Grace Church San Diego — Attraction in San Diego

Been attending the church for a year and a house church For nearly a year.

I noticed a clique and I know some people would never try to initate any conversation or get to know me the entire year. Stuff went down and I've apologized, but I know I truly don't want to be around people who don't care if I leave Christianity. No matter how I tried to be relatable or get to know others, I say a few shut me down. I know where their head is at with me, despite having good intentions.

Some times when I would attend HC, apart from the leaders. I felt ignored