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[[Image:GCC Aerial.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Grace Community Church Aerial View]]Founded as Grace Community Church of the Valley, with an emphasis on the basics of Christianity, the congregation held its first public service on |
[[Image:GCC Aerial.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Grace Community Church Aerial View]]Founded as Grace Community Church of the Valley, with an emphasis on the basics of Christianity, the congregation held its first public service on July 1, 1956, calling Don Householder to be its founding pastor. Within the first few years, the church had moved to the present location on Roscoe Boulevard and expanded to hold two Sunday morning services. |
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Following Householder's death in 1965, Richard Elvee was called to be pastor and the church continued to grow under his leadership until he died in 1968. In February 1969, [[John F. MacArthur]] assumed the pastorate. During the early days of MacArthur's ministry, the church doubled in size every two years, building a new Family Life Center in 1971 and a new Worship Center in 1977.<ref>{{cite web|title=About - History |url=http://www.gracechurch.org/about/history/}}</ref> In 1972, ''Moody Monthly'' magazine published a feature article about the congregation titled, "The church with nine hundred ministers."<ref>{{cite web |title=John MacArthur - Celebrating 40 Years of Ministry |url=http://johnmacarthur.org}}</ref> |
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==Distinctives== |
==Distinctives== |
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Revision as of 15:38, 25 September 2009
Grace Community Church is a non-denominational, evangelical megachurch located in Sun Valley, California. John MacArthur is the pastor-teacher of the congregation, founded in 1956. As of 2006, the weekly attendance was around 2,500.[1]
History
Founded as Grace Community Church of the Valley, with an emphasis on the basics of Christianity, the congregation held its first public service on July 1, 1956, calling Don Householder to be its founding pastor. Within the first few years, the church had moved to the present location on Roscoe Boulevard and expanded to hold two Sunday morning services.
Following Householder's death in 1965, Richard Elvee was called to be pastor and the church continued to grow under his leadership until he died in 1968. In February 1969, John F. MacArthur assumed the pastorate. During the early days of MacArthur's ministry, the church doubled in size every two years, building a new Family Life Center in 1971 and a new Worship Center in 1977.[2] In 1972, Moody Monthly magazine published a feature article about the congregation titled, "The church with nine hundred ministers."[3]
Distinctives
Grace Community Church has tightly-held theological positions regarding elder rule, church discipline, divorce and remarriage, the evangelization of children, the cessation of spiritual sign gifts (such as speaking in tongues), Lordship salvation, and the sufficiency of Scripture.[4] They are also noted for their views regarding the role psychology in counseling,[5] and their teaching that Roman Catholicism is "a false religion."[6]
References
- ^ Andres, Holly J. (2006-10-14). "Church a spiritual outpost for half-century". Daily News of Los Angeles.
- ^ "About - History".
- ^ "John MacArthur - Celebrating 40 Years of Ministry".
- ^ "Distinctives".
- ^ "Christian Counseling". Educational Broadcasting Corporation. 2005-05-20.
- ^ Dart, John (1995-03-18). "Protestant Minister's Remarks Create Division With Catholics Schism". Los Angeles Times.
See also
External links
- Grace Community Church website
- Grace Books International
- Grace to You media ministry of John MacArthur
- Grace Community School
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