More About Grace Knox
Our Purpose
Make disciples who make disciples
Our Goal
To grow in our understanding and practice of being a student/follower of Jesus and to positively impact our community by influencing all generations in our neighborhoods, city and the world
Our Mission
To train and activate 120 disciple-makers to engage in the mission of Jesus Christ in Knoxville before 2022
Strategy
To teach people to Come Alive by praying and seeking, loving and blessing, and going and doing
Our History
Our Values
Jesus Christ is the center of everything we do
The Bible is the authority for directing our priorities, decisions, lives, and practices
We seek relationship and guidance from the Lord through intentional, consistent, and intercessory prayer
We exist for people to become missional disciples of Jesus Christ
All people matter to God and to us
Our faith, hope, and love is visible when we care, encourage, and celebrate together and with others
We are at our best when our energies align and connect to the ongoing mission of God in our homes, workplaces, cities, nation, and world
We will give people the courage to discover their gifts and calling, as well as the freedom to live those out in the world for Jesus Christ
God’s mission directs us to step out in faith and take risks
Our Beliefs
Grace Church is a church of the Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians (ECO). This means that we align ourselves with these essential tenets:
We glorify God by recognizing and receiving HIs authoritative self-revelation, both in the infallible Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments and also in the incarnation of God the Son
With Christians everywhere, we worship the only true God – Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- who is both one essence and three persons
Jesus Christ is both truly God and truly human. The divinity of the Son is in no way impaired, limited, or changed by His gracious act of assuming a human nature, and that his true humanity is in no way undermined by His continued divinity
The present disordered state of the world, in which we and all things are subject to misery and to evil, is not God’s doing but is rather a result of humanity’s free, sinful rebellion against God’s will. Jesus Christ is the sole path by which sinners become children of God. In union with Christ through the power of the Spirit, we are brought into right relation with the Father, who receives us as His adopted children
In Christ, we are adopted into the family of God and find our new identity as brothers and sisters since we now share one Father. Within the covenant community of the church, God’s grace is extended through the preaching of the Word, the administration of the Sacraments, and the faithful practice of mutual discipline
Progress in holiness is an expected response of gratitude to the grace of God, which is initiated, sustained, and fulfilled by the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit. As we practice the discipline of regular self-examination and confession, we are especially guided by the Ten Commandments
Our Leadership
Bryan Wilson
Lead Pastor
Steven Latham
Interim Executive Pastor
Mary Jinks
Director of Operations
Jill Marling
Administrative Assistant
Bailey Chambers
Music Leader
Stephen Kidwell
Audio and Visual