GRACE CITY DENVER IS A GOSPEL-CENTERED CHURCH
FAMILY
A word about who we are
Grace City is a multi-generational mix of young singles, couples, families, and empty nesters. We’re a collection of neighbors from all walks of life and from all across the Denver metro area. We are students, entrepreneurs, teachers, trade workers, business professionals, artists, athletes, work-from-home moms and dads, retirees, and just about everyone else you can imagine. Reflecting both our urban neighborhood and the Gospel’s welcome, we’re an ethnically, culturally, and socioeconomically diverse congregation by design and intention. We’re one big family, united by the grace and love of Jesus.
MISSION
Grace City exists to make and mature disciples (followers) of Jesus Christ.
VISION
Our vision is to be a centrally-located, inclusive church that intentionally pursues younger generations and takes the Gospel to the everyday street level where our neighbors live, work, gather, and create.
VALUES
Our core values reflect the GRACE of Grace City:
Gospel-Centeredness: We value the Good News of Jesus Christ and depend on it to give shape, power, and purpose to all that we are and do.
Rule of Scripture: We value the Bible, understood in its original sense and faithfully applied to contemporary culture, as our final authority in all areas of our faith and practice.
Authentic Community: We value the intentional sharing of our lives with one another in the formation of a distinctively Christian community of faith.
Continuing Transformation: We value the lifelong, life-changing process of growth through the power of God’s Spirit.
Engagement: We value the active, purposeful participation of every believer in worshiping, serving, and sharing Christ.
BELIEFS
God desires to be known, therefore we commit to faithfully study, teach, and obey the Bible, where He reveals Himself and His will directly.
God is Father, Son, and Spirit in One, therefore we embrace diversity, unity, and fellowship as essential components of our life together.
God is the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all things, therefore we gladly welcome His preeminence, providence, and provision in our lives.
God is the substitute Savior, therefore we celebrate the Good News of Jesus Christ as the source of our salvation, the center of our worship, and the heart of our discipleship.
God is the indwelling Spirit, therefore we depend on His active presence to empower, guide, and transform our lives into the image of Christ.
God is unconditionally loving and undeservedly kind, therefore we strive to be a culture of patience, forgiveness, generosity, compassion, and enthusiastic welcome.
God is righteous and holy, therefore we set ourselves apart to Him, pursuing lives of radical nonconformity to the world, the flesh, and false religion.
God has accepted us by free grace, therefore we reject legalistic performance and condemnation in favor of a culture of repentance, faith, and grateful submission.
God is our Champion, therefore we eagerly invite our neighbors to hear and experience the benefits of His victory with us.
A good summary of our Christian faith is found in the Nicene Creed.
See the Nicene Creed
LEADERSHIP
Grace City Church is led by a team of elders and deacons as defined in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
Elders | Deacons | Staff
Jordan Cotto
(Deacon)
Angie Ham
(Deacon)
Matt Hand
(Elder | Lead Pastor)
Consuela Hegeman
(GraceKids Director)
Tyler Hood
(Elder)
James Kamb
(Accounting)
Richard Lawrence
(Elder | Worship Leader)
Zoila Rios
(Deacon)
Mike Ross
(Elder)
Christie Willis
(Office Admin)
PARTNERSHIPS
SHARING OUR LOVE FOR CHRIST AND OUR PASSION TO
SEE THE GOSPEL RENEW LIVES AROUND THE WORLD
REDEEMER CITY TO CITY
Redeemer City to City (founded by Timothy Keller and Redeemer Presbyterian Church of NYC) exists to help leaders build gospel movements in cities. Our partnership with Redeemer City to City is an expression of our vision for a network of world-changing, city-renewing, gospel-centered global churches, and for igniting a movement of the gospel in the heart of downtown Denver.
THE GOSPEL COALITION
As a broadly Reformed network of churches, The Gospel Coalition champions the gospel of Jesus Christ by advocating gospel-centered principles and practices. Our partnership with TGC is an expression of our own commitment to renewing our faith in the gospel of Christ and to reforming our ministry practices to conform fully to the Scriptures.
LIVING WATER INTERNATIONAL
Living Water International exists to demonstrate the love of God by helping communities acquire desperately needed clean water in the name of Jesus — “the living water” — who alone satisfies the deepest thirst of our souls. Through LWI we have drilled or refurbished more than two dozen wells around the world.