Vision Statement -- “Sharing and caring with all people through God’s Amazing Grace.”
Mission Statement -- “Everyday people building a neighborhood church with a simple, straightforward message.”
Amazing Grace Christian Church embraces the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37, 39) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) as a basis for faith:
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Jesus Christ gave His disciples the Great Commandment, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind." He also said, "Love your neighbor as yourself." In the Great Commission Jesus further instructs, "Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.”
- Worship – Provide a welcome home for all people to worship God.
- Fellowship – Embrace everyone with Christian love and mutual respect.
- Ministry – Nurture all people that we encounter with God’s Loving Word.
- Discipleship - Empower God’s people to grow in Christ through opportunity to study, learn, teach and lead.
- Outreach - Serve God’s kingdom by providing effective ministry to the local area and the world at large.
- Major Doctrine
- The Trinitarian nature of God.
- The full deity and humanity of Jesus.
- The Holy Bible as the inspired, inerrant and infallible Word of God.
- Salvation by grace alone, through the Risen Christ
- Worship God as a Body of Christ.
- Welcome all people with Christian Love and Fellowship.
- Walk according to God’s Will through the power of Jesus Christ.
- Witness to all people “salvation through the Risen Christ”
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The board for Amazing Grace voted last year to "daughter out" a new church within five years, this after due prayer and meditation.
We realize that this is the essence of "discipling all nations" (Matthew 28:19-20). Thus, we constantly try to keep in mind that discipling the congregation is essential to our mission. This works itself out in our teaching style of ministry and in the ways in which we provide opportunity for growth within the church body.
Also, as a relatively new fixture in north Tacoma, Amazing Grace attempts to work with individuals and organizations in the neighborhood. As an example, Amazing Grace conducts music classes (guitar) as an outreach about three times a year for all who want to attend and learn.
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Amazing Grace has been blessed with a rich pastoral heritage:
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Click on the photos to see full biographies.
- Founding Pastor - Byron Singleton
- Current Pastor - Mark Latham
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Amazing Grace first worshipped together March 31, 2002 (Easter Sunday). This came as a result of a realignment within the church to become independent from the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) denomination. The previous name of the church was New Creation Christian Church.
Pastor Byron Singleton began New Creation in October 2000, starting with a small core group of believers. The church worshipped at 56th and Pine in Tacoma at that time.
New Creation moved to its 15th and Mildred facility (Tahoma Vista Village community center) in January 2002, then changed its name to Amazing Grace in March of that year.
After Byron stepped down, pastor Kim Hastings took over as the interim pastor for about ten months. He later became senior pastor at Eastside Christian Church, a larger congregation at 57th and McKinley in Tacoma.
Pastor Mark Latham has been senior pastor at Amazing Grace since pastor Kim left, this was January 2003.
Click here for further information on the early days of AGCC: Pastor Byron
Amazing Grace moved from the community center at Tahoma Vista Village to the chapel at Northwest Baptist Seminary in April 2006. This beautiful facility is on the grounds of the old Weyerhaueser mansion in north Tacoma. What an awesome blessing this has been!
Amazing Grace, still a small body of believers, has begun ministry in several significant ways within the community in north Tacoma. We look forward to many more years of fruitful interaction as "Good Neighbors".
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Amazing Grace is an independent christian church. The church is run by the congregation through a church board. Board members are;
- Jim Lincoln - chair
- Carol Jansky - treasurer
- Mark Latham - secretary
Currently one congregational business meeting is held per year, in January, to affirm the board and to conduct other church business. Board meetings are held the third Wednesday of each month at 9:00 a.m.
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Welcome Visitors and Friends!
Welcome in the Name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
You will find a welcoming environment in which to worship God! The style of dress is relaxed. We love to make music & love to sing! I encourage you to come and give us a look, maybe sing a few songs. Jesus tells us, “Come, and you will see.”
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. (Ephesians 1:3)
