Grace Church | Ministry Plan 2019-2020

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Campus Initiatives & Budget
Biblically Oriented
Relationally Connected
Courageously Generous
Ministry Focused
Culturally Engaged
Funding Levels & Giving Guide
Prayerfully Dependent

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WE CHOOSE
The mission of Grace Church is to create disciples, or followers
of Jesus who live lives of spiritual passion. Our Core Values
provide a foundation for cultivating lives of spiritual maturity
resulting in personal ministry and driving discipleship into
our local congregations. Everyday we face an abundance
of choices regarding how we will spend our time, money,
and energy. These decisions can create momentum for
discipleship or can cause us to drift away from our purpose.
We Choose is our two-year ministry plan. It is a strategic way
to budget, discuss, raise, and spend resources in a manner
that will accomplish this mission God has given us. It is not
a capital campaign. It is a plan celebrating that every dollar
given supports a broad range of ministries. It involves elders
and staff setting priorities and asking God for wisdom.
We Choose sustains the ministry we have already been
entrusted with, as well as looks ahead to opportunities
God has put in our path. Our primary goal is to equip our
members around our Core Values of discipleship. Ultimately,
this ministry plan involves you and the choices you make to
partner with God, through the local church, to change lives
and advance his kingdom here at home and around the world.

Campus Initiatives
Over the next two years, our campuses will work in the following areas in
addition to our current ministry efforts:
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• Offer re:generation
• Move to a permanent facility
• Partner with a local school, League Academy, supporting students,
teachers, and administration
• Work with English speaking campus to reach Latinos
• Launch multiple Español campuses
• Disciple families with young children and students
• Move to a permanent facility
• Expand re|engage
• Continue 1Effort (DSS - Laurens County)
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Budget
2019
$16,400,000
2020
$17,100,000
(4% growth)
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• Replenish leaders relocated to other campuses
• Utilize student ministry to reach new families
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• Grow Mosaic ministry
• Support local organizations (Dream Center and JC Cares)
• Seek female chaplains to partner with DSS
• Offer gender studies as outreach to college students
• Partner with Español campus to disciple English and Latino families together
• Serve Miracle Hill boys home as nextdoor neighbor
• Provide healthy community group experiences
• Partner with Mentor Upstate and Foothills Family Resources
42.49%
MINISTRY
SERVICES
Operations/Facilities
Human Resources
Worship
Finances/Accounting
Capital Equipment
Technology/Production
Digital Communications
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19.93%
13.06%
CAMPUS
DEVELOPMENT
PASTORAL CARE
10.76%
OUTREACH
NEXT GENERATION
MINISTRY SERVICES
13.76%
42.49%
13.06%
19.93%
10.76%
13.76%
CAMPUS
DEVELOPMENT
PASTORAL
CARE
OUTREACH
NEXT
GENERATION
Improvements/
Renovations
Existing Facility
Expansion
New Campus Launch
Debt Repayment
Community Groups
Men’s/Women’s
Ministries
Counseling &
Shepherding
Special Needs
Local Partnerships
Regional Missions
International Missions
Missionary Support
Foster/Adopt
Grace Church Kids
Grace Church
Students
College Ministry
Internships &
Residents
Care Ministries
Español Multi-Campus
Ministry Staff Support
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01 Biblically
Oriented
“But Jesus told him, “No!
The Scriptures say, ‘People
do not live by bread alone,
but by every word that
comes from the mouth of
God.’”
—Matthew 4:4
We are all going to feed our souls with something.
We have to intentionally choose to feed on every
word from God. When we are oriented around the
Bible instead of ourselves, we will conform our
lives to biblical truth day-by-day, starting with slow,
incremental, and consistent nourishment of God’s
Word.
WORSHIP
We are careful to make sure one of our most prominent
ministry areas, weekend worship, is defined and directed
by Scripture. Every week our team works diligently to select
songs that match the flow and tenor of the message. These
songs are chosen from a list of songs that have been carefully
selected and deemed in line with Scripture. Also, in an effort
to facilitate growth in biblical literacy, Scripture verses can be
found accompanying the words of the songs we sing. And
recently, to supplement our worship with music that further
enhances the teaching, we wrote a small collection of songs
in English and Spanish. It brings the worship team great
joy to lead the congregations every week into formative,
expectant, and Scripture-oriented singing.
PERSONAL APPLICATION
Daily Reading Plan from Grace Church
RightNow Media
NLT or ESV Study Bible
30 Days to Understanding the Bible | Max Anders
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RETREAT MONTH
GRACE CHURCH STUDENTS
Over 1000 students will take weekend retreats and focus on
the following biblical topics:
Fusion “Amaze” | Despite our choices, Jesus came to
willingly be the sacrifice we need to have new life in him.
Our need is only fully satisfied in what God offers us.
24Seven “The Show” | What can we learn from the stories of
kings in the Bible who turned away from God and a king who
humbled himself in obedience?
Forge 9/10 “Created” | Who are we created to be as men
and women made in the image of God?
Forge 11/12 “Parables” | A study of the parables of Jesus to
discover more of who he is and how life with Jesus as king is
far different—and yet far better—than life with “me” as king.
DISCIPLESHIP RESOURCES ON GENDER
Ezer materials are designed to give women at Grace a common
language to process gender-specific issues around body
image, sexuality, the power of words, shame, and identity. As
women weave in and out of roles and seasons, this biblically
based curriculum helps ground identity to God’s design. As
our church grows, we hope that all women will join an Ezer
group and learn alongside others at their campus.
Women also lead across all campuses through students,
care and recovery, Ezer groups, and partnering in community
groups. In the next two years, Grace hopes to equip those
leaders for their critical work in the body of Christ by creating
practical tools and diagnostic materials that complement the
current curriculum. These are designed to help women take
what they’ve already learned, dig deeper, and then move into
relationships with the confidence of God’s Word to facilitate
powerful and bold interactions. When women are defined and
directed by Scripture, casual conversations turn into fruitful
discipleship opportunities. Ezer ministries hope to train women
to harness their knowledge of Scripture and gender theology
to deploy their gifts through meaningful relationships.
“When women are
defined and directed
by Scripture, casual
conversations turn into
fruitful discipleship
opportunities.”
Likewise, we encourage every man to complete Quest for
Authentic Manhood in their first year of attendance at Grace.
These groups are also pathways for men to get to know
others at Grace and understand the mission of the church
better. Group leaders serve across all our campuses to ensure
that entry into short-term men’s discipleship groups is always
possible.
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02 Relationally
Connected
Life change occurs best in
community. This biblical idea
drives our desire for every man
and woman to be involved in
some form of biblical community.
The primary means for this
“Share each other’s burdens,
and in this way obey the
law of Christ.”
—Galatians 6:2
is community groups, where
everyone has a chance to connect
in formative and relational
discipleship.
In a world where we instinctively hide, and loneliness
is everywhere, we have to fight to be relationally
connected in the way that the Bible lays out for
us. Being connected to others in community is
fundamental to what it means to be human. As
believers, being relationally connected is defined
by developing relationships of encouragement and
accountability. It is not about spending all of our
time with a functional community of friends who
are just like us and make us “feel good”, but about a
formative community of people who are spurring us
to be more like Jesus through challenging, exhorting,
sacrificing, encouraging, and motivating.
PERSONAL APPLICATION
Join a biblical community at your campus
Life Together | Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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CARE & RECOVERY
As an equipping church, Grace Church views the struggles
of our lives as discipleship opportunities—seasons for us
to grow even in the midst of our pain. In offering care and
recovery, we seek to provide teaching and small group
environments where you can not only find the strength “to
make it” but to move forward to a better place in your life and
relationship with Jesus. As we care for our members, these
ministries also help us create pathways to share the benefits
of the local church with people who are far from God.

295 Community Groups
3,700 Group Members
500 Care & Recovery
Group Members
MENTAL HEALTH
We are committed to step into the gap and help care for
individuals and families who are dealing with mental health
issues.
ACTION STEPS
In addition to our current ministry efforts, in the
next two years we will:
• Provide Family Grace as a family support care group
for families and spouses of those with a loved one
dealing with depression, anxiety, or other mental
health difficulty or disorders
RE:GENERATION
Re:generation is a 12-step discipleship process oriented
around life change and hope through the application of
God’s Word. By working through these 12 biblical steps of
looking to God, looking to self, and looking to others within
an authentic community, people have found freedom from
substance abuse, codependency, pornography, disordered
eating, depression, fear, control, emotional/physical abuse,
same sex attraction, anger, obsessive thoughts, and many
other personal struggles.
• Partner with Mental Health of America Greenville
County in trainings, volunteers, and space
• Teach and provide resources for parents and students
on anxiety
• Author three children’s books for topics of grief,
heaven, and terminal illness
• Partner with Foster & Adopt parents by writing
adoption curriculum for kids and teens
• Start recovery groups for teens
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03 Courageously
Generous
ROLE OF PERMANENT CAMPUSES IN
DISCIPLESHIP
1. People are three times more
likely to connect at a smaller,
more regional campus.
2. We have historically seen
an increase in attendance of
“For you know the grace of
our Lord Jesus Christ, that
though he was rich, yet
for your sake he became
poor, so that you through
his poverty might become
rich.”
—2 Corinthians 8:1-9
The expression of our generosity reveals what
is going on in our hearts—what we value, fear,
have confidence in, and what makes us happy.
Courageous generosity requires a heart that
is oriented around managing, not owning, the
resources God has given us. It is a discipleship
issue, and it is our responsibility to steward well
the resources he entrusts to us.
about 35% within the first
eighteen months of moving
into a permanent building.
3. Research has shown us that
out of 100 people who come to
a new, permanent campus, 33
of those individuals identify as
not being a believer or disciple
prior to coming to their
campus.
PERSONAL APPLICATION
The Money Challenge | Art Ranier
Giving Guide Diagnostic on page 22
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Background photo — the future Greer campus circa 1930

ANDERSON
Our Anderson congregation launched in October 2014 with
around 100 people. We averaged 428 people in 2018 and
are moving to a permanent home in a historic theater in
downtown Anderson.
• Built in 1910, the G.F. Tolly Building, used as a furniture
store space, has also housed other business in downtown
Anderson for 107 years
• Later known as the State Theatre for more than three
decades, it was acquired by the Anderson Community
Theatre in the early 1970s
GREER
Our Greer campus started in September of 2016 with about
120 people. We averaged 320 people in 2018 and are moving
into several historic buildings in downtown Greer in 2019.
• Established in the early 1930s as the first Ford dealership
in the Upstate, W.M. Thompson Ford
• Bought by D & D Ford in 1937 (still operates in Greer)
• Contains 16,325 square feet (additional 4,020 square
foot courtyard)
• New address: 129 East Poinsett Street, Greer, SC 29651
• Contains 21,480 square feet
• New address: 133 E Whitner St., Anderson, SC 29624
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Meet Brandon Garcia
GRACE CHURCH EN ESPAÑOL WORSHIP MINISTER
Tell us a little about your job and what you do.
I lead worship, alternating between the Thursday Night service, Saturday night at
Pelham, and at Forge. My days consist of worship planning meetings, translating
songs, creating tracks for en Español, rehearsals, and meeting with our Español
campus volunteers.
Where have you served at Grace?
Soon after we got here, we found that we could really find purpose in helping build
the Spanish-speaking community here around our age. We started a group called “Los
Veintes” for young adults in their 20s, and we meet once a month.
We also lead a community group. We are working to build a culture of vulnerability
that’s not common in the Hispanic culture.
“Grace Church
existe para hacer
seguidores maduros
de Cristo al
equiparlos para una
vida de madurez
espiritual que
impacta su hogar,
comunidad y el
mundo para Jesús.”
