Tested Pastors

The pastors of Grace Hill are heading down the final home stretch of their Trinity Fellowship ordination exams. The reason the pastors are voluntarily subjecting themselves to this rigorous course of study and examination is because they firmly believe this evaluation will not only better equip them for ministry, but also better serve the church for years to come. Once formal partnership with Trinity Fellowship is complete, your leaders will have several layers of accountability that have never existed before. This gives us great joy knowing that we will be stepping into a season of meaningful partnership where your leaders are held accountable and encouraged to serve together for the glory of Jesus.

Testing To The Glory Of God

We rejoice that God has graciously appointed a plurality of pastors to lead His local church. Remarkably, with few exceptions, elders are always plural in the New Testament, and the concept of a single senior (or lead) pastor is entirely foreign to Scripture. However, there remains only one reference to a pastor who is given an elevated position above all other elders - and that is found when Peter (a fellow elder) identifies Jesus as our Chief Shepherd, our senior pastor.

From Who is your Pastor, to Who is your Savior.

Your elders’ primary desire should only and always be to help you follow Christ - not follow themselves. Grace Hill Church endeavors to further establish a culture that moves far beyond the thought of: “Who is your pastor?” towards the thought: “Who is your great Savior?!” May we continue to grow less enthralled with a certain pastor, as we become increasingly impressed by Jesus!

Please pray for your pastors as they continue to study and navigate their way through these final exams. Please pray for Grace Hill as we press into this next season with eager expectation to follow our Senior Pastor, Jesus Christ.