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Announcement:<\/strong> ‘International Baptist Church of Tampere’ is now ‘Grace Baptist Church’ (‘Armon Baptistiseurakunta’ in Finnish).<\/p>\n With our renewed focus on developing the Finnish-speaking ministry of the church it became apparent that we needed a name that would work well in both English and Finnish. Therefore, in September 2018 the church unanimously\u00a0decided to change its name from ‘International Baptist Church’<\/em> to\u00a0\u2018Grace Baptist Church \u2013 Armon Baptistiseurakunta\u2019<\/strong><\/em> in order to have a name that works better in both languages and also reflects our central commitment to the gospel of the grace of God (Acts 20:24).<\/p>\n \u2018Grace\u2019 is one the most foundational Christian words <\/b>as\u00a0it reminds us of the grace of God revealed in the gospel of Christ. It rightly communicates that we are a church focused on proclaiming the biblical gospel clearly and accurately.<\/span><\/p>\n It accurately communicates our theological beliefs as a church<\/b>, since \u2018Grace\u2019 has often been used as a church name by Calvinistic Baptist churches like ours. This stems from our belief in God\u2019s sovereignty in salvation, theologically described as the \u2018Doctrines of Grace.\u2019<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n The word \u2018Grace\u2019 also reflects our connection and agreement in doctrine with Grace Community Church<\/b> (pastored by John MacArthur) and <\/span>Grace Ministries International, which is the missionary organisation that helps support the ministry of our church.<\/span><\/p>\n “But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.” Acts 20:24, ESV<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Announcement: ‘International Baptist Church of Tampere’ is now ‘Grace Baptist Church’ (‘Armon Baptistiseurakunta’ in Finnish). Why a new name? With our renewed focus on developing the Finnish-speaking ministry of the church it became apparent that we needed a name that would work well in both English and Finnish. Therefore, in September 2018 the church unanimously\u00a0decided to change its name from ‘International Baptist…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"\nWhy a new name?<\/h3>\n
Why ‘Grace’ Baptist Church?<\/h3>\n
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