Giving Thanks, Even in 2020!
How many times have you heard the phrase, “Well, of course, it’s 2020!” to describe another unusual event seeming to characterize this year? Let’s face it, 2020 was a challenging year filled with cancellations, restrictions, mandates, angst, disappointments, and frustration. As we near the end of 2020, we just want it to be over. But […]
Pastoring Post Election
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT of The Mark Prater Podcast: Pastoring Post Election Benjamin Kreps: Hey everyone. And welcome to the Mark Prater podcast, where our aim is to connect our global family of churches with our Executive Director. Mark, as of recording today, this is a podcast, it’s Thursday, November 5th. We are in the middle of […]
Fourth Quarter Prayer Requests for SGC
The intercession of Jesus Christ for each of us (Hebrews 7:25) is a truth that not only reflects Jesus’ heart for us, but is also a faith-building truth that stirs us to pray. In his book “Gentle and Lowly,” Dane Ortlund writes, “His interceding for us reflects his heart—the same heart that carried him through […]
Sovereign Grace Churches and Covenant Life Church Agreement of Sale
The joint announcement below reminds me of the long history of generosity displayed in the lives of the members and pastors of Sovereign Grace churches and our gospel partners. Your financial support enabled us to construct a portion of a building expansion at Covenant Life Church. This space was used as our offices until 2012. […]
A Conversation About Civil Disobedience
Recently, Eric Turbedsky, Director of Church Planting and Jeff Purswell, Director of Theology, had a conversation about civil disobedience. While this certainly isn’t a new topic, it’s one that’s become a bit more frequent recently as we wrestle through more issues arising in 2020. I respect both Eric and Jeff and the ways they have […]
Third Quarter Prayer Requests
During such a unique year that has been filled with trials of various kinds, we want to be a people who pray big prayers with faith that our God can answer them according to His will. In his wonderful book entitled, The Power of Prayer in a Believers Life, Charles Spurgeon wrote, “Do not bring before God […]
Pastors Conference 2020 Announcement
On behalf of the Leadership Team, with the support of the Executive Committee, I wanted to let you know that we made the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 Sovereign Grace Pastors Conference because of the ongoing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. For us this decision was not only very hard to make, but also […]
Day of Prayer for Our Nations, Communities, and Churches
On behalf of the Leadership Team of Sovereign Grace Churches, I want to communicate our deep sorrow for the effects of sin that have been magnified by the events of the past few weeks. The evidence of injustice, suffering, and fragmentation within our communities breaks our hearts. We are humbled by our inability to remedy […]
Mission Video: Redeemer Fellowship (Newark, DE)
Among our 7 Shared Values is the value of “ Church Planting, Outreach and Global Mission.” It states: “Our gospel-centrality entails no only treasuring the gospel personally but sharing it passionately. The risen Christ commissioned His church to make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28:18-20). We believe that commission falls to us and to all believers and that […]
2020 Sovereign Grace Mission Fund
Yesterday we sent our 2020 Mission Fund brochure to our pastors and staff. I love circulating this each year because it gives a glimpse behind the scenes into some of what God is doing among us. Here is an excerpt of my letter from the booklet: The theme of this booklet is “Soli Deo Gloria” (To God […]