Sent from a Local Church
Pastors and teams are sent through local Greater Grace assemblies. The Grace Commission comes alongside those sent works by mobilizing prayer, encouragement, friendship, and giving.
Our pattern and distinctives
Church Planting Philosophy.
We are not simply interested in starting organizations. We want local churches formed through the Gospel, sound doctrine, grace, evangelism, discipleship, pastoral care, team life, and long-term local assembly friendship.
Three convictions
Sent. Teamed. Established.
Built through Team Life
Team is more than the people who relocate. It includes the churches and believers who stay connected, lift hands, visit, counsel, pray, share resources, and stand behind the work.
Established for the Long Term
The aim is a healthy, Bible-centered local assembly that evangelizes, disciples, trains leaders, serves its community, and can one day help stand with another new church.
What kind of churches?
Greater Grace local assemblies.
The Grace Commission specifically supports new U.S. Greater Grace church plants. We are honest about that focus while welcoming prayer, friendship, and giving from willing believers and churches outside the fellowship.
- Bible-centered and doctrinally grounded
- Focused on Jesus Christ, grace, and the finished work
- Evangelistic and committed to making disciples
- Relational, pastoral, and rooted in local assembly life
- Mission-minded and willing to send others
- Practical in training leaders and serving people
The goal is not three years of dependency. It is three years of friendship and support while a new local church finds its feet, grows, and becomes established.The First 3
The first three years
A simple support horizon.
Every church plant is different. The timeline is a framework, not a mechanical formula.
1
Launch and Find Your Feet
Relocation, gathering a team, evangelism, initial meetings, practical setup, and forming relationships in the city.
2
Build and Strengthen
Regular teaching, discipleship, outreach, developing leaders, improving meeting arrangements, and deepening local church life.
3
Establish and Multiply
Strengthen healthy rhythms, grow local ownership, prepare for long-term stability, and consider helping another new work.
Part of a worldwide mission
A U.S. focus within a global vision.
The Grace Commission does not compete with or diminish worldwide missions. It highlights the small number of new U.S. works while Greater Grace churches continue praying, giving, sending, and planting around the world.