Welcome to Eternal Grace, a blossoming new church being planted.  

"HUMOR IN THE HEART DOES GOOD LIKE A MEDICINE" (Proverbs 17:22) 

Sit back and enjoy fifteen fun minutes of our founder's stand-up comedy performance on the subject of "Recovering from Religion", Click the link below to laugh, and feel free to forward to friends:

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxnSfqcH1D8 

Eternal Grace is unique, Christ-centered and Spirit-filled, an interdenominational  spiritual community in Hollywood.  We're dedicated to helping people discover the eternal grace and unconditional love of God and to share and manifest this grace and love in our lives and relationships with others.  Come as you are...no matter who you are, where you've been, or what you've done.  Eternal Grace is for people from imperfect families with imperfect pasts, a church movement where imperfect people are perfectly welcome.  We shower each other with the embrace of God's grace.   We've experienced unmerited grace in such a deep way, we want to share it authentically with others.  Come experience and celebrate the overflowing love of God -  a love that can heal all wounds, save all souls, and change the world. 

We exist to share God's grace with the world.  It's that simple.  Our churches gather for worship, fellowship, the sharing of spiritual gifts, and outreach.  God's eternal grace is what saves us.  God's gifts are grace-gifts, given because He is head over heels in love with us.  The only requirement for participation is a desire to receive God's grace, and give grace to ourselves and to each other.

The Bible uses organic metaphors to describe the relationship between God and His people.  A vine and its branches.  A farmer sowing seed in good ground.  The body of Christ.  We are a living organism.  Our worship and fellowship are Spirit-led.  We are natural as we experience the supernatural together. 

Based in North Hollywood, a city known for the power lunch, we experience the power of the Holy Spirit.  We hear a knock, we open the door, so the Spirit can come in and sup with us.   In a town of stars, we worship Jesus, the Bright and Morning Star.  We provide spiritual and emotional support to actors, artists, writers and others who are sensitive souls, who are often recovering from religion and journeying towards a healthy relationship with God and others.

We are a network of churches supporting each other on a spiritual journey.  Our mission is to help everyone grow in grace, so we encourage all participants to not judge or criticize those who are not on the same level.  The bible says "Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ." 

                                                                  WHO ARE WE?                                     

We want to make a difference, to expand the kingdom, to experience the presence and power of God in a personal way, and share that experience with others.  We don't want to miss what we sense coming.  The approaching footsteps of God's eternal grace and unconditional love for the whole world grow louder and louder in our spiritual ears.

We're not satisfied to live merely for the surface and the shallow,  the material or relational goals that seem to satisfy others.  We seek fellowship with those who see beyond superficial attitudes.  We want a community with a Christ-like impartial attitude that treats all people like celebrities.  Like God, we want to celebrate every person with a heart of love.  We seek relationship with others who share the same Matthew 6:33 passion to "Seek first the kingdom of God."

Our spiritual journeys have taken us through different groups, cross-pollinating various teachings, ideas, and experiences.  Through it all, we'ce come to understand that the goal is love, that they will know we are His disciples by our love.  Love fulfills the law.  Love covers a multitude of sins and love never fails.

Many of us have moved to California from somewhere else, and many of us came here for a creative career, a calling to express ourselves.  We highly value and encourage artistic gifts and expression.  We're pioneers.  The same leap of faith that enabled us to venture to L.A.  enables us to pioneer spiritually and creatively.  We're planting Eternal Grace, a church that brings Christ, creativity, and community together.

We're belivers in God, the One the bible describes as unconditional love, and we have a passionate hunger for a true spiritual connection beyond religion and the established church.     

                                                  WHAT IS OUR MISSION?

