Grace Fellowship Church has gathered in Sarasota since 2009 — a multicultural family united by the message of the cross and the ongoing work of grace in our lives.
Grace Fellowship began in 2009 as a small group of families who believed Sarasota needed a church rooted in the gospel and open to everyone. Seventeen years later, we are still that — a family gathered weekly around the Word, the table, and one another.
Our name is not an accident. Grace is the foundation of everything we do — the grace of God that saves us, shapes us, and sends us into the city we love.
“Then Jesus said to His disciples, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow Me.'” — Matthew 16:24
A picture of the church we are becoming — by the grace of God and the work of the Spirit among us.
Every Sunday, the Bible shapes what we hear, pray, and sing. We preach Christ from all of Scripture — not our opinions, not the news cycle.
The cross is not one doctrine among many — it is the center. Forgiveness, freedom, and the new creation all flow from there.
The gospel makes one people out of many nations. Our church looks like the Sarasota God loves — diverse in color, age, and background, united in Christ.
No celebrity pastor, no solo act. Qualified men share the burden of leadership, accountable to Scripture and to one another.
We believe the Holy Spirit still speaks, still heals, still sends. We cultivate space for Him without sensationalism.
Through our connection with CTMI, we are part of a global family strengthening churches in more than 40 countries. The gospel does not stop at Sarasota.
Eighteen brief affirmations that summarize what Grace Fellowship holds as true. These are the convictions behind our preaching, our worship, and our life together.
The Bible — sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments — is the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God and our rule of faith and practice.
There is one God, eternally existing in three Persons — Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — co-equal, co-eternal, worthy of all worship.
Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man, born of a virgin, sinless in life, crucified in our place, risen bodily from the dead, and now seated at the right hand of the Father.
The Holy Spirit convicts of sin, regenerates the believer, indwells every Christian, and empowers the church for life, witness, and ministry.
Every human being is made in God’s image but born in sin, separated from God and unable to save themselves apart from the grace of Christ.
Salvation is a gift of God received by faith in Jesus Christ alone — not earned by works, rituals, heritage, or good intentions.
A person becomes a child of God by being born again of the Spirit. The new birth produces a changed life, a love for God, and a love for His people.
Every believer is declared righteous before God on the basis of Christ’s finished work — not our performance.
The Spirit works ongoing transformation in the life of every Christian — growing us in holiness, freedom, and love until Christ returns.
Baptism by immersion is the believer’s public confession of faith in Christ — a picture of death to the old life and resurrection to the new.
We share communion together as a remembrance of Christ’s body broken and His blood shed — a table of grace open to every believer.
The church is the body of Christ — a local family of believers committed to one another under the shepherd care of elders, and part of the global church across cultures and centuries.
The gifts of the Spirit described in the New Testament are given to every believer for the building up of the church and are active today.
Marriage is the covenant union of one man and one woman, designed by God as a picture of Christ and the church. The family is a central means by which faith is passed on.
Every believer is called to make disciples — locally and among the nations — sharing the gospel, teaching the Word, and gathering new churches.
Jesus Christ will return personally, bodily, and visibly to judge the living and the dead and to establish His kingdom in fullness.
At the return of Christ, the dead in Him will be raised and all believers transformed to eternal life with God.
There is a real heaven and a real hell. The hope of the gospel is that every person who trusts in Christ will dwell with Him forever in a restored creation.
“For I determined not to know anything among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified.” — 1 Corinthians 2:2
No solo pastor, no celebrity culture. Grace is led by a team of qualified men who share the work of teaching, pastoral care, and oversight — accountable to Scripture, to one another, and to our CTMI apostolic team.
Serving the Grace family in Sarasota.
Serving the Grace family in Sarasota.
Serving the Grace family in Sarasota.
Serving the Grace family in Sarasota.
Grace Fellowship is part of Church Team Ministries International — an apostolic team of leaders strengthening churches in more than forty countries, founded in 2001 by Pastor Miki and Audrey Hardy.
CTMI is not a denomination. It is a family relationship — a team that walks with our elders, visits Sarasota regularly to teach and encourage, and holds us accountable to the same gospel preached in our sister churches from Mauritius to Mexico.
That connection shapes who we are. It means the preaching on Sunday is anchored in the wider life of the church, not the whim of one leader. It means the nations are never far from our prayers. And it means when you gather with us, you are gathering with a family that stretches far beyond our building.
— on a Sunday at 10:00 AM.
The best way to get to know Grace is to come sit with us on a Sunday. Walk in as a guest, walk out as family. No pressure, no hoops — just the gospel, the family, and a warm cup of coffee waiting.