How have you grown as a disciple in the past year?
The Bible was not the center and foundation of my life when I moved here. It was more
of a tool with good advice and direction to help me through life, but it was not my
everything. Since starting at Grace, the Bible has become the center of our marriage
and of my life. We spend more time reading it now and orienting our lives around the
Bible instead of orienting the Bible around us.
The community has been big for us too. Often in Costa Rica the conversations were
superficial, but here I’ve learned that to grow as disciples we have to include people in
our lives who are willing to have the tough and awkward conversations. It has been the
same for prayer—not just to say thank you to God but to be fully dependent on him.
What do you love most about leading Grace en Espanol in worship?
I love the way the congregation responds because they are really passionate about
worshiping and that our band is like a family. I also just love the idea of responding
after the teaching, which was new for me too.
What have you learned from working with our English-speaking
worship leaders?
The main thing is leading worship with character. Our church background before Grace
was more about performance and show. It used to be so important to me that the
lights, music, and performance were great. I’ve found that the character of the person
leading is more important than the skill.
Greer
SPARTANBURG
ACTION STEP
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Greenville
Powdersville
185
TAYLORS
Mauldin
385
HARRISON BRIDGE
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Spartanburg
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• Our Spanish campus has become one
of the largest Latino Bible-teaching
congregations in the state. Because
estimates put the hispanic population near
20,000 in the Spartanburg area and close
to 10,000 in the Mauldin/Simpsonville
area, we are starting regional campuses in
these areas in 2019 to continue to bring
a discipleship emphasis to the Latino
community.
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Piedmont
Simpsonville
Fountain Inn
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Compared to many parts of the country, the Upstate’s real estate market is quite affordable.
However, for single parents, the elderly, those with recent criminal histories, and families
making less than $20,000 each year, the options become increasingly limited. Greenville
is experiencing a housing shortage, and it wreaks havoc on families already living on the
margins. For families in middle-income brackets, the ability to find housing is also difficult. In
turn, they remain in long term rental units or buy homes that would otherwise be available for
those who have less income.
Housing instability is linked to familial and social consequences. When families are forced to
move frequently, reside in dangerous communities, and endure unsafe conditions, there is little
room for a fruitful life. Families dwell in constant survival mode, full of anxiety, worried about
their safety and basic needs. God sees the worried young man with a criminal record. God
knows the names of the single mom and her children who’ve never experienced stability. God
loves the elderly man who must decide between food and rent each month. And so does Grace
Church. This is why we are working with organizations like Homes of Hope and Jasmine Road.
“It takes a variety of churches to
reach the city with the gospel.”
CHURCH REVITALIZATION
AND PLANTING
Mitch Miller is leading a church revitalization effort
at Griggs Memorial Baptist in the Poe Mill area of
Greenville. Will Broadus planted Reconcile Church in
an urban context in West Greenville, South Carolina.
ACTION STEP
• $1250 / month for local church outreach
WILL BROADUS
MITCH MILLER
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04 Ministry
Focused
“I appeal to you therefore,
brothers, by the mercies of
God, to present your bodies
as a living sacrifice, holy and
acceptable to God, which is
your spiritual worship.”
—Romans 12:1 (ESV)
We are either focused on ourselves or we are
focused on others. But when we start with the
perspective of God’s mercy and reflect on what he
has done for us, it is only reasonable to then pour
ourselves out for others as Jesus did for us. As we
sacrifice ourselves and our time for the body of
Christ, our gifts will allow us to do what God has
called us to do. Instead of spending our time trying
to perfectly identify our individual gifting, we can
jump in to serve and trust that those around us will
clarify and affirm our gifts.
RE|ENGAGE
Since the launch in 2016, 560 couples have been through
the re|engage marriage program at Grace Church. The
model includes raw and relevant stories, a solid biblical
curriculum, and effective group time. Host campuses have
expanded from Pelham to include Powdersville and Harrison
Bridge to reach local communities. Additionally, several area
churches are sending leaders, pastors, and members to seek
refuge, healing, and training. Fifteen percent of the current
participants are from the community and do not consider
Grace their church home.
