GGF

Grace Gospel Fellowship (GGF) exists to serve and help our churches and our pastors. Since the churches and ministries of the GGF are interdependent and autonomous (self-governing), the GGF does not control the operations or the local congregations nor does it own church buildings.

GGF was founded by a group of pastors from nine local churches in the early 1940s.  These men shared a common doctrinal statement and sought to be further linked for collective action and better communication. All of our ministries are Biblically sound and in accord with the content of the church epistles. That is, they are consistent with both Pauline truth and action. Since apostolic authority is no longer in existence they function with the consent of the persons and ministries involved.

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Read more: Purpose & History

When our constitution was revised in the early 1970s, the country was divided into twelve regions. After a short time regions three and four merged as region three. In 1995 regions five and six asked to be merged as region five. There are, therefore, ten regions at the present time. Each region has a council comprised of all active pastors plus lay representatives for each affiliated church and some representing the individual members of GGF who are not in an affiliated church. The proportion of representation is established by our constitution. Each region selects one pastor and one layman to represent them on the National Council.

Read more: Our Operations

The purpose of the Grace Gospel Fellowship is to promote fellowship among those who believe the truths contained in its doctrinal statement and to proclaim the gospel of the grace of God in this country and throughout the world.

Recognizing that the one true Bible church of this age is composed of all who possess genuine faith in Christ, it is neither our purpose to form a denominational hierarchy nor to carry out the function of such in governing or directing groups of believers. Our purpose is to promote and propagate the message of the grace of God as revealed to and through the Apostle Paul.

This effort can best be accomplished as we work together and not merely as individuals. Together, we can coordinate our efforts, unite our activities and pool our resources, thus enlarging our vision of service and demonstrating the truth of the one body.

The doctrinal statement of this Fellowship recognizes all the fundamentals of the Christian faith, including: the verbal inspiration of the Scriptures, the doctrine of the Trinity, the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, the deity and personality of the Holy Spirit, the total depravity of man by nature, redemption by grace through faith in the shed blood and finished work of Christ, the bodily resurrection of the dead, the eternal blessedness of the saved, and the eternal punishment of the unsaved.

We also recognize the distinctive ministry and message given by the risen Christ through the Apostle Paul. This distinctive ministry includes the recognition that the Church, the Body of Christ, began with the Apostle Paul before he wrote his first epistle. We believe Scripture teaches that all saved persons in this present dispensation of grace have been made members of the Body of Christ by one divine baptism. We are premillennial and pretribulational in our views of the end times.

Read more: GGF Doctrine

1930-1938 was a period during which several teaching pastors were refining their dispensational conceptions. Some of these men were: John C. O’Hair of Chicago, lllinois, Charles F. Baker of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Cornelius R. Stam of Wayne, New Jersey, Harry Bultema of Muskegon, Michigan, Eugene Rueweler of St. Louis, Missouri, Herman Reich of Evansville, Indiana, and Otis Wasson of Riverdale, lllinois.

1939 marked the establishment of a foreign mission board known as Worldwide Grace Testimony. The original field of service was Zaire, then called the Belgian Congo. The missionaries of those early days were: Frederick E. Holland, Otto Deming, Francis P. Pickett and Sam Vinton, Sr.

Read more: Significant Dates

"There have been times I have been unaware of the need for the GGF; I can say now what a blessing it is to have for all of our churches."

A GGF Pastor


"The GGF has been a source of information, encouragement, instruction and a godly sounding board. We appreciated the ministry of the president during the recent problems our church went through and he also asked many people to pray for us. His concern, love, counsel and encouragement was a real blessing to the few who stayed. But he was also a godly figure to those who left. I deeply appreciate all that the GGF is doing and can do for us especially who are in smaller churches. We are thankful to be a part of the team."

Pastor Tim Heath, Cascade Mountain Bible Church
Leavenworth, WA

Read more: Testimonials