Grace Community Church
A Place To Belong
Who We Are & What We Believe
Who We Are
Grace Community Church is an interdenominational fellowship.
Our Mission Statement
To glorify God by winning the lost to Christ, assimilating new believers into the congregation, leading believers into spiritual maturity and equipping them for ministry in the church and the community.
Our Vision
To worship God with all our hearts, serve Him with our spiritual gifts, fellowship with one another, become like Jesus in character, and win the lost over to Jesus Christ.
What We Believe:
The Bible to be the only inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God.
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to
make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 3:15-17 ( KJV )
And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to
make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.
All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable
for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
That the man of God may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.
1 Thessalonians 2:13 ( KJV )
For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the
word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word
of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also
in you that believe.
That there is one God, eternally existent in three persons, Father, Son, and
Holy Ghost. Deut. 6:4, Matt.28:19, John 14:16, 1Cor. 8:4-6
Matthew 28:19 ( KJV )
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
John 14:16 ( KJV )
And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may
abide with you for ever;
In the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ. John1:1,14; 20:28-29; Philippians
2:6-11; Isaiah 9:6; Col. 2:9; Heb. 1:8-13
John 1:1 ( KJV )
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 1:14 ( KJV )
And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the
glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
His virgin birth. Matthew 1:18; Luke1:34-35; Isaiah 7:14
Matthew 1:18 ( KJV )
Now the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise: When as his mother Mary was
espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the
Holy Ghost.
Luke 1:34-35 ( KJV )
Then said Mary unto the angel, How shall this be, seeing I know not a man?
And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee,
and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy
thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.
His sinless life. 2Cor. 5:21;Hebrews 4:15; 7:26-27; 1John 3:5; 1Peter 2:22
2 Corinthians 5:21 ( KJV )
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be
made the righteousness of God in him.
Hebrews 4:15 ( KJV )
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our
infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without
sin.
His miracles. Matthew 4:23; Luke6:17-19; John 3:2
Matthew 4:23 ( KJV )
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching
the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of
disease among the people.
Luke 6:17-19 ( KJV )
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his
disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and
from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed
of their diseases;
And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him,
and healed them all.
His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood. Colossians 1:14,
20-22; Romans 5:8, 9-11, Ephesians 1:7
Colossians 1:14 ( KJV )
In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of
sins:
Colossians 1:20-22 ( KJV )
And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all
things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in
earth, or things in heaven.
And you, that were sometime alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked
works, yet now hath he reconciled
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and
unreproveable in his sight:
His bodily resurrection. 1Cor. 15:3-4; Luke 24:4-7, 36-48; Rev. 1:17
1 Corinthians 15:3-4 ( KJV )
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that
Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the
scriptures:
Luke 24:4-7 ( KJV )
And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men
stood by them in shining garments:
And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they
said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?
He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in
Galilee,
Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be
crucified, and the third day rise again.
His ascension to the right hand of the Father. Acts 2:33,5:30-31; 1Peter 3:22
and in His personal return in power and glory. Acts 1:11, John 14:1-3; 1
Thes.4:13-18
Acts 2:33 ( KJV )
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the
Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see
and hear.
Acts 5:30-31 ( KJV )
The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom ye slew and hanged on a tree.
Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour,
for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
That justification by faith in the atonement of Jesus Christ and regeneration
by the Holy Spirit is absolutely essential for the salvation of lost and sinful
people. Romans 3:24-25; John 3:3-7; Ephesians 2:1-16; Revelation 5:9; 1
Corinthians 6:11
Romans 3:24-25 ( KJV )
Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus:
Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood,
to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through
the forbearance of God;
John 3:3-7 ( KJV )
Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man
be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the
second time into his mother’s womb, and be born?
Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water
and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit
is spirit.
Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
The prime agency for the work of God's Kingdom is the Christian local church
functioning under the sovereignty of our Lord Jesus Christ. To the church have
been entrusted the ordinances of Believer's Baptism and the Lord's Supper. Acts
2:41-47; Matthew 28:18-20; Ephesians 1:22-23; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Matthew 28:18-20 ( KJV )
And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven
and in earth.
Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I
am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Ephesians 1:22-23 ( KJV )
And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the
head over all things to the church,
Which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
In the present ministry of the Holy Spirit which includes: The Baptism in the
Holy Spirit as an experience distinct from regeneration; His indwelling, by
which the Christian is enabled to live a godly life; His supernatural gifting
and empowering of the Church for its work, life and worship. Luke24:49; Acts
1:4-8, 2:1-4. 10:44-46; 1 Corinthians 12:14
Luke 24:49 ( KJV )
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city
of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
Acts 1:4-8 ( KJV )
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should
not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith
he, ye have heard of me.
For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost
not many days hence.
When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt
thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?
And he said unto them, It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which
the Father hath put in his own power.
But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye
shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria,
and unto the uttermost part of the earth.
In the return of Jesus Christ, to consummate His Kingdom, in the resurrection
of both the saved and the lost; those who are saved unto the resurrection of
life, and those who are lost unto the resurrection of damnation. John 5:28-29;
Mark 14:62; Revelation 1:7, 20:4-5, 11:12
John 5:28-29 ( KJV )
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the
graves shall hear his voice,
And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life;
and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Mark 14:62 ( KJV )
And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand
of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven.
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