CHURCH PLANTING
The local church is God’s primary means of accomplishing his mission on earth. Grace Church desires to see churches planted and strengthened so that the gospel of Jesus could be proclaimed and the true Jesus might be known in Waco and beyond. To that end, we want to be a church-planting church and one that supports the work of church planting and revitalization in the world. In addition to seeking to plant more churches, we are committed to developing specific relationships and partnerships throughout the world.
Hope Church Robinson
In December 2023, we commissioned several pastors, leaders, and members to plant a new church in nearby Robinson, Texas. Hope Church currently meets every Sunday at 4pm in the Robinson Church of Christ. Since its beginning, the church has seen personal growth and new believers in Christ as the fruit of its faithfulness to the gospel. Hope's mission is to make disciples, or followers, of Jesus Christ. Find more information about Hope at hoperobinson.com
GRACE CHURCH HEWITT
In 2018, Grace Church planted our first church, Grace Church Hewitt. Pastors and leaders from Grace Waco responded to the call to be sent out for gospel witness. Hewitt is about 20 minutes outside of Waco in a developing area in need of gospel witness. Since it’s planting, Hewitt has seen fruitfulness in their faithfulness and is now a fully self-sustaining church. Grace Church Waco and Grace Church Hewitt are committed to maintaining a strong partnership into the future as sister churches in order to see Jesus known and more churches planted and strengthened. For more information, visit gracehewitt.com
SENDING AND EQUIPPING MISSIONARIES
In addition to our local church planting, we have sent and support three missionary families from our church membership, serving locations in the Middle East and the UK. Their work is focused on church planting in areas with limited access to the gospel or of great evangelistic need.
Our missions strategy aligns with the traditional and historic use of the term “missions”: the unique and deliberate mission of the church (i.e., to make disciples of all nations) that takes the Gospel of Jesus Christ across ethnic, linguistic and geographical boundaries; that establishes New Testament churches; and that teaches them to obey everything Jesus commanded in the Bible.
Thus, we aim to support, partner with and mobilize healthy, mature, well training long-term workers to plant New Testament churches or translate the Bible where there is very limited or no Christian witness.
You can read more about our missions and church planting vision in our missions booklet.
