About Grand Avenue Christian Church
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Grand Avenue Christian Church (DoC) is a covenant member in affiliation with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada. The Christian Church (DoC) grew out of two movements seeking Christian unity in the early 1800's in America. Our founders, Alexander and Thomas Campbell and Barton Warren Stone, hoped to restore Christian unity by returning to the New Testament faith and practices. However, even among these high aspirations division among the church occured, The Stone-Campbell movement is primarily comprised of three main churches. The Churches of Christ, Christian Churches/Churches of Christ and the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Although separated all three still hold to the foundational belief of Christian Unity.
Today, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has 3,754 congregations throughout the United States and Canada. There are approximately 691,160 members in these congregations with about 3,399 clergy serving in a congregation. There are another 3972 clergy serving in other areas of the church life.
As a part of the Chruch organizational structure GACC is also a covenant member in affiliation with the Christian Church (DoC) in Montana. This is what is referred to as the Region. Commonly known as The Region of Montana.
Our Mission Statement
Our Response to Christ is to be a community which places high value on worship, human relationships, and the wholeness of each person. We will strive to be open to all and welcome all persons so that together we may experience love, patience, forgiveness, and God's empowering Grace.
