Local Missions & Outreach
Teen Challenge
Purpose
- To provide a Sunday evening worship service for the men and staff at Teen Challenge, Central Valley.
- To point men to the Gospel of Christ for liberation from sin and addiction.
- To create a platform for the men of GCV to preach, evangelize, pray, share their testimonies, and counsel men who are attempting to overcome addictions.
When & Where
Every Sunday night, 7:00–8:30 pm
Central Valley Teen Challenge (42675 Rd 44, Reedley)
Contact: Brian Payne
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Prison Ministry
Purpose
- To reach people in prison with the Gospel and provide discipleship relationships.
- To provide mid-week and Sunday afternoon worship services for the men at Pleasant Valley State Prison in Coalinga.
- To evangelize and counsel the men and women at the local county jails in Fresno and Visalia.
When & Where
Mondays at 7:45 pm Bob Wiley Detention Facility
Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 7:00 pm Pleasant Valley State Prison
Wednesdays at 7:00 pm at the Fresno County Main Jail
Sundays at 1:00 pm Pleasant Valley State Prison
Contact: Don Klassen
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Local Missions Theology: What does the Bible say to us about our local mission?
Grace Church is commanded to take the Gospel to every nation (Matt. 28:18–20), recognizing that the Gospel establishes a multiethnic and multicultural church (Acts 2; Col. 3:9–11; Eph. 2:11; Rev. 5:9, 10; 7:9) through speaking the Gospel to the nations as the means of evangelizing (Rom. 10:11–15; Eph 3:8–11).
Local Missions Philosophy: What must our commitments be because of theology?
- preach the Gospel to our local community.
- disciple believers in the Gospel, including baptizing them and training them to observe all that God has commanded.
- agree and value the multiethnic/multicultural purpose of Christ’s church.
- embrace all ethnic, cultural, and socioeconomic classifications equally.
- pursue the diversity of the body in the unity of Christ, limiting segregation within our church family.
Local Missions Plan: How do we plan to live these commitments in our context?
- pursue and establish bilingual servant leadership.
- communicate and call our membership to this local-mission vision.
- seek integrated ministry as ideal rather than dividing our church body into distinct entities (i.e., starting an autonomous Spanish-speaking church).
- see local assemblies planted in outlying communities within the