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'''Grace Church Kogarah''' is an independent [[Evangelicalism|evangelical]] church in Kogarah, a suburb of [[Sydney]], [[New South Wales]], [[Australia]]. The church is located at the corner of Kensington and Premier Streets, near the St George Bank headquarters. The English morning service is one of several services run at Grace, at 9am every Sunday. There is also an evening service, running at 5pm on the last Sundays of each month. Grace Church is also known as '''Grace Chinese Christian Church''' or '''GCCC'''.
Grace Church believes that the [[Bible]] as the inspired Word of God, and that it gives true answers to peoples’ deepest questions and needs. This church preaches the [[gospel]], namely [[Jesus Christ]] as [[Lord]] and [[Saviour]], and that only through him can people experience [[forgiveness]] of sins and receive an eternal life and hope. Its vision is to be a Christ-centred church showing forth the living [[faith]] in [[Jesus]], the desire for loving fellowship and the passion for reaching out into the world for God’s glory.
The English Congregation has the gospel preached in an environment that mixes the traditional and contemporary elements. Overall values of Grace Church are God's word as authority, dependence on God, close personal relationships, unity in diversity, everyone serving with joy, and mission.
The English Congregation meets at the corner of Kensington & Premier Streets at 9am each Sunday, with plans to trial a monthly night . A more informal evening service in addition in called Grace At Night commenced on 28 February 2010, which runs on the last Sundays of the month at 5pm. Bi-yearly combined services at St George Girls' break the weekly pattern, while [[Good Friday]] / Christmas Eve night services add to the pattern. It also has various bible discussion groups for young and old and is involved in various ways with the local community, such as the Annual Kogarah Bed Race.
There are six other congregations at Grace Church. There is a Cantonese congregation and a Bilingual congregation on the main site, and a Mandarin congregation running up the road. Two of these others meet at the Acton Street Sutherland church plant and a Cantonese congregation meets at the Princes Highway Banksia church plant next to an Islamic centre. A new Cantonese night service commenced at the main Kogarah site on 22 February 2009, which runs weekly at 6pm. Foreign language night services are believed to be a rarity in [[Australia]].
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