A Reformed, non-denominational church family in Malvern, Pennsylvania, gathered since 2007.
God's Grace Bible Church (GGBC) began when a group of like-minded Christians came together with a common passion to know God more fully, love Him more deeply and serve Him more faithfully. God's Grace Bible Church began in 2007, meeting in Pastor Jon's living room with children's Sunday School in the basement. Since that time we have outgrown our initial location, but the goal of the church has not changed.
GGBC began and exists not as a place where people can come to be entertained, but rather a place where people can come to get real answers for real questions about life. Where they can come to know God more fully through His word, where they can get involved in real and meaningful relationships with others who know and love the LORD, and where they can be better equipped to serve God in the specific manner He calls them to.
GGBC is a place for all people who desire to know God more fully, no matter where they are in their relationship with Him.
In short, a Reformed church is one that believes and lives in light of the truths revealed in God's Word. The chief of these truths is that salvation belongs to the LORD. It is God who mercifully chooses to save sinners, sovereignly drawing them to Himself by His Spirit through the redemptive work of Jesus Christ, and graciously preserves their souls forever. God alone receives and is worthy of all the glory in the redemption of man.
We believe the Bible is the divinely inspired Word of God, both Old and New Testaments, without error in the original manuscripts. The Bible is the final and only infallible authority for faith and life.
We believe salvation is only found in and through Jesus Christ, the God-man who accomplished redemption for those His Father gave to Him. We are saved by the finished work that Christ alone accomplished for sinners through His life, death, and resurrection.
We believe salvation, from beginning to end, is an unmerited and undeserved gift from our gracious God, removing any and all room for boasting or pride.
We believe this salvation and the benefits of Christ's finished work are received by faith alone. By trusting in Christ, we are united to Him and receive the forgiveness of our sins, adoption, justification, sanctification, and eternal life.
We believe that God alone is worthy of all praise and adoration. It is our Triune God alone who is to receive all the glory and worship, which we're reminded of each week as we lift up our voices to sing the Doxology!
We look to the historic creeds and confessions to help guard the gospel:
Pastor Jon is the founding Pastor of God's Grace Bible Church. Prior to entering full time ministry, he worked in Finance and Management Consulting for various Fortune 500 companies. He is a graduate of Hobart College (BA, Economics and Political Science) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MDiv), and is completing his D.Min at Westminster Theological Seminary.
Pastor Jon was born and raised a Jew and came to faith in Christ after many years of unanswered questions led him to doubt the very existence of God. He is passionate about sharing God's truth with others and helping them work through the questions that stand in the way of living the lives God has called them to.
"To help people know God more fully, love Him more deeply, and serve Him more faithfully."