Life change, as it turns out, is contagious. Re|engage pastor
Jeremy Meyer said, “People see the growth and life change
happen and want to be a part of it.” One couple noted, “This
is the first time in my life I have been 100 percent real with my
spouse and others. Amazing to be fully known by people.”
Several couples who have been through re|engage now
serve in the ministry and facilitate groups. A Harrison Bridge
leader remarked, “Leading allows me to continuously work
on my relationship with Christ and with my wife.” And another,
“Serving in this ministry has given us the opportunity to
encourage others on their journey to mending and restoring
their marriage. Brokenness is real but can be redeemed.”
Over the next couple of years, our aim is to continue to do
what we already do really well—create an atmosphere that
points people to the gospel, identify and train leaders, and
provide hope through the entire process.
People Actively Serving
GRACE CHURCH KIDS
GRACE CHURCH
STUDENTS
2,002
508
PERSONAL APPLICATION
Ask your campus pastor about specific needs on
your campus
WORSHIP / AV
GENDER STUDIES
CONNECT TEAM
443
375
793
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Meet Joe Clarey
MOSAIC PASTOR
What is your job title, and how long have you
been on staff?
Pastor of Mosaic and Pastor to New Guests - Pelham. I started
on staff in 2017.
Tell us how you got here.
Prior to Grace, I served individuals with autism for ten years
with Project Hope Foundation. I was around individuals with
disabilities growing up and had a passion to work with these
kids and families. After getting my undergrad in psychology, I
went into the field of ABA (applied behavior analysis) and got
my Masters in Special Education and am a Board Certified
Behavior Analyst. After volunteering with Mosaic at Pelham
for five years, I came on staff to oversee Mosaic programs.
How large is the Mosaic ministry?
We offer Grace Church Kids Mosaic at every campus, Mosaic
Students at Powdersville and Pelham, and Mosaic Grouplife,
for adults, at our Pelham campus. We serve about 180 people
across all campuses.
Both students and adults have their own service with worship,
prayer time, and teaching. Adults also have community group
on Sundays.
How have you seen Mosaic grow since you
started on staff?
We see three to four new families every month. I also see it
grow by hearing from families that tell us how appreciative
they are. We hear at least one story every Mosaic Respite night
about how families haven’t had a date in years or have never
been able to go out. Mosaic Respite night now has a waitlist.
What do you want to say to all the volunteers who
have served as shadows or served in Mosaic?
You are helping us make disciples. Our goal is to disciple
every individual at every level, and each and every volunteer
helps us accomplish that.
ACTION STEPS
Where do you see the ministry expanding
in the next two years?
1. A day program where adults with disabilities can
come and be a part of something meaningful.
After they graduate the school system, there
is nothing for them. We have an opportunity to
disciple them after that in an impactful way.
2. We are probably a year away from launching
overnight respite care. Most families have never
been away from their child with disabilities, ever. The
divorce rate for these families is in the 80th percentile,
so this is an opportunity we have to give them time
to work on their marriage and help protect the family.
3. Because transportation is one of the most difficult
parts of the lives of our adults, we hope to purchase
a bus to transport individuals in wheelchairs.
4. We want to equip other churches to be able to
start a Mosaic ministry.
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05 Culturally
Engaged
“Instead, you must worship
Christ as Lord of you life.
And if someone asks about
your hope as a believer,
always be ready to explain
it. But do this in a gentle
and respectful way.”
—1 Peter 3:15-16
“Are you giving voice to the hope
you have in Jesus? Are you
performing good deeds that point
people to Jesus?”
We are leveraging our resources to build capacity with
organizations with proven effectiveness in their areas of
specialty. These relationships will also create discipleship
opportunities for our church members to give and serve
sacrificially. We Choose to partner with Homes of Hope,
Project Hope, and JumpStart for their work in affordable
housing, the autism community, and the prison system.
