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==History==

[[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.

[[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.

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>

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 ==History==
-[[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.
+[[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.
 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>