About | Grace Covenant International

Our History

Grace Covenant was incorporated in 1995 as a 501c-3 non-profit association (family) of churches and ministries unified to reach the world for Christ. Our heart is to provide a spiritual covering and relational connection to our ministry family for encouragement, equipping and partnership for greater Kingdom advance. Our network is comprised of churches and para-church ministries in the United States and mission works in ten nations. Our Christian ministry family is evangelical and Spirit-filled.

We currently have foreign mission works in the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Nepal, Paraguay, Peru, Liberia, Benin, Mexico, Togo, Nigeria, and Spain. We are open to adopt like-minded ministries into our ministry family. We are actively involved in planting new churches, establishing new para-church ministries and developing new foreign mission works. We also are connecting with established churches and ministries which desire to be part of our network. Our ministry office provides homeland support and administrative assistance for all our missionaries and mission works.

We are heavily invested in ministry training which takes place through the Ministry Skills Institute. This equipping arm of Grace Covenant provides regular regional training conferences, correspondence courses for training credit, mentoring, internships and individualized training tracks for ministry preparation. It is training for the head, the heart and the hands. These training resources are offered to everyone interested in being equipped in practical ministry skills.

Our Grace Covenant network is relationship-based, apostolic, culturally and racially diversified, and relevantly postured to reach this emerging generation for Jesus Christ. We are actively looking for pastors, ministers and missionaries who desire to pioneer new works of ministry. We also have current positions available for pastors, ministers and missionaries. We provide coaching, training and assistance for each ministry placement.

We are open to adopting existing churches and ministries who desire a spiritual covering and want to belong of a ministry family.

Our objectives

We aim to fulfill these objectives:

To provide a family of churches and ministries in relationship for mutual support, encouragement, spiritual leadership, counsel, and accountability to strengthen our Christian outreach to the world.
To be involved in Christian missions to the world, planting churches and developing ministries on foreign and homeland fields.
To provide resources, education, and training for those preparing for ministry as well as those actively engaged in ministry within Grace Covenant.
To recognize and validate the commissioning and ordination of pastors, missionaries, and other ministers who are associated with Grace Covenant.

GCI Over the Years

GCI Family DNA

The following ministry values describe our family’s spiritual culture and DNA.

#1 - Passionate commitment to transforming lives.

#2 - Convergence of Evangelical & Charismatic Streams - "Word & Power".

#3 - Diversity is welcome with a commitment to Biblical Equality.

"There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male & female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus." Galatians 3:28

#4 - Committed to Community.

#5 - Generous Kingdom Sowers.

#6 - Willingness to sacrifice for Kingdom Causes.

#7 - Active concern for the outcast and oppressed.

Heart Values

Jesus is Head of the Church.
The Word of God is central to faith and practice.
The Holy Spirit is the Church's source (force) for comfort, guidance, renewal, power, service, healing, deliverance and evangelism.
The Ministry of Jesus is the focus of the Church.
Worship is central in honoring and engaging our relationship with the Heavenly Father and provides an atmosphere for ministry.
The Fruit of the Spirit is the heart nature of the Church.
The Gifts of the Spirit are the ministry tools of the Church.
Ministry flows naturally through relation-ships. Spiritual relationships provide mutual support, accountability and ministry impact.
God has called believers to be Kingdom minded, fulfilling our specific role in the Body of Christ; while affirming, assisting and laboring with other parts of His Body, for greater Kingdom advance.
Believers are called to be culturally relevant, which is identifying and posturing ourselves with people as to meet their needs in the Name of Jesus.
The disciple of Jesus has a heart full of compassion and service toward the poor, orphaned, widowed and oppressed.
Ministry involves commitment to small groups.