A Church Plant in Grand Forks
About Christ Redeemer
Mission Statement: To glorify God by making disciples of Jesus through declaring and displaying the Gospel
Core Values:
#1 - Joyful Worship
#2 - Gospel Centrality
#3 - Sound Doctrine
#4 - Mission & Multiplication
#5 - Gospel Family
For a more in-depth explanation of what Christ Redeemer is all about, click the play button below!
Interested in Learning More?
Come to one of our Tuesday night interest meetings!
At these meetings, you will:
Meet Our Team
Hear about the Church
Have Your Questions Answered
Get Free Books
Hear some Biblical Teaching
Details:
When: Tuesdays - 6-7:15 pm
Where: Grace Baptist Church (700 24th Ave S, Grand Forks)
Why Plant in Grand Forks?
In an article on the importance of planting new churches, Tim Keller once wrote that, “The vigorous, continual planting of new congregations is the single most crucial strategy for (1) the numerical growth of the body of Christ in a city and (2) the continual corporate renewal and revival of the existing churches in a city. Nothing else—not crusades, outreach programs, parachurch ministries, growing megachurches, congregational consulting, nor church renewal processes—will have the consistent impact of dynamic, extensive church planting. This is an eyebrow-raising statement, but to those who have done any study at all, it is not even controversial.”
So why do we want to plant a new church?
There are many ways that we could answer this question, but the simplest answer is that more faithful churches = more faithful disciples. As Christians, we long to see more people experience the inexpressible joy that comes from knowing and following Jesus, and we believe that the greatest way to see this happen is through planting churches that preach the gospel, make disciples, and then plant more churches that do the same. In fact, in the New Testament itself we see that the primary means of fulfilling Jesus’ Great Commission to make disciples of all nations is through the planting of gospel-preaching, disciple-making churches. Church planting is God’s strategy to reach the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ!
While we know there are already faithful churches in Grand Forks that are preaching the gospel and making disciples, we believe that this city will be greatly blessed by another church doing the same. Grand Forks is a growing city, with a growing university, and with many people that don’t yet truly know Jesus and are not connected to any local church. These are the types of people that we hope to reach with the gospel and bring into Christ Redeemer.
For more info about the benefits of church planting and the ways that new churches can reach new people with the gospel, while also benefitting the existing churches in the same community, see the full article by Tim Keller below.