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Grace Gospel Fellowship

Grace Gospel Fellowship

A Christian denomination associated with the Grace Movement

Grace Gospel Fellowship is a Christian denomination in the United States associated with the Grace Movement. The denomination has its headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]

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History

The Church has roots in a conference of pastors in 1943, in Indianapolis.[2] Grace Gospel Fellowship was founded in 1944.[3] In 1992 it had an estimated 60,000 members in 128 churches.[4] In 2021, Bryan Walker become the President of the Grace Gospel Fellowship and has adopted the mission statement to be "Healthy Pastors, Healthy Boards & Healthy Churches".[5] As of 2020, 107 churches were listed in the Fellowship's church directory.[6]

Beliefs

It is dispensational and premillennial in its theology,[4] and holds to a congregational church polity.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    Religion in America: A Directory. p. 74.
  2. [2]
    George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 1002
  3. [3]
    Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 2012. Abingdon Press. 2012. p. 244.
  4. [4]
    Handbook of Denominations in the United States, 13th Edition. Abingdon Press. 2010. p. 255.
  5. [5]
    GCF, Executive director, EFC's website, USA, retrieved August 17, 2017
  6. [6]
    Grace Gospel Fellowship, Church Directory, GGF's website, USA, retrieved July 25, 2020
  7. [7]
    Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views of Church Polity. 2004. p. 181.
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