Grace Baptist Church

Grace was planted in 1983 by a group of people who wanted to see a church in the north part of Cape Coral. Though many of those who were involved in this effort had sincere desires, the church was not initially founded on healthy, biblical teaching. Consequently, there were lots of difficult struggles in the early years until the church began to understand biblical doctrine. Through a careful study of Scripture and insights gained from history, we began to see more and more clearly the greatness and glory of God.

In 1988 we adopted two old Baptist confessions. We did this for two reasons. First, they are good summaries of what we understand the Bible to teach. Both the Second London Baptist Confession of 1689 and the New Hampshire Statement of Faith of 1833 recognized the supremacy of God in creation, redemption and history. What they say about the Bible is what we also say. The second reason we adopted these old statements rather than writing something new is that we want to show our solidarity with those who have gone before us in the journey of faith that we are now pursuing. Though our faith is contemporary, the Bible is not new and our doctrine is not new. We are glad to say that what our forefathers believed centuries ago is what we still believe today. God has not changed. People have not changed. And what it means to be a Christian has not changed.

In January 2008 we celebrated our 25th anniversary. On that occasion we looked back with thanksgiving and praise to God for His faithfulness to us across the last quarter century. Though we are far from perfect and still find that we must struggle at points, the Lord has given us a real spirit of peace and genuine love for Christ and for His body, the church. We have sent members to serve as missionaries to hard places around the world. We have helped plant churches on three continents. We have linked arms with other churches throughout North America to encourage a recovery of the biblical Gospel and the promotion of church health. We have intentionally crossed cultural, ethnic, language and racial barriers in order to live together under the Lordship of Christ.

By God's grace we will continue to grow and expand our efforts to show people near and far something of the greatness and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. Our faith is firm, our hope is secure and our confidence is not in ourselves, but in the crucified, risen Savior who gave Himself to rescue us from our sin.