom on the north side of the choir loft. The platform itself included some unique features. All of the panels across the front (in front of the choir and instruments) were built on a foundation of 1 1/2" channel iron and seated in sockets built into the platform so that they could be removed. In addition, the risers for the choir were built in modules carpeted on all sides except the bottom so that the stage could be reconfigured easily. It may be totally flat or the components may be stacked to form higher areas. The components are different sizes, so that they can form steps to a higher area which might serve as a hill or observation point in a drama.

Original plans called for a motorized curtain to be installed behind the beautiful red oak wood frame around the baptistry and in front of the baptistry wall. Therefore, the wood frame was constructed in two halves and mounted on brackets on each side of the baptistry so that the frame could be removed at any time to install a curtain without damaging the front of the auditorium. Guy Graves did all of the cabinet work in the building. Randy Russell configured components and installed the sound system and Ray Weathers helped Randy Russell adjust and fine-tune the system.

The church is located on bedrock, and there is enough iron in the foundation and walls of the educational building so that four more floors could be added, according to the architect. The beams in the ceiling of the educational building are close together (10 to 12") and they are 2x12's. As the building was in progress, Guy Graves noticed that the roof was not flat on the educational building. This was in the architect’s plan for the outside edge to be ½" lower for drainage. No one else noticed this difference even after Guy pointed it out. When the church was being built, it appeared to be in a hole. That was only an optical illusion and there has never been a problem with flooding from the outside.

Dedication for the new building was held October 7, 1984, when the church was 25 years old. Harold Holcomb, the first pastor, returned to preach the dedicatory sermon.