(GraceRenewal Counseling was organized
on July 4, 2010 as GracePoint Counseling, A Grace Renewal Church by the adoption of a
Commitment Statement, Confession of Faith, and Constitution according to
Baptist tradition and renamed GracePoint Renewal Counseling, A Grace Renewal Church, on October 1, 2019, anhud again renamed GraceRenewal Counseling, A Grace Renewal Church on February 12, 2021.)
- is a renewal (“come and receive”) church - that is, it
- provides counseling support for learning how to
- Read the Scripture (in order to)
- Hear the Holy Spirit
- communicate Truth concerning God and our need for him and
- call us to open the door of our heart (in order to)
- Experience Christ in quiet-time worship (in order to)
- Manifest his Life/Light in the community, beginning with family, and
- Be supported for making wise choices leading to increased health and happiness;
- does not identify its meeting place to the public;
- new attendees enter its meetings by invitation of current members who have supported them for trusting Christ for salvation and growth in grace;
- meets multiple times a week with different individuals or groups, usually in members' homes, for
- individual counseling,
- group meetings, sometimes as small as 2-3 members, and
- institute classes for studies in grace concepts (Institute for Studies in Grace Concepts);
- does not charge for counseling sessions or accept donations from counselees or "receive offerings" (take up a collection) from its members;
- is supported by churches and organizations and also by individuals (non-counselees) who give, not sacrificially out of their brokenness, but from the overflow of their abundance per 2 Corinthians 9:8;
- does not pay salaries, but may help pastoral and administrative staff with expenses for housing, transportation, education, and professional dues; and
- has an extended goal for its members, as they phase through its programs, to serve in a leadership role within the church or to formally organize a renewal church in their own homes supported by GraceRenewal Counseling, AGRC.
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