Grace Church | Ministry Plan 2019-2020

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
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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.