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About Grace

The ministry of Grace Community Church began in December 1993 after nearly a decade of dreaming about a ministry that could reach out to young families, teens, and the spiritually wounded in the community. Several families, after praying and seeking counsel, stepped out in faith with little if any resources to pioneer a ‘different’ kind of church in this community. Grace would be:

• A church that would view itself as "different from" but not "better than" the other ministries in the area.
• A church whose people would express their love for God in vibrant worship, committed stewardship, and authentic relationships.
• A church where people would be trained and released into active ministry based upon their spiritual S.H.A.P.E.
• A church that would intentionally reach into the community to meet needs and where lost and hurting people could feel accepted and nurtured.
• A church that would have a regional vision and strategy for transforming their world into true worshipers of God.

Our mission is to be a God-honoring Church that demonstrates to our world a Great Commandment love that leads to a Great Commission lifestyle. (GC3)

Simply stated we are to… Transform our world into true worshipers of God.
 

Grace Church began in 1993 with a vision to creatively present Christ to a Christless generation. We claim the village of Nashville, the surrounding communities, Barry-Eaton counties, and the South-Central Michigan region as our harvest field. Our vision compels us to serve this region as a Ministry Training Resource Center.

The Great Commission shows us that we need to have balance of Winning the lost, Building the believers, and Equipping the workers for the harvest field; in our spiritual emphasis and programming style. Recognizing that Jesus Christ is our Lord and that we all must stand accountable before Him as faithful stewards, we will strive for a spirit of excellence in all that we do.

We further believe that our church structure will need to be flexible so as to meet the ever-changing needs of our culture and community. We will seek to demonstrate the reality and relevance of Christianity through contemporary, caring, and creative expressions of our faith.

Therefore, we will strategize to:

Win the lost to the Lord by compassionately meeting the needs of our neighbors, modeling a consistent Christ-like lifestyle, conducting regular corporate outreach events, and proclaiming God's love to all in our sphere of influence. The desired end result will be seeing the people of Grace Church regularly and aggressively sharing Christ with others and seeing multitudes of our family, friends, and neighbors trusting the Lord as their Savior.

Build the believers by rooting and establishing them in the truths and principles of God's Word, creating opportunities in which loving, caring relationships can form and deepen, maintaining a spirit of dynamic and creative worship and praise, and focusing on a prayerful dependence upon God. We will meet individually and corporately, through large and small gatherings, to joyfully celebrate His character and mighty acts and our victorious relationship with Him. The desired end result will be a collective body of individuals who are maturing in their knowledge and heart experience of God, spiritually filled and fruit producing, and actively using their spiritual gifts in ministry towards others.

Equip the workers for the harvest field by identifying and encouraging the usage of spiritual gifts in the lives of our people, creating strategic relevant ministries that meet the needs of others, conducting regular training events for ministry skill development, and prioritizing our financial, physical, and human resources to this end. The desired end result will be teams of people enabled and empowered to do the work, and then lead the work, of the ministry in all aspects.

• God is to be exalted and glorified in all that we do; corporately and individually.
• Righteous living is a scriptural expectation of all believers and is to be encouraged.
• Authority of God’s Word is held over and above the teachings and traditions of man.
• Care and compassion are to be shown to all people as we try to meet their needs.
• Evangelizing, edifying and equipping are to be the priorities for each believer and the church so that everyone might stand complete before Christ.

In short, our church motto, Loving God – Helping People, communicates the mission and vision of our church. We are to love God with all of our heart, and we are to help people in any way that we are able. Most especially, we seek to help people to begin and/or deepen their relationship with Christ.