Each week, we make it a priority to care for and teach our kids so that they look forward to Sundays as much as their parents do.

For toddlers through to primary schoolers, Generations Children’s Ministry is an exciting, fun-filled place to learn who God is. 

For toddlers (1-3 year olds) we offer a creche where younger children are cared for.  They enjoy a range of age-appropriare activities, including crafts, songs, stories and playing.

Children aged 4-11 years old stay with their parents during the worship portion of our service and then go off to their classes.  Fun, games, crafts and bible teaching is offered each week and are all designed to point children to the gospel.

We also have a dedicated room where nursing mothers can care for their babies and benefit from the service via an audio/video link.

For your peace of mind, we have in place a robust child protection policy, and we are registered with CCPAS (Churches Child Protection Advisory Service).

• The Bible is the Word of God, fully inspired and without error. It is the supreme and final authority for all matters of Christian life and belief.
• There is one true and living God, who eternally exists in three persons–Father, Son, and Holy Spirit–who are equal in every divine perfection and who execute distinct but harmonious offices in all the work of the Godhead.
• Man was created by God in His own image, but through his sin incurred physical and spiritual death.
• As a result, all people are separated from by God their sin and are lost and without hope apart from salvation in Christ.
• The Gospel is the good news of God’s saving actions towards sinners through Jesus Christ.
• Jesus Christ, the eternal son of God, took on human nature, lived a sinless life, and died a substitutionary death for sinners.
• Salvation is a free gift that comes only by God’s grace, through faith in Jesus Christ. Anyone who turns from their sin and trusts in Jesus Christ and His death on their behalf receives forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life.
• The Holy Spirit works progressively to transform genuine believers more and more into the image of Christ. His work is carried on in our hearts through such appointed means as the study of Scripture, prayer, worship, and fellowship with other believers.
• The Holy Spirit also empowers believers for Christian witness and service and gives gifts for the building up of the body of Christ, the church.
• The universal church, composed of genuine followers of Christ, exists to worship, serve, and glorify God.
• All members of the universal church are to be vitally committed members of a local church, where they receive pastoral care and the opportunity to employ their God-given gifts in His service.
• Jesus Christ will return to the earth, personally and visibly, to establish His kingdom in the new heavens and the new earth.
• We believe in the bodily resurrection of both the saved and the lost–the saved to endless joy, living and reigning with Christ, and the lost to endless punishment away from the benevolent presence of God.

Click here to read our full statement of faith.

The goal of M:28 is to shape young people and singles into adults who love and worship Jesus Christ, by providing contexts for them to experience, apply, and proclaim the glorious gospel.

M:28 gatherings currently happen once per month. 

Expect fun and games, adventure, deepening friendship, fellowship, prayer and teaching geared towards addressing issues relevant to this season of life.

Student life is unique.  Student years are packed with opportunities and at Grace Church we aim to help students make the most of them.

Knowing that studying away from home can be difficult, we seek to specifically support and encourage our large student community.  This includes transportation, lunches, socials, adopt-a-student and homegroups.

All our students love the fun and interaction they have with the folks in our church. For many it really is a home away from home!

We encourage students to particiate in our wider M:28 youth and singles ministry.

We also actively support the Christian Unions in our local University campuses.

It runs every Saturday morning, 10am-11am at The Village Hall, Emersons Green.  It costs £1 per child.

Messy games, music, dancing, drama – all designed to teach truths about God!

Here’s a map of where the Village Hall is!

God has also provided the local church to train parents and to join with them in this responsibility.  As a church it is our desire to support parents in this effort. 

Although teaching and training children in the gospel is the greatest challenge and task parents have been given, God has provided many promises and reasons for faith in the process.

We believe that the simple message that Jesus died for our sins can and should be taught, even to our youngest children.

We’re a church filled with children.  Each week, we make it a priority to care for and teach our kids so that they look forward to Sundays as much as their parents do.

In “Generations” our goal is to provide an environment that is safe and fun, but with the gospel as the defining emphasis of everything we do during these hours. 

We seek to do much more than simply provide childcare while parents attend the Sunday meeting.

Each and every Sunday morning the children join in with their families for the corporate worship time, before meeting in their classes.

