Welcome to
Grace Community Church
Dallas, PA
Distinctives
• We are historic evangelicals, meaning that we
emphasize the full, final authority of the Bible alone
and the urgency of salvation from sin by God's grace
alone through faith alone in Jesus Christ alone to the
glory of God alone.
• We are not affiliated with any one denomination, but
we cooperate and fellowship with many like-minded
ministries throughout the world.
• We practice expository Bible preaching and teaching,
allowing the Bible to speak for itself to today's
needs. The text is carefully explained in relation to
its original context and audience and then applied in
a relevant manner to the modern audience.
• Our pastor is a graduate of Dallas Theological
Seminary and holds to the theological tradition for
which DTS has become well-known.
• On spiritual gifts, we believe that every true
Christian receives Holy Spirit baptism upon
conversion, that no two Christians must share any one
gift in order to express the Holy Spirit's work in
their lives, and that all the various gifts must be
exercised in careful obedience to the Bible and in
deference to God's sovereignty in distributing them.
• We believe that primary leadership in the home and
in the local church ought to be exercised by men, and
that these men ought to act as Christ-like
servant/leaders.
• We believe that divorce and remarriage (except in
cases of marital infidelity) are sinful before God. At
the same time, the church is there to welcome all
forgiven and penitent people—regardless of marital
status.
• We take biblical church discipline seriously in the
case of those in the church who steadfastly refuse the
loving correction of God's Word.
• We desire to grow numerically only by faithfully,
lovingly, urgently, and confrontationally proclaiming
the pure Gospel of Jesus Christ to a sinful world. We
must not compromise the truth by "marketing" ourselves
using a "feel-good" message which minimizes the cost
of discipleship before those who are not yet a part of
God‘s family.
If this describes what you are looking for in a
church, welcome to Grace Community Church! GCC is your
place to be!