Abundant Grace
Church

Where lives are transformed by the power
of God's grace!

Definitely not “Church as usual”

Our church vision:
     
To develop a church community where dynamic life-changing transformation is experienced through the truth of God’s word, the grace available through Christ Jesus and the power of the Holy Spirit! 

Abundant Grace has an interactive service with a congregational involvement format:


   1. We encourage open worship through the active participation of all church members in worship services. We believe audible, uninhibited public worship is an appropriate expression of our joy in the Lord and encourages people to enjoy a rich and intimate experience of God.

   2. We advocate courteous and respectful open sharing by all members of the congregation during the service. (We believe traditional services, in which all communication is pre-planned and centralized at the pulpit, deters believers from sharing fully in each other's lives and in the life of the congregation)

      3. We are committed to supporting opportunities for development of individual ministry so that each member of the congregation is able to participate in the ministry he or she is called to
 whether within the church or outside of it.

  4. We believe that as we allow and encourage active lay-ministry participation in the services and other activities the Holy Spirit will produce the individual spiritual growth necessary in Christians
to minister to others in their daily lives.

       5. Pastors have a significant role in the church, and we strongly support them in the authority of their call from God to shepherd His people. We believe their function should be, primarily,
to equip the saints for the work of ministry.

    We are a Psalm 107 Church

We will sacrifice thank offerings
and tell of his works with songs of joy...

 ...and we will exalt him in the assembly of the people
and praise him in the council of the elders.

(Derived from Psalm 107)

   Our Beliefs:

    We believe in one eternal God who exists as three separate persons; the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

    We believe the bible to be the inspired word of God, infallible and authoritative. 

    We believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God who came to earth, died for our sins, and rose again. Through His death on the cross and resurrection from the dead, we are now free from the curse of sin and death. 

    We believe it is essential for man to repent of his sin and by faith receive God’s grace through the finished work of Christ for the salvation of his soul. 

    We believe that by this same grace, the Holy Spirit continues to sanctify our soul, making righteous living possible as we are increasingly conformed to the image of Christ, who is our model for holy living. 

    For more on our beliefs, click here:  Christian doctrine page
 

    Our Worship:
   
    Our praise and worship songs are a mix of contemporary songs and songs created as the Spirit gives us illumination at the moment. There will not always be a prepared sermon; our sermon may be the Lord speaking through us individually and corporately as we worship Him.

     In addition to praising and worshipping the Lord by singing prearranged songs - we look to the Holy Spirit for the spontaneous form of praise and worship that God desires for us to express, whether it be in word, instrument, song, or other presentation.

    Our desire is to follow the momentary leading of the Holy Spirit in worship, that we might, most effectively and directly, respond to the immediate will of God for this body of believers and His purpose through us.

Upcoming Events

   Spirit-led Prayer Gatherings -  September 5th and 12th - 1:30PM to 3:00PM at church.

     About the Pastor:

     Jericho Ministry was founded in 1995 with Pastor R. Thomas Brass serving as a spiritual counselor at Minnesota Teen Challenge, Love Lines Crisis Center and ministering to clients seen at the church office throughout the week.

    Now, God has placed in Tom’s heart a vision to share the life-giving message of transforming grace through Abundant Grace Church. Tom's qualifications for ministry are not through achievement in academic institutions but entirely by God's calling and God's grace!
 

    1055 109th Ave. NE
    Blaine MN.
55434

 Map to Abundant Grace Church

    Directions: 
   From the South/East/West - Take Hwy 694 to Central Ave (also called Hwy 65). Go North on Central to 109th Ave. 
Take a left (west) on 109th Ave and go about 3 blocks. We are on the right (north) side of the road in a retail shopping mall. 

OR, 
    Take Hwy 35W north from the twin cities, past Hwy 694 to the new Hwy 10 West (Caution! Just past 694 you will see the old Hwy 10 which is now called "CO.10". Dont take this!). Take Hwy 10 West to Central Ave. Go North on Central to 109th Ave. 
    Take a left (west) on 109th Ave and go about 3 blocks. We are on the right (north) side of the road in a retail shopping mall.

   From the North -