Grace Fellowship Church Distinctives

"The Glory of God our Purpose"

This church will be doctrinally distinct in holding to those truths commonly referred to as the "doctrines of grace." The Calvinistic view of the Word of God makes us reformed in theology, baptistic in practice, confessional in fellowship and motivated by the glory of God in all we do.

"Committed to the Essentials"

In an effort to reflect the patterns laid out in the Scriptures, and to do a few things well rather than a lot of things poorly, this church will remain committed in its practice to those essential ministries of a local body.

Prayer - it will be instrumental in practice, not supplemental

Preaching - it will be biblically focused, Christ exalting and Spirit-empowered

People - we will seek to be profitably transparent, engaged with eternal souls, winsome to lost

Praise - spiritual & rich singing, giving generously, practical acts of service, prayer

Person of Jesus - we will worship Christ not religion or men, He is the Lord of His church

Practical - we will help one another to live godly and effectively in this present age

"Led by Leaders"

We will seek to install only biblically qualified men as elders who will endeavour to "rule the church well." They will be freed up from distractions to serve the church in love.

We will seek to install only biblically qualified men as deacons who will endeavour to be "ministers of mercy" to all those in need in and out of the flock.

Other men and women will be appointed by the elders to serve the body in various functions as necessary to the well-being of the church, including areas of finance, property, Christian education and the like.

"In the world, but not of the world."

Never should our church activity, however, take us away from the practice of cultivating meaningful relationships with those outside of Christ. Therefore, we will limit our meeting together to a bare minimum, living in the world with that warfare mentality.

Mid-week we will meet for prayer and instruction and fellowship. We will seek to keep families together, not separated, and make this night joyful and profitable.

We will meet twice weekly for worship on Sundays. One of these services will be geared particularly toward the unbeliever, the other will have the strengthening of the saints as its more primary goal.

"Upwards and Onwards"

We are committed to being a church-planting church. It is our goal to see a new work begun, Lord willing, within seven years of our inception. By God's grace we will continue to plant churches in the city of Toronto for decades to come, or until His glorious return.

"Bibline"

All we do must be generated out of a biblical world view. Our theology is biblical, (or, "Calvinistic") and actually determines how we seek to live and work in this world. We will seek to be people whose blood runs "bibline." This is foundational to our existence as a church.