What We Believe

Grace Community Church is rooted in the historic Christian faith confessed by the church across continents and centuries. The summary below is not exhaustive — for the full statement of faith we subscribe to, see the Apostles’ Creed, the Nicene Creed, and the Westminster Standards. But these are the convictions that shape what you’ll see and hear when you visit.

The gospel

The good news that Jesus Christ — fully God and fully man — lived the perfectly obedient life we should have lived, died the death we deserved to die for our sins, rose bodily from the grave on the third day, ascended to the right hand of the Father, and will return to make all things new. Salvation is by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the glory of God alone.

Scripture

The Bible — both Old and New Testaments — is the inspired, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God. We preach through whole books of the Bible because we believe every part of it matters and every part of it preaches Christ.

The Trinity

There is one God, eternally existing in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory.

The church

The church is the people of God, gathered around Word and Sacrament, sent into the world. Membership matters — it’s how the church visibly knows whom to love, whom to feed, and whom to bury. We celebrate the two sacraments Christ instituted: baptism and the Lord’s Supper.

How we treat each other

The two great commandments — love God, love your neighbor — are the lens through which we read every disputed question. We aim for a community where members can disagree about second- and third-tier issues (the timing of the millennium, the right way to educate children, who to vote for) without breaking fellowship over them.

What we’d love to talk about

Any of the above. Bring your questions — sincere ones get sincere answers. We don’t have all of them; we’ll tell you when we don’t.