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GraceRenewal, AGRC
A Grace Renewal
Church
- was
formally organized on July 4, 2010 as a New Testament church according
to Baptist tradition by the adoption of a Commitment Statement,
Confession of Faith, and Constitution;
- is not a
traditional, attendance-driven, seeker-friendly, open-door,
everyone-welcome, come-as-you-are, performance ("go and
give") church, but
- is
a renewal (“come and receive”) church - that
is, it
- provides
support to its members (and to new converts who enter its
meetings by invitation of current members who have supported them for
trusting Christ for salvation and growth in grace) for learning how
to
- read the
Scripture in order to
- experience Christ
during personal quiet-time worship in order to
- manifest his
Likeness into the community, beginning at home;
- meets
privately, usually in the pastor’s home, but also in the homes of its
members per the first century church;
- does
not advertise or identify its meeting place to the public;
- provides
outreach ministry in the community multiple times a week to non-members for
- counseling
(GraceRenewal Counseling) and
- teaching
(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 members of the church;
- is
supported by individuals 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 to serve in a leadership role within
the church or to formally organize a renewal church in their own
homes supported by GraceRenewal.
- GraceRenewal Covenant, Confession of Faith, and Constitution
