{"id":16,"date":"2018-09-11T08:41:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T08:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gracebaptist.fi\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2021-06-01T09:40:53","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T06:40:53","slug":"our-purpose","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gracebaptist.fi\/about\/our-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Purpose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s our desire to be a biblically faithful local Baptist church in Tampere that will provide for the spiritual needs of every member of the church family and opportunities for Christian service.<\/p>\n<p>As a local church we seek to glorify God by proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ (Matt. 28:19; Acts 1:8) and by building ourselves up in the faith (Eph. 4:13-16) through teaching the Word (2 Tim. 2:2, 15; 3:16, 17), fellowship (Acts 2:47; 1 John 1:3) and keeping the ordinances (Luke 22:19; Acts 2:38-42).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.<br>\nColossians 3:16, ESV<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Our meetings emphasize the clear preaching and teaching of the Word of God. Following Sunday Services is a time of fellowship around the coffee table where the pastor is available to personally meet with you if you should so desire.<\/p>\n<p>We welcome everyone to our Sunday services and Bible studies. 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