We offer Sunday school classes for children aged 4-11 years old, a creche for 1-3 year olds, and have a room set aside for mothers with young babies.

These classes are designed to help our children to know God, to worship Him, to respect authority, to grow in character and obedience to God’s Word, and to glorify God with their lives. Along with the classroom instruction we incorporate worship and crafts to make learning about God the most enjoyable time of their week. It is our desire that our children grow up with a positive church experience while learning the Gospel and the foundational doctrines of our faith at the same time.

At Grace Church, we’re passionate about pursuing God’s design for marriage.  Strong marriages are fundamental to strong families and strong churches.  More than that, in Ephesians 5 the Bible teaches that our marriages are to reflect Christ and his relationship with the church.

At Grace Church married couples find a community that cherishes marriage and honours the God-given roles of both men and women.  We seek to provide a number of different contexts to strengthen families in our church.  These include:

• Care Groups.  These weekly small groups provide husbands and wives with the encouragement, counsel and meaningful relationships that help them grow.

• Family Matters Seminars.  These quarterly teaching seminars help married couples engage with the Bible’s vital teaching on marriage and parenting.

• Men’s Discipleship.  A monthly Saturday morning course trains men in doctrinal and scriptural truths and practical skills that help them to glorify God more fully.

Grace Church is part of growing family of more than 60 local Christian churches in the United States, Mexico, Canada, Bolivia, and the United Kingdom which are joined together under the banner of Sovereign Grace Ministries.

Sovereign Grace Ministries is a family of churches passionate about the gospel of Jesus Christ, and is devoted to planting and supporting local churches, with a strong doctrinal basis that is evangelical, Reformed, and charismatic. 
 
They support Sovereign Grace churches personally and relationally, as well as through a variety of training opportunities and resources you will find described on their website, including music, books and periodicals, conferences and events, and audio and video materials.

Sovereign Grace is led by a team of men committed to planting and supporting churches, and caring for and training pastors. The team, led by C.J. Mahaney, consists of (left to right) Brent Detwiler, Steve Shank, C.J. Mahaney, Dave Harvey, and Pat Ennis.

Got further questions about Sovereign Grace Ministries?  Go to the FAQ page for answers!

What does building “a community of gospel-centered people” mean, and what does it look like in real life?

We believe and treasure the Gospel of Jesus Christ–and you’ll hear us talk about it a lot.  We can’t help it.  We’re amazed at the love God has demonstrated for us through the death of Jesus Christ in our place.  We were guilty of sin and worthy of punishment from God, but instead he showed us undeserved mercy.  We want to continually grow in our amazement at God’s grace.  This is what brings us together and makes us family.  And this is the truth we want to have always at the centre of our lives.

We find our direction as a church and as individuals in God’s word, where the truth of the gospel and its implications for our lives are revealed.  We believe the Holy Scriptures are inspired by God, completely true, and absolutely trustworthy.  This is why solid, biblical preaching and teaching is such a priority at Grace Church.  We want all our members–from the youngest to the oldest–to be growing in the knowledge of God’s word.

We want to be people who are led by God’s Spirit.  God has given us his Holy Spirit to strengthen, guide, convict and comfort us.  Whether it’s at work or when we’re gathered as a church to worship God, we want to experience his empowering presence.  We know we need the Holy Spirit to understand God’s word, to know Him truly, and to obey Him fully.  We want to see His gifts at work among us, building each other up and bringing glory to God.

We’re committed to vibrant relationships.  Relationships are the backbone of our life together at Grace Church.  The Christian life is meant to be shared.  Stick around long enough and you will soon see that we are more than a congregation – we are family!  And we are serious about growing in fellowship with each other in rich, God-centred relationships.

Our church exists to proclaim the mercy and grace found in the good news of Jesus Christ’s death on the cross for our sins.  We want to spread this good news to everyone in our communities.  We believe all Christians are ambassadors of the gospel.  Through evagelism training and numerous outreach opportunities we seek to equip and mobilse the church to spread this good news.

We seek to carry out this mission in two ways:

• By actively proclaiming the gospel in our community to those who do not believe.
• By actively pursuing the ongoing transformation of our own lives by the grace of God found in the gospel.