Of those 70 about 40 became the core planting team of GGC. Over the next several months, believers from across the country continued moving into the valley to join with new friends from SLC to form a new community that centered around the gospel of grace.
Planting on U of U Campus
One year later, we officially chartered around the mission of glorifying God by making gospel-centered, grace-saturated disciples of Jesus Christ, and God has grown the church significantly since then.
We met for 2 years in the Post Chapel until people were literally sitting on laps or searching for a seat on the floor. For another year, we met in the ballroom of the University Guesthouse. There was plenty of room, but as our ministry grew, we sensed the need for a strategic center in the heart of Salt Lake City where we could do ministry 24 hours a day 7 days a week.
We began praying that God would provide a place to help us fulfill a church planting vision to reach a city and a state for Christ.