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            There are four major components in our structure which contribute to our effectiveness in carrying out our mission. These four components help make our ministry complete. They are Cells, Celebration, Sponsor Relationships/Equipping Tracks, and Servant Community.

            The cell is people, just as the church is people. Each cell meets together once a week to focus on the presence, power, and purpose of Jesus Christ. During the weekly meeting, cell members experience fellowship and encouragement as they minister to one another, worship, and pray together. Accountability is also an important ingredient of cell life. Each cell member is expected to pursue regular relationships with lost people (oikos) as well as relationships with the other cell members.

            Community is developed within a cell as its members spend time in relationship with one another. Needs are ministered to, members are edified and equipped, and lost people are brought into the community. People soon learn that there is great blessing and growth when their lives are shared together.

As the cell grows, the cell leader (cell servant) trains an intern to become a cell servant.  Once the cell reaches a core group of fifteen adults with a trained intern, it multiplies into two cells. The cell servant stays with one new cell, and the intern becomes a cell servant for the other one. The new cells begin to develop community, and then repeat the process.  To learn more about our cell meetings, click here.

            Every Sunday, the whole church gathers for a celebration of what God is doing in everyone’s life. During the celebration, we worship and pray together, share testimonies of God’s grace at work in us, and teach the Word of God. We bring a focus on glorifying God through exalting Jesus and being sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s work among us.  Want to see what a typical worship service looks like?  Click here.

            Each cell member is part of a sponsor relationship, in which they either sponsor a younger believer, or are being sponsored by an older one. These mentoring relationships provide individual help and encouragement, personal prayer support, and accountability for everyone in our church. Sponsors and their sponsorees meet every week at their convenience. This helps develop unity in our cells and deepen Christian community. This unity comes because the ones sharing in relationship agree on the truth of the Word.

            Everyone works through an equipping track, which helps prepare each cell member for ministry. These equipping tracks include studies in doctrine, practical issues of the daily Christian walk, and training in ministry issues, such as evangelism and sponsoring. They are designed to help ground the believer from salvation to living a life of obedience and faithfulness. Part of the weekly sponsor meeting includes a review of the equipping track. The sponsor can help explain any issues that are unclear, as well as help their sponsoree work through tough issues they will face in their daily life. The equipping track also helps teach new Christians the value of personal Bible study and a devotional life.  To download an equipping track or any of our other online resources, click here.

            Leadership development is essential to the growth of Grace Community Fellowship. Servant Community is a biweekly training event for cell servants and interns. Each servant community gathering includes an emphasis on vision casting, training in skills necessary for the ministry of a cell servant, and evaluating and problem solving for current cells. This way we keep in touch with our leaders and provide regular, biweekly training for them. By shepherding each cell servant we can ensure effective shepherding throughout the church.  To learn more, check out our leadership page.