Mission Video: We Declare All That God Has Done
In Acts 14, Paul and Barnabas returned to Antioch after their first missionary journey, and verse 27 tells us, “And when they arrived and gathered the church together, they declared all that God had done.” This end of year video is doing just that–looking back at 2025 to declare all that God has done. Sovereign Grace experienced […]
Mission Video: Salt & Light
“The mission of our church is to spread the joy of Jesus.” -Jeff Schlieder, Sr. Pastor of Cross of Grace Church-Santa Ana Our latest Sovereign Grace Mission Video shares stories of how one small local church is faithfully reaching the lost through evangelistic efforts in their city. Santa Ana, California is a city with one of the […]
Christmas Traditions & Advent: An Interview with Jon Payne
What was a favorite Christmas memory growing up in the Payne household? So many memories! I loved our tradition of starting our nativity characters at various places in the house and gradually moving them toward the manger each day as Christmas approached. (I think we did our best to bring the ‘wise men’ from the east […]
Advent Devotional – Day 1
DECEMBER 1 The Eternal Word In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters. Genesis 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word […]
Hold Fast, Held Fast
How do you summarize an entire fellowship of churches in four words? As a pastor I’ve often asked by new people to our church, “Tell me about Sovereign Grace Churches and its mission” but I confess I’ve often found it a difficult task. I’m nearly 40 years old now and have spent all of those […]
Reformation Day Resources
As a fellowship of churches united by a Statement of Faith that is permeated with reformed theology, we can’t help but take time to appreciate and remember the day that made so much of who we are and what we believe possible. As you ponder what it means to be “reformed” or consider the historical […]
Church Planting in the USA
Sovereign Grace exists to plant and strengthen churches for the glory of God, and in His extraordinary grace, four Sovereign Grace churches were planted in September. I’m not sure I remember a month like this in our history and to celebrate, giving all the glory to the Lord, here’s some brief updates from three of […]
Introducing the Sovereign Grace Sermons Podcast
Sovereign Grace Sermons can now be found on Apple Podcasts & Spotify. Once a week, we’ll be dropping a sermon from the archives, so go ahead and hit subscribe to add to your weekly listening routine.
Around the World: Global Updates
VIDEO TRANSCRIPT Benjamin Kreps: Hey everyone, and welcome to the Mark Prater Podcast, where our aim is to connect our global family of Sovereign Grace churches with our executive director. Mark, on a previous podcast, we spent some time talking about how you and the leadership team are seeking to steward the remarkable global expansion […]
Church Planting in North Knoxville, USA
An update from Joshua Varnedoe, Lead Pastor of Christ Community Church, North Knoxville, Tennessee, USA… On Sunday, August 17th, Christ Community Church opened its doors to the community of North Knoxville. This morning was the product of two and a half years of prayer, discussion, planning, and more prayer! It was a celebration of the […]