Grace Gospel Fellowship

Grace Gospel Fellowship is a Christian denomination in the United States associated with the Grace Movement. The denomination has its headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[1]

Grace Gospel Fellowship
ClassificationEvangelical Protestant
OrientationDispensational
PolityCongregational
HeadquartersGrand Rapids, Michigan
Origin1944
Congregations128 (1992)
Members60,000 (1992)
Official websiteggfusa.org

History

The Church has roots in a conference of pastors in 1943, in Indianapolis. [2] Grace Gospel Fellowship was founded in 1944. [3] In 1992 it had an estimated 60,000 members in 128 churches.[4] In 2016, Matthew Amundsen become the executive director. [5].

Beliefs

It is dispensational and premillennial in its theology,[4] and holds to a congregational church polity.[6]

References

  1. Religion in America: A Directory. p. 74.
  2. George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 1002
  3. Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 2012. Abingdon Press. 2012. p. 244.
  4. Handbook of Denominations in the United States, 13th Edition. Abingdon Press. 2010. p. 255.
  5. GCF, Executive director, EFC's website, USA, retrieved August 17, 2017
  6. Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views of Church Polity. 2004. p. 181.
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