HOMES OF HOPE
WWW.HOMESOFHOPE.ORG
Homes of Hope is working to provide foundational, safe
environments for low to moderate income families in the
Upstate. By providing affordable, energy-efficient rental
and home ownership options, their clients can now afford
housing and power bills. Supplemented by Homes of Hope’s
financial wellness program, affordable housing gives families
the freedom of a disposable income so that they can begin
saving and investing.
Engaging the culture to share the message of
salvation includes both doing good deeds and
having a voice—for our church and for us personally.
Motivated by our love for God and what he has done
for us, and by a holy fear of who God is, we need to
be sure we are both doing good deeds and telling
others why in order to bring glory to God and shine
light in the darkness.
PERSONAL APPLICATION
Review the Engage teaching series (Jan. 2018)
The Gospel Comes with a House Key | Rosaria
Butterfield
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JUMPSTART
WWW.JUMPSTARTVISION.ORG
JumpStart’s focus is to disciple men and women as they transition back into the workplace who,
without training and support, would otherwise have a hard time doing so. The metric of success is to
reduce recidivism in South Carolina, our nation, and beyond.
PROJECT HOPE
WWW.PROJECTHOPE.ORG
Project Hope is a proven organization offering a broad range of services for children with
autism from pre-school through young adulthood. About 1 in 68 children have been identified
with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Project HOPE provides a myriad of services including Applied
Behavior Analysis (ABA) Therapy. Each child has a team of therapists, a lead therapist, and a
supervisor, as well as the parents. Monthly team meetings are crucial to maximize each child’s
progress with his or her therapy plan.
ACTION STEPS
• Invest $100,000/year to increase the number of affordable homes built in the
Upstate with additional staff and intentional use of volunteers
• Deploy volunteers for financial counseling
• Invest $100,000/year to grow the ministry into every medium-security and state prison in SC
• Ezer ministry will lead a session on shame and guilt to equip volunteers at an
upcoming JumpStart conference
• Continued support of a shared JumpStart staff member, Cary Sanders
• Invest $100,000/year to provide ABA therapy sessions for 200 families
Churchwide
Outreach
• Nicaragua
• Papua New Guinea
• Kenya
• Missions Grants
• JumpStart
• Project Hope
• Homes of Hope
• Senior Honor
• Piedmont Women’s
Center
• OVC Kenya
• Allendale
• Foster Family
Recruitment
• DSS Workers
• Grace City Church
(Charleston, SC)
• Griggs (Greenville, SC)
• Reconcile (Greenville, SC)
• Germany
• Mill Community
Ministries
• Jasmine Road
• Just Serve Days
• Disaster Relief
• Dental Clinic
• Backpack Drive
• Residential Housing
• Foster Family Support
Campus
Outreach
• White Horse Academy
• Foothiils Family
Resource
• Miracle Hill Boys
• Carolina High
• Dream Center
• JC Cares
• League Academy
• Neighborhood Focus
• Greer Relief
• Thornwell Children's
Home
• Mentor Upstate
• Haven of Rest
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Meet Beth
Drake
FOSTER & ADOPT
ADVISOR
Tell us about yourself
and where you have
served at Grace.
I’m from Yanceyville, North
Carolina—a rural, small
town on the Virginia border.
Dwayne and I have been
married 29 years, with three
children. Over the past 11
years, I’ve served in student ministry as a middle school
leader, a leader for Ezer studies, on the campus impact
greeting team, and as a Parents Night Out coordinator for
foster and adoptive families.
What is your job and what do you do day to
day?
My title is the Foster and Adopt Advisor. Grace Church is
committed to following the biblical mandate to care for
vulnerable children by engaging the needs of foster care and
adoptive families. In order to do that, I oversee the Foster
and Adopt Resource Center and Parents Night Out, touch
base with those getting a foster license or adopting, and
oversee our monthly training process for foster parents. One
thing I’m working on doing more regularly is reaching out to
those that have already fostered or adopted and following
up on how we can help.
