A Disciple is one who learns from another. For us, it is one who learns from another about following Jesus by following them. Making disciples is not a catch phrase for us. It is our purpose. Towards that purpose we have 6 core values that are the guiding principles and evaluation tools for everything that we do.

 

 

1. We believe that parents are the primary disciple makers in their child’s life. At Grace Fellowship Church we desire to support and encourage what you do as parents, by making our times and programs accessible for your family. We also desire to reinforce your role in your child’s life. Over 80 parents are involved in the student ministry department at Grace on a weekly basis. We model parents as valuable members of our ministry team.

 

2. We like students and enjoy being around them. At Grace, you will not find lots of trips to amusement parks or other “entertainment” based events. Instead you will find a team of adults and college students committed to building relationships with your child. Relationship is the goal; the activities are only the canvas they are painted on.

 

3. We believe that students need people in their life they can trust. Each youth volunteer/leader submits to background and reference checks. All of our high-school aged volunteer leaders sign and are held accountable to a ministry covenant regarding ministry excellence and moral purity. We also have specific polices in place to protect your child. We have a no-tolerance policy in regards to the emotional and physical safety of your child.

 

4. We believe that true happiness comes from serving God. Mission trips are a core part of what we do. This year alone there over 450 openings for missions trips in the student ministry department. Our relationship with God can not be kept quiet, either here, in our schools or overseas. Locally we strongly support Young Life and FCA with our resources here at Grace Fellowship Church. We are also involved in several weekly ministries to urban apartment complexes and monthly ministries to homeless shelters and women and children’s shelters.

 

5. We believe that God’s Word is the clearest instrument of His communication with us. When Jesus was discipling his followers they studied the Bible (the Old Testament Scriptures and the Living Word Himself), thus we feel it is important to learn from the Bible itself and not only from devotional books. We teach the Bible at Grace Fellowship Church and we believe it. We provide relevant and creative ways to make it apply to your child’s life. We also provide tools to help them understand and study it for themselves.

 

6. We believe that students are capable of leadership. Our high school students are discipled by our team of caring and trained adult leaders. And, in turn, our high school students disciple our middle school students along with another adult mentor. This philosophy not only builds disciples, it builds leaders. Our high school students also regularly serve in leadership roles with our children’s ministry and in some other areas of the high school ministry itself (worship, greeting new people, mission trips, technical, etc.).

If you have any questions, or if there is any way that we can help you, please email us.

- TrueNorth Staff