Our mission is to get out there with our artistic gifts and shine our lights (Matthew 5:14).  Jesus was an artist who created parables, artful stories that were metaphors to explain true spirituality.  In the Parable of the Talents found in Matthew 25, Jesus taught we are given our gifts to share with the world, not to bury in the sand.  We express the good news in the context of art and beauty.  We believe the creative potential in human beings is an expression of the image of God.  The second aspect of our mission is to save Christianity and the world.  The Religious Right and televangelists have turned off many people.  Old ways of evangelizing no longer connect with most people.  In fact, they have done more societal damage by creating converts that are often elitist, self-righteous, war-mongering, and downright hateful.  The only hope to save Christianity is for those who understand God's everlasting grace to share who the real Jesus is.  The key scripture for this mission is John 12:32 Jesus said, "When I am lifted up I will draw all men unto Myself."

The Religious Jesus brings shame.  The Real Jesus brings grace.  The Religious Jesus brings condemnation.  The Real Jesus brings compassion.  The Religious Jesus hurts people.  The Real Jesus heals people.  The Religious Jesus points the finger at victims of tragedy.  The Real Jesus lends a hand.  The Religious Jesus uses people to build the church.  The Real Jesus uses the church to build people.

How do we know when we're hitting the target?  When we have a chance in private or public to talk about the Real Jesus, and to correct some of the damage done by the Religious Jesus.  Every time we have an opportunity to share His love and healing power with another person.  To listen to them, to love them, to put our hand on their shoulder and pray for the Holy Spirit to come upon them in a tangible way.  We help in practical ways when we can, meeting the real needs with compassion, understanding, and grace.  Every person is created in God's image.  This image is like a rose inside them that is sometimes marred by the thorns of sins they've committed, or the sins that have been committed against them.  We ask God for eternal grace to reach past the thorns and fnd the rose within others, to help them see themselves as God sees them, valued and lovable.  That frees them to be the person God wants them to be.  They are transformed.  They begin to love themselves again as God does, and this enables them to love others.  Our prayer is that Eternal Grace will continue to flourish and multiply, bearing lasting fruit in sharing the unconditional love and eternal grace of the Real Jesus. 

                                WATCH ONE OF OUR MEETINGS: CLICK BELOW 

Click this link to watch a video of one of our recent gatherings:  http://www.blip.tv/file/3222701/

                                              WANT TO START A HOUSE CHURCH? 

E-mail us today at eternalgracechurch@yahoo.com and we'll send you our simple guide, free-of-charge, to support your outreach and show you how to facilitate an Eternal Grace meeting.  Anyone can do it, simply hand the hand-out to someone at your group and they follow the format step-by-step to guide group participation in worship, relational bible discussion, and healing prayer.  This simple, Spirit-led   gathering is copied in countries around the world, where churches multiply like spring dandelions.  They often meet in homes, but can also meet in coffee shops, restaurants, parks, schools, bowling alleys, church buildings, workplaces, film sets, bars, pubs, gyms, wherever people gather.  The possibilities are endless.  All it takes is you, and two or more friends.  Order your free format today and we'll e-mail it to you so you can get started right away.       

                                                      ETERNAL GRACE CHURCH

Building a worldwide church-planting movement by creatively communicating God's grace, nurturing real and supportive friendships, and compassionately reaching others with the healing power of Jesus Christ.

Visit the site below to watch five minutes of our film "Sister Aimee: The Aimee Semple McPherson Story."

                                http://youtube.com/watch?v=OkIrxSDMWLs

Email us for up-to-date meetings and locations at eternalgracechurch@yahoo.com

ETERNAL GRACE is a nonprofit 501C3 organization that exists to share God's grace with the world through church planting and the arts.  Tithes and offerings are tax deductible and are to be made payable to: ETERNAL GRACE, 5030 Whitsett Avenue, #1, Valley Village, CA 91607 Thanks to your generosity Eternal Grace supports church planting and church planters, creates films, music, visual art, TV, and media that has reached out internationally, feeds the homeless, collects toys for disadvantaged children, transports urban children to rural peaceful settings to experience animals and nature, faciliates "Freedom from Stronghold" retreats to minister to the clinically depressed, the oppressed and addicted, and conducts power evangelism healing services in nightclubs and secular venues. Thank you, thank you, thank you.  We pray God multipies everything you give and everything you have.

                                   FEEL THE EMBRACE OF GOD'S GRACE