https://reformedwiki.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Grace_Community_ChurchGrace Community Church - Revision history2026-04-08T12:55:43ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.0https://reformedwiki.org/index.php?title=Grace_Community_Church&diff=12550&oldid=prevBrantleyRider at 00:35, 4 August 20252025-08-04T00:35:10Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GCC Aerial.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Grace Community Church Aerial View]] The church was founded as Grace Community Church of the Valley as a mission of [[First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood]]. The congregation held its first public service on July 1, 1956, calling Don Householder (former associate pastor of Trinity Methodist Church and pastor of Country Church of Hollywood) to be its founding pastor.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 1965 |title=Obituary for Don H. Householder (Aged 62) |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49096497/obituary-for-don-h-householder-aged/ |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, [[California | CA]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> Within a few years, the church had moved to its present location on Roscoe Boulevard, and the decision was made to hold two Sunday morning services to accommodate the growing congregation.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GCC Aerial.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Grace Community Church Aerial View]] The church was founded as Grace Community Church of the Valley as a mission of [[First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood]]. The congregation held its first public service on July 1, 1956, calling Don Householder (former associate pastor of Trinity Methodist Church and pastor of Country Church of Hollywood) to be its founding pastor.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 1965 |title=Obituary for Don H. Householder (Aged 62) |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49096497/obituary-for-don-h-householder-aged/ |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, [[California | CA]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> Within a few years, the church had moved to its present location on Roscoe Boulevard, and the decision was made to hold two Sunday morning services to accommodate the growing congregation.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Grace Community Church''' is a [[Non-denominational]], [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Christian]] church founded in 1956 and located in [[wikipedia:Sun Valley, Los Angeles|Sun Valley]], a neighborhood in the [[wikipedia:San Fernando Valley]] of [[wikipedia:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. Speaker and radio evangelist [[John MacArthur]] is the senior pastor of Grace Community Church. As of 2008, the average weekly attendance was 8,258.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Outreach 100: Largest and Fastest Growing Churches in America |website= SermonCentral |url= http://www.sermoncentral.com/articleb.asp?article=Top-100-Largest-Churches3}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Grace Community Church''' is a [[Non-denominational]], [[evangelicalism|evangelical]] [[Christian]] church founded in 1956 and located in [[wikipedia:Sun Valley, Los Angeles|Sun Valley]], a neighborhood in the [[wikipedia:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">San Fernando Valley|</ins>San Fernando Valley]] of [[wikipedia:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. Speaker and radio evangelist [[John MacArthur]] is the senior pastor of Grace Community Church. As of 2008, the average weekly attendance was 8,258.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Outreach 100: Largest and Fastest Growing Churches in America |website= SermonCentral |url= http://www.sermoncentral.com/articleb.asp?article=Top-100-Largest-Churches3}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Grace Community Church''' is a [[Non<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">-denominational Christianity|non</del>-denominational]], [[evangelicalism |evangelical]] church founded in 1956 and located in [[Sun Valley, Los Angeles |Sun Valley]], a neighborhood in the [[San Fernando Valley]] of [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. Speaker and radio evangelist [[John MacArthur]] is the senior pastor of Grace Community Church. As of 2008, the average weekly attendance was 8,258.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Outreach 100: Largest and Fastest Growing Churches in America |website= SermonCentral |url= http://www.sermoncentral.com/articleb.asp?article=Top-100-Largest-Churches3}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>'''Grace Community Church''' is a [[Non-denominational]], [[evangelicalism|evangelical<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] [[Christian</ins>]] church founded in 1956 and located in [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wikipedia:</ins>Sun Valley, Los Angeles|Sun Valley]], a neighborhood in the [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wikipedia:</ins>San Fernando Valley]] of [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">wikipedia:</ins>Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]. Speaker and radio evangelist [[John MacArthur]] is the senior pastor of Grace Community Church. As of 2008, the average weekly attendance was 8,258.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Outreach 100: Largest and Fastest Growing Churches in America |website= SermonCentral |url= http://www.sermoncentral.com/articleb.asp?article=Top-100-Largest-Churches3}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GCC Aerial.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Grace Community Church Aerial View] The church was founded as Grace Community Church of the Valley as a mission of [[First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood]]. The congregation held its first public service on July 1, 1956, calling Don Householder (former associate pastor of Trinity Methodist Church and pastor of Country Church of Hollywood) to be its founding pastor.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 1965 |title=Obituary for Don H. Householder (Aged 62) |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49096497/obituary-for-don-h-householder-aged/ |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, [[California | CA]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> Within a few years, the church had moved to its present location on Roscoe Boulevard, and the decision was made to hold two Sunday morning services to accommodate the growing congregation.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:GCC Aerial.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Grace Community Church Aerial View<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]</ins>] The church was founded as Grace Community Church of the Valley as a mission of [[First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood]]. The congregation held its first public service on July 1, 1956, calling Don Householder (former associate pastor of Trinity Methodist Church and pastor of Country Church of Hollywood) to be its founding pastor.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 1965 |title=Obituary for Don H. Householder (Aged 62) |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49096497/obituary-for-don-h-householder-aged/ |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, [[California | CA]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> Within a few years, the church had moved to its present location on Roscoe Boulevard, and the decision was made to hold two Sunday morning services to accommodate the growing congregation.