Where do you see your ministry expanding in
the next 2 years?
This is easy for me to answer. We need to become involved
on the other end—with the biological families. We would
like to figure out how to best get involved with the children
and parents before they move into foster care, and look at
opportunities to help equip the biological family to parent
well.
The other piece we’re looking at is building out curriculum
to help equip the adopted parents to raise these children
coming from hard places. We have recently started an
equipping group for parents with children who have come
from trauma, and I hope that it continues to expand into
further opportunities for discipleship.
Lastly, we want to continue to expand our numbers who
are fostering and adopting, and also continue encouraging
those who are not called to foster and adopt to figure out
how they can still serve.
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HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Adopt a child • Become a foster family • Serve as
a wrap-around group • Use your unique talents to
serve families • Volunteer at Parents Night Out •
Volunteer or donate to the Foster & Adopt Resource
Center • DSS Worker Support • Backpack Drive •
Become a mentor or guardian • Pray consistently

GERMANY
Why Germany?
Germany sits at the center and crossroads of western
Europe. Once the home of the Reformation, Germany is now
a post-Christian, post-modern, and post-secular landscape.
Churches once full of people and scattered among ancient
cities are now relics amongst the cultural and economic
center of Europe. Home to 81.8 million people, Germany is
now the most populous member of the European Union and
the second most popular human migration destination in the
world.
Nestled at the base of the Blue Ridge on the other side of the
world is BMW’s North American headquarters and production
facility here in the Upstate. Because of this, the exchange of
both people and culture between our countries and our cities
is vast. The opportunities to support local churches as they
are planted and grow in Germany continues to be an area in
which we feel called to participate. As we work alongside the
German church in their own context, it continues to teach us
ways to interact with our changing world here at home.
Our goal is to support or establish a healthy church with
leadership development and discipleship DNA among the
English speaking internationals of Munich. This church can
also serve as a base for supporting and resourcing younger
German church leaders.
ACTION STEPS
• Translate Biblical Femininity into German as part of
our initiative to equip the German church
• Equip a female intern from Germany through
monthly Skype calls and in-country hosting for six
weeks
• Travel in June 2019 to strengthen existing
international and German churches
SEX TRAFFICKING
Greenville County has the highest sex trafficking rate in the
state, largely due to its location between Atlanta and Charlotte
—two of the top 20 major cities for sex trafficking in the U.S.
Sex trafficking is defined as a person who is made to provide
sex by use of force, fraud, or coercion. Victims are typically the
most vulnerable among us; children in foster care systems,
teens from abusive homes, women who are desperate and in
poverty, and men from unstable environments.
Jasmine Road is a local ministry that offers women who are
trapped in a cycle of sexual exploitation and addiction a
path to freedom, a haven for healing, and the opportunity to
flourish, leading to generational change and the betterment
of our community. A safe and secure 24 month, rent free,
home environment based on a community living model is
essential for these women’s success. We are working with
other churches to make a major capital investment to provide
a second residential house. For more information, visit www.
jasmineroad.org.
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Funding Levels 2019-2020
Our elders and staff have set a two-year budget goal that will allow us to fund our planned ministry operations and expansions.
We believe this goal is attainable based on current attendance and giving trends. We also believe that we have incredible
potential for courageous generosity in our congregation. Therefore, we have added two additional tiers of financial goals that, if
reached, would allow us to have an even greater impact for the kingdom.
$43,000,000
$33,500,000
$38,000,000
01
02
03
FUNDING LEVEL 1
• “We Choose” Ministry Plan
• Year 1 - $16,400,000
• Year 2 - $17,100,000
• Debt Repayment
FUNDING LEVEL 2
• $1 Million Additional Debt
Reduction
• Travelers Rest Permanent
Building
• Affordable Housing
• New Campus
• Natural Burial Land
FUNDING LEVEL 3
• $1 Million Additional Debt
Reduction
• Consulting Strategies to
Help Like-Minded Regional
Churches
• International Englishspeaking
congregation
• Church Plant (e.g.
