Jack MacArthur

In November 1954, he and his staff left that church to establish the independent, nondenominational Harry MacArthur Memorial Bible Church of Glendale, which was named for his father; it was later renamed Calvary Bible Church after moving to Burbank, where he served as senior pastor.

Later, he served as director of evangelism for the Charles F. Fuller Foundation and as a field evangelist for the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago. He became pastor at Fountain Avenue Baptist Church on January 4, 1948 and served for four years. From 1952 to 1954, he was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Downey.

While still pastoring in Southern California, he and Dr. J. Edwin Orr founded an outreach ministry to people in the film and television industry in the early 1940s." In 1942, the fruit of this endeavor was the "Voice of Calvary" radio program (which he hosted until his passing). Between 1956 and 1983, the program was also adapted for television. MacArthur supported the ministry of John M. Perkins, so Perkins named the ministry Voice of Calvary, a nod to MacArthur's radio program.

After marrying on June 25, 1937, MacArthur and his wife Irene (née Dockendorf) raised four children, including pastor John MacArthur.

John Fullerton "Jack" MacArthur Sr. (March 30, 1914 – June 15, 2005) was an American pastor who is best remembered as founder and senior pastor at Calvary Bible Church in Burbank, founder and host of "Voice of Calvary" radio and television ministries, conference speaker, author, church planter, and father of pastor Dr. John F. MacArthur.