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following Householder's death in 1965, Richard Elvee was called to be pastor and the church continued to grow under his leadership until he died in 1968. In February 1969, [[John F. MacArthur]] assumed the pastorate. During the early days of MacArthur's ministry, the church doubled in size every two years, which led to the building of the Family Life Center in 1971 and a new Worship Center in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gracechurch.org/about/history/|title=History | publisher = Grace Community Church|website= About}}</ref> In 1972, ''Moody Monthly'' magazine published a feature article about the congregation titled "The church with nine hundred ministers".<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.gty.org/|title=Grace to You}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following Householder's death in 1965, Richard Elvee was called to be pastor and the church continued to grow under his leadership until he died in 1968. In February 1969, [[John F. MacArthur]] assumed the pastorate. During the early days of MacArthur's ministry, the church doubled in size every two years, which led to the building of the Family Life Center in 1971 and a new Worship Center in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gracechurch.org/about/history/|title=History | publisher = Grace Community Church|website= About}}</ref> In 1972, ''Moody Monthly'' magazine published a feature article about the congregation titled "The church with nine hundred ministers".<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.gty.org/|title=Grace to You}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The church was founded as Grace Community Church of the Valley as a mission of [[First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood]]. The congregation held its first public service on July 1, 1956, calling Don Householder (former associate pastor of Trinity Methodist Church and pastor of Country Church of Hollywood) to be its founding pastor.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 1965 |title=Obituary for Don H. Householder (Aged 62) |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49096497/obituary-for-don-h-householder-aged/ |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, [[California | CA]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> Within a few years, the church had moved to its present location on Roscoe Boulevard, and the decision was made to hold two Sunday morning services to accommodate the growing congregation.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[File:GCC Aerial.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Grace Community Church Aerial View] </ins>The church was founded as Grace Community Church of the Valley as a mission of [[First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood]]. The congregation held its first public service on July 1, 1956, calling Don Householder (former associate pastor of Trinity Methodist Church and pastor of Country Church of Hollywood) to be its founding pastor.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 May 1965 |title=Obituary for Don H. Householder (Aged 62) |url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49096497/obituary-for-don-h-householder-aged/ |work=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, [[California | CA]] |access-date=4 July 2022}}</ref> Within a few years, the church had moved to its present location on Roscoe Boulevard, and the decision was made to hold two Sunday morning services to accommodate the growing congregation.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following Householder's death in 1965, Richard Elvee was called to be pastor and the church continued to grow under his leadership until he died in 1968. In February 1969, [[John F. MacArthur]] assumed the pastorate. During the early days of MacArthur's ministry, the church doubled in size every two years, which led to the building of the Family Life Center in 1971 and a new Worship Center in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gracechurch.org/about/history/|title=History | publisher = Grace Community Church|website= About}}</ref> In 1972, ''Moody Monthly'' magazine published a feature article about the congregation titled "The church with nine hundred ministers".<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.gty.org/|title=Grace to You}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Following Householder's death in 1965, Richard Elvee was called to be pastor and the church continued to grow under his leadership until he died in 1968. In February 1969, [[John F. MacArthur]] assumed the pastorate. During the early days of MacArthur's ministry, the church doubled in size every two years, which led to the building of the Family Life Center in 1971 and a new Worship Center in 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gracechurch.org/about/history/|title=History | publisher = Grace Community Church|website= About}}</ref> In 1972, ''Moody Monthly'' magazine published a feature article about the congregation titled "The church with nine hundred ministers".<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://www.gty.org/|title=Grace to You}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Grace_Community_Church_building.jpg|thumb|right|Grace Community Church building]] Grace Community Church is elder-ruled. It teaches [[Calvinist]] theology, although it is not aligned with a denomination. Grace Community Church holds to the beliefs of [[Cessationism_versus_continuationism#Cessationism|the cessation of supernatural spiritual gifts]], [[Lordship salvation]], and the sufficiency of Scripture.<ref>{{cite web |title= Distinctives |website= Grace Community Church |accessdate= 2019-02-06 |url=http://www.gracechurch.org/distinctives/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gracechurch.org/(X(1)S(xluqogsdwx3cl1fftetz0gw0))/about/distinctives/gift-of-tongues?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=The Gift of Tongues {{!}} Grace Community Church|website=www.gracechurch.org|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> The church teaches [[believer's baptism]] by [[immersion baptism|immersion]].<ref>{{cite web |title= What We Teach: The Church |website= Grace Community Church |accessdate= 2019-02-06 |url= https://www.gracechurch.org/about/distinctives/what-we-teach |quote= Christian baptism by immersion (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Acts 8:36-39</del>) is the solemn and beautiful testimony of a believer showing forth his faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Savior, and his union with Him in death to sin and resurrection to a new life (<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Romans 6:1-11</del>).}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[File:Grace_Community_Church_building.jpg|thumb|right|Grace Community Church building]] Grace Community Church is elder-ruled. It teaches [[Calvinist]] theology, although it is not aligned with a denomination. Grace Community Church holds to the beliefs of [[Cessationism_versus_continuationism#Cessationism|the cessation of supernatural spiritual gifts]], [[Lordship salvation]], and the sufficiency of Scripture.<ref>{{cite web |title= Distinctives |website= Grace Community Church |accessdate= 2019-02-06 |url=http://www.gracechurch.org/distinctives/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gracechurch.org/(X(1)S(xluqogsdwx3cl1fftetz0gw0))/about/distinctives/gift-of-tongues?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|title=The Gift of Tongues {{!}} Grace Community Church|website=www.gracechurch.org|access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> The church teaches [[believer's baptism]] by [[immersion baptism|immersion]].<ref>{{cite web |title= What We Teach: The Church |website= Grace Community Church |accessdate= 2019-02-06 |url= https://www.gracechurch.org/about/distinctives/what-we-teach |quote= Christian baptism by immersion () is the solemn and beautiful testimony of a believer showing forth his faith in the crucified, buried, and risen Savior, and his union with Him in death to sin and resurrection to a new life ().}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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