Asheville, Myrtle Beach,
Rock Hill)
(under prayerful consideration of elders / leadership team)
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Giving Guide
We created the Giving Guide as a diagnostic tool. First, identify your current position on the journey of generosity. Next, pray and
ask God where he would like you to be one year from now? Two years? Ten years? Finally, trust God with the answer and take a
step of obedience to move forward.
Courageous
Reckless | Eternally Focused | Motivated | Expectant
Intentional
Thoughtful | Joyful | Invested
Reluctant
Fearful | Requires an Ask | Unimaginative
Casual
Sporadic | Detached | Passive
Consumer
Self-focused | Impulsive | Idle
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Giving Guide Reflections
Revisit the Giving Guide. Identify your current place on
the giving road and determine concrete steps to move
courageously.
If I am a consumer
SELF-FOCUSED, IMPULSIVE, OR IDLE
• Who do I know that is generous? Get coffee with them to
discuss their giving motivation and practices.
• In 2018, over 650 people made first time gifts to Grace
Church. Join that group and see what happens.
If I am a casual giver
SPORADIC, DETACHED, PASSIVE
• Why do I treat my financial gifts differently than my other
monthly expenses?
• Revisit your budget. Prioritize your giving in the same
way you would your other monthly expenses. Give it a
line item and follow through.
If I am a reluctant giver
If I am an intentional giver
THOUGHTFUL, JOYFUL, INVESTED
• How much house is enough? What kind of cars, toys,
vacations, and savings accounts will foster contentment?
The answers to these questions are unique to you. What
if you placed a cap on spending and saving? What if you
decided that every additional dollar above that cap goes
toward the kingdom and courageous giving? What could
that look like for your family?
• Consider setting a lifetime generosity goal (a specific
number) for your family’s kingdom giving over the course
of your life.
If I am a courageous giver
RECKLESS, ETERNALLY FOCUSED, MOTIVATED,
EXPECTANT
• Find context to share your story to inspire the next
generation of courageous givers.
• Complete estate planning that accurately reflects
kingdom priorities.
FEARFUL, REQUIRES AN ASK, UNIMAGINATIVE
• What fears keep me from giving consistently?
• In 2018, 672 people set up recurring gifts through
SecureGive, Grace’s online giving tool. We encourage you
to do the same. Some benefits of online giving include:
»»
Helps guard against forgetfulness
»»
Planning and budgeting is easier for the church
»»
Lessens the church’s administrative work
»»
It is safe
»»
It is convenient
»»
An account can be set up by downloading
the SecureGive Vision mobile app or at
GraceChurchSC.org/SecureGive
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CLOSING
We know that God desires to continue to bring people out of
darkness and into his marvelous light throughout the Upstate
and the world. We have prayerfully created a ministry plan
that allows us to steward our resources and help fulfill God’s
mission. But we cannot accomplish this unless we all choose
to share in this responsibility. Begin by praying and thanking
him for all he has done for you and for our church. Then, ask
God to expose in which of the Core Values you can grow
personally. Finally, take time to pray and consider what God
would have you do financially to fulfill the calling he has
placed on his church. When we move from fearful ownership
to faithful stewardship, we practice obedience and allow
God to multiply our resources for his glory.
06 Prayerfully
Dependent
“And we can be confident
that he will listen to us
whenever we ask him for
anything in line with his
will.”
—1 John 5:14
Pursuing an intimate and prayerfully dependent
relationship with God is less about method and more
about a mindset. A life anchored in prayer begins
with the realization that we all struggle with selfsufficiency
and independence. With this attitude, we
can begin to quietly acknowledge God’s presence
and his faithfulness in each moment of our day—
creating space for dependence on him. The less we
rely on ourselves and hold onto control, the more we
find ourselves in ongoing communication with the
one who is reliable and is in control.
PERSONAL APPLICATION
Commit to attend campus Night of Prayer
A Praying Life | Paul Miller
A Call to Spiritual Reformation | D.A. Carson
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