Grace Church Nottingham
Grace Church Nottingham is a church based in Nottingham City Centre.
Origins[edit]
Grace Church began in September 2002 when Nick and Penny Sharp were commissioned to plant a Newfrontiers church in Nottingham.[1][not in citation given] 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][not in citation given][9][not in citation given] Grace Church has been based there, at 1 Castle Boulevard, ever since.
Social justice[edit]
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 including Grace Enterprises,[11] a network of businesses aimed at helping the long term unemployed back into work.
Congregation[edit]
Grace Church has a modern feel and comprises over 600 people, including large numbers of families, students and people in their 20s and 30s.
The Church is led by an eldership team of 6 people, along with a staff team and trustees.[12] 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".[13] There are three Sunday services: 9am, 11am and 7pm.[14]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Introduction to Grace Church". Grace Church Nottingham. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "UK | England | Nottinghamshire | Christian clean up for urban area". BBC News. 26 July 2005. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ↑ "Newfrontiers : Newday Report". Newfrontierstogether.org. Archived from the original on 9 October 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Churches take key sites on Nottingham's Castle Boulevard". This is Nottingham. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ↑ "The Ministry Building". Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 2011-07-05. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Churches take over Castle Boulevard landmarks". This is Nottingham. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ↑ "A Church ministry will have its official opening on September 21". This is Nottingham. 17 August 2010. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
- ↑ "Working hard for Nottingham South – | Photo Gallery | IWC2". Liliangreenwood.co.uk. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Lillian Greenwood photograph outside Grace Church". Liliangreenwood.co.uk. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 2014-02-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Social Justice". Grace Church Nottingham. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-21. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "graceenterprises". graceenterprises. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
- ↑ "Meet The Team". Grace Church Nottingham. Archived from the original on 7 January 2014. Retrieved 2014-01-21. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Nottingham's booming churches". This is Nottingham. 27 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Visit Us". Grace Church Nottingham. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
External links[edit]
Coordinates: 52°56′54.5″N 1°9′6.7″W / 52.948472°N 1.151861°W
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