Why Build Now?
In expanding our current facilities we aim to increase our capacity to carry out three emphases of our mission:
Effectively Equip the Members of Our Church
The church is a people. The church’s mission is about reaching and teaching people. In one sense, we don’t need a building to be a church. Our work is spiritual, in the hearts of men and women, not physical, in bricks and mortar. And yet, buildings have always been strategic (Paul’s use of the Hall of Tyrannus in Acts 19) to help us do the “people work” we’re here to do. Buildings can aid in our work to preach the Word, make disciples, equip the saints, and train leaders. This is the fundamental reason why we want to build: we think expanding our building will aid our mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ from every tongue, tribe, and nation (Matt. 28:18-20)
If you’ve been here on Sunday morning, you know we could use some space. If you arrive even five minutes late, you might not have a parking space. The ushers have to work hard to find available seats. The welcomers constantly remind people to use up all the seats around them. The children’s classes are busting. The mother’s room is full. We only have one designated space for our core seminars and we have to use the back of the sanctuary for Membership Matters. Not to mention, we don’t have any more space to put interns or staff, and can hardly provide private meeting spaces for counseling. With all the ministry that’s happening around here, extra space will help us care for people and disciple well.
Pictured is the new sanctuary addition which will increase our Sunday service capacity by 60%, housing up to 500 chairs.
Strategically Reach Our Community Around Us
One of our long-term hopes is to develop a biblical counseling ministry that is freely available to the community. Expanding the building would open up several spaces that could be used for counseling. We pray that as we establish a counseling ministry, we are able to hold forth the power of Christ to those seeking help with their sin, suffering, and struggle.
Expanding our sanctuary and adding an outdoor covered patio/lobby area will gain back and free up more classroom and office space, some of which will be created as flex space, able to easily be utilized as counseling rooms.
Intentionally Raise Up Future Leaders
We are the beneficiaries of the faithfulness of a small group of Christians four decades ago. If they had not given of themselves to buy this property and build this building, Grace Rancho wouldn’t exist today. In part, one of the reasons why we’re eager to start a building project is because we want to invest in our future. The decisions we make (or don’t make) now will have generational ripple effects. We want to make a decision generations after us will be thankful for.
As we look to the future, we desire to train future leaders for the church, investing in the next generation of faithful pastors, missionaries, and ministry leaders. In future property developments, we envision an expanded residential internship program fully housed on our campus; a residence for missionaries to take furlough and be strengthened by the church; and more spaces on our campus for intentional training and discipleship.
We have hopes to some day utilize all of the land the Lord has given to us. Pictured is an idea of what our property might look like fully-developed.
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