Our name itself helps define who we are and why we're here. Grace Church was founded in 2001 with a vision to reach the North Atlanta community and beyond with the Gospel of God's matchless grace in Jesus Christ.

We are an independent community church that is Baptistic in theology and driven by the desire to be a people-loving, God-centered, Christ-exalting, Bible-saturated congregation. We are deeply committed to the sovereignty of God and the authority of Scripture, and to teaching it faithfully, and obeying it with our hearts. Our worship services are designed to be God-focused. While valuing the importance of the old and new, the historic and current, we seek to worship with a richness and freshness that overflows into an authentic expression of adoration to God from hearts that are eager for God to draw near to us.

We sincerely desire to be the kind of church family where you will feel Christ's love through us, and where God's grace is evident in our openness and outgoing spirit; where genuine and joyful love permeates relationships that are personal, supportive, and faith-building. We trust that you'll discover God's grace among us. Our prayer is that we live up to both His and our name.

Our passion is to glorify our great God by spreading the glad message of His grace to as many people as possible, both locally and globally, and disciple believers in spiritual maturity and joyful service to Jesus Christ.

We are excited about the ministry that God has called us to in this community and around the globe. Our goal is to magnify our great God by exalting Him to "every tribe, tongue and nation." We invite you to join us in the greatest purpose of all … the mission to "fill the earth with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord as the waters cover the sea." (Habakkuk 2:4)

Beliefs are like the foundation of a house – they have to be solid or else your life and, more importantly, your eternity are at great risk. What you build your life upon matters – forever. There are certain truths that we at Grace Church have committed ourselves to, truths that that stand both over us and under us. They stand under us as a sure and stable footing to keep us from sliding into error and eternal destruction. They stand over us as our guide and authority in all matters of life and faith. So with a glad heart we stand on and submit to the truths of Scripture – God's matchless Word.

Affirmation of Faith (for members)

THE BIBLE

We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, fully inspired and without error in the original manuscripts. It is the written record of God’s supernatural revelation of Himself to man, absolute in its authority, complete in its revelation, final in its content, and therefore constitutes the only infallible rule of faith and practice. 2 Tim. 3:15-17; I Thess. 2:13; John 17:17; Heb. 4:12

THE TRINITY

We believe that there is one true God, eternally existent, creator of the heaven and earth, perfect in all His attributes, one in essence, and manifested in three persons: FATHER, SON, AND HOLY GHOST. These three persons are one God; distinct in personal attributes, yet without division of nature, essence, and being. They execute distinct but harmonious offices in the work of creation, providence, and redemption. Isaiah 7:14; 9:6; John 14:9; 1 Tim. 3:16; 1 John 5:7; Gen 1:2

GOD THE FATHER

We believe that God the Father is an infinite, personal spirit, perfect in holiness, wisdom, power and love. He infallibly foreknows all that shall come to pass, that He concerns Himself mercifully in the affairs of men, that He hears and answers prayer, and that He saves from sin and death all who come to Him through Jesus Christ. Luke 10:21-22; Matt. 23:9; John 3:16; 6:27; Rom. 1:7; 1 Tim 1:1-2; 2:5-6; 1 Pet. 1:3; Rev. 1:6

JESUS CHRIST

We believe that Jesus Christ is God the Father’s only begotten Son. We believe He was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of a virgin, lived a sinless life, performed miracles and taught divine truth. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people, and personal visible return to the earth. Matt. 1:18-25; 20:28; Luke 1:26-38; John 1:1; 20:28; 30-31; Rom. 5:6-8; 6:9-10; 9:5; 8:46; 2 Cor. 5;21; Eph. 1:4; 1 Tim. 3:16; Heb. 9:28; 1 Pet 2:21-23;

THE HOLY SPIRIT

We believe that the Holy Spirit is a divine person of the Trinity who came forth from the Father and Son to convict the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment, and to supernaturally regenerate all who believe in Jesus Christ. We believe He indwells, sanctifies, instructs, guides, helps and empowers all believers for service by bestowing spiritual gifts. We believe He baptizes all believers into the body of Christ upon regeneration, sealing them unto the day of redemption. John 3:3-8; 14:16-17, 26; 15:26-27; Rom. 3:9; 6:19; 12:3-8; 1Cor. 3:16; 12:4-7, 13; 13:8; Gal. 5:22-26

MAN

We believe that God directly created man in His image to glorify Him. We believe that by one man's disobedience (Adam), all were made sinners thereby incurring the penalty of physical, spiritual and eternal death, and the wrath of God. Therefore, all people are born with a sinful nature and are sinners by choice and therefore under condemnation, being hopelessly lost apart from the saving grace of God through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ. We believe that there is a difference between the righteous and the wicked. Gen. 2:7-25; Mal. 3:18; Rom. 5:12, 19; Eph. 2:1-3; Jas. 3:9; Rev. 4:11

SALVATION

We believe that the salvation of sinners is wholly a work of grace, not of human works whatsoever. Salvation is made free to all who repent and forsake sin and trust Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. The blessing that Christ secures to such as believe in Him is justification. Those who are justified are also regenerated by the Holy Spirit whereby the divine nature and life are given, making them new creatures. Mark 1:15; John 1:9; 5:1; Acts 13:39; Rom. 8:33; Eph. 2:8-9; 1 Tim. 2:4; Titus 3:5; 2 Pet. 3:9; 1 John 3:3-7

SANCTIFICATION

We believe that sanctification is the process, begun in justification, by which we are made partakers of God’s holiness. Through obedience to the Word of God and the empowering of the Holy Spirit, the believer is able to live a life of increasing holiness in conformity to the will of God, becoming more and more Christ-like. Real believers are kept eternally by God's power and thus are secure in Christ forever, but sin may interrupt the joy of his fellowship with God and bring divine chastening. John 6:37-40; 10:27-30; Eph. 4:30; 1 Thess. 4:3; 5:23; Heb 12:6-11; 1 Peter 1:5; Jude 24

THE CHURCH

UNIVERSAL: All regenerated believers are immediately placed into the body of Christ by the Holy Spirit, the bride of Christ, of which Christ is the head. 1 Cor. 12:13; 2 Cor. 11:2; Eph. 5:22-32

LOCAL: A congregation of baptized believers who have committed themselves to one another to carry out the commission given by Jesus Christ by gathering for worship, work and fellowship under the leadership of qualified men who serve and lead by lovingly shepherding the flock. Acts 2:41-47; Phil. 1:1; 1 Tim. 3: 1-13; Heb. 10:24-25; 1 Pet. 5:1-3

ORDINANCES

We believe that the Church has two scriptural ordinances: baptism and the Lord’s Supper. We believe that Christian baptism is the immersion in water of a believer as a testimony of his salvation. We believe that the Lord's Supper is a memorial commemorating the death of Christ. Matt. 3:13, 16; 28:19; Luke 22:19; Rom 6:4; 1 Cor. 11:26

THE FUTURE

We believe in the personal and visible return of the Lord Jesus Christ to earth and the establishment of His kingdom. We believe in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment, the eternal felicity of the righteous and the endless suffering of the wicked. Matt. 16:27; Mark 14:62; John 14:3; Acts 1:11; Phil. 3:20; 1 Thess. 4:15; 2 Thess. 1:7-10; 2 Tim. 4:1; Titus 2:13; 1 Cor. 4:5; 15:1-58; Rev. 20:4-6, 11-15