About Our Church

                Our Beliefs and Focus

Our beliefs and the focus of our teaching is
dispensational in nature. We believe all of
the Bible is for us, but not all of the Bible is
to us. As such, we also focus on the
Apostle Paul who was called to be the
Apostle of the Gentiles, and it is in his
writings that we find specific instructions for
us today as revealed to Paul by the risen
Lord, Jesus Christ.
Like Moses and all the prophets in the "Old
Testament" who had a specific message to
the Nation of Israel, God gave the Apostle
Paul a specific message to the Gentiles and
Jews during this present dispensation,
called the Revelation of the Mystery (Rom.
16:25). This particular teaching is based on
"rightly dividing" the Word of Truth —
whereby we can, without fail, find exactly
where we are in God's plan for mankind
and eternity.

We live in a most wonderful time! God, in
the sacrificial death of Christ at the cross,
has provided for all mankind, without
distinction, the opportunity to secure one's
own personal salvation — by grace alone! It
is a personal decision that has eternal
repercussion. God is willing that none
perish, and He is long suffering toward that
end.

Please feel free to contact our pastor, or
come by for worship services and talk with
anyone from the church in person.  We
would be happy to discuss your church
needs.

See you next Sunday or Wednesday!
Our History . . .

Grace Bible Fellowship Church
started in 1972 with Pastor Byron
Richardson in his home.  

...1973  We started meeting in the
South Venice Fire Department.  

...1974  We moved to Bridge
Studio on Venice Avenue and
Incorporated on September 10th.

...1976  We moved to Nokomis
where we dedicated our new
church with approximately 40
members.

...1978  Lenart Anderson became
our pastor after 16 years of
missionary work in Zaire.

...1986  Pearl Picket became
pastor after retiring as a professor
at Grace Bible College.

...1987  Pastor Louis Menge
became pastor.  He advertised
himself as the "Willin' Fill'In".

...1989  Pastor Doug Hadley

...1997  Pastor Elvin Myers

...2005  We were blessed to have
been able to purchase, renovate
and move into our new building at
our present location.
GRACE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH