Grace Church Nottingham

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Grace Church Nottingham is a church based in Nottingham City Centre.

Origins

Grace Church began in September 2002 when Nick and Penny Sharp were commissioned to plant a church in Nottingham.[1] Initially meeting in their home before moving to public venues, the church outgrew the Rose and Crown Pub in Lenton and in turn, the John Carroll Leisure Centre in Radford. When Trent Vineyard Church moved out of Meadow Lane in 2003, its leader John Wright encouraged Sharp to move Grace Church into the venue, which quickly became the new home. Being based at the stadium enabled the church to host the Newfrontiers youth festival, Newday, in 2005, attracting some 6,000 people and enabling a whole host of community projects to take place across the city, planned in conjunction with Nottingham City Council.[2][3] In November 2009, the church bought the former Ministry of Labour's Employment Exchange building on Castle Boulevard and renamed it 'The Ministry'.[4][5] The story attracted local press attention[6] and local incumbent MP Lilian Greenwood officially opened the building in September 2010.[7][8][9]

Social Justice

Grace Church is "committed to playing our part in serving those who are most in need in Nottingham, through our own initiatives and supporting other projects in the city." It believes "that the church is to be good news for those in poverty," and wants it "to reflect God’s justice and mercy by providing relief for immediate needs, seeing lives restored and challenging issues of social injustice in our city." It seeks "to do this through developing our own ministries to serve Nottingham and supporting other projects across the city."[10] Grace Church runs a Food Bank for those finding themselves in the difficult situation of being unable to feed themselves and their families, and is also involved in a number of other initiatives in the city.

Congregation

Grace Church comprises over 500 people, including large numbers of students and people in their 20s.[11][12]

The Church is led by an eldership team of 5 people,[13] along with the staff and trustee teams. The church is both reformed and charismatic in its theology, giving high priority to expositional bible teaching and contemporary worship in its meetings, seeking to be "led by the Spirit".[14]

References

  1. ↑ "Introduction to Grace Church". Grace Church Nottingham. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. ↑ "UK | England | Nottinghamshire | Christian clean up for urban area". BBC News. 26 July 2005. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  3. ↑ "Newfrontiers : Newday Report". Newfrontierstogether.org. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  4. ↑ "Churches take key sites on Nottingham's Castle Boulevard". This is Nottingham. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  5. ↑ The Ministry Building at the Wayback Machine (archived 6 October 2011)
  6. ↑ "Churches take over Castle Boulevard landmarks". This is Nottingham. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  7. ↑ "A Church ministry will have its official opening on September 21". This is Nottingham. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  8. ↑ "Working hard for Nottingham South – | Photo Gallery | IWC2". Liliangreenwood.co.uk. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  9. ↑ "Lillian Greenwood photograph outside Grace Church". Liliangreenwood.co.uk. Retrieved 2014-02-19.
  10. ↑ "Social Justice". Grace Church Nottingham. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  11. ↑ "Students". Grace Church Nottingham. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  12. ↑ "Grace Church Nottingham's Student Blog". The Student. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  13. ↑ "Leaders". Grace Church Nottingham. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
  14. ↑ "Nottingham's booming churches". This is Nottingham. 27 May 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2011.

Coordinates: 52°56′54.5″N 1°9′6.7″W / 52.948472°N 1.151861°W / 52.948472; -1.151861

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