Grace Gospel Fellowship
Appearance
Grace Gospel Fellowship | |
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Classification | Evangelical Protestant |
Orientation | Dispensational |
Polity | Congregational |
Headquarters | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Origin | 1944 |
Congregations | 128 (1992) |
Members | 60,000 (1992) |
Official website | ggfusa |
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]
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
- ^ Religion in America: A Directory. p. 74.
- ^ George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 1002
- ^ Yearbook of American & Canadian Churches 2012. Abingdon Press. 2012. p. 244.
- ^ a b Handbook of Denominations in the United States, 13th Edition. Abingdon Press. 2010. p. 255.
- ^ GCF, Executive director, EFC's website, USA, retrieved August 17, 2017
- ^ Perspectives on Church Government: Five Views of Church Polity. 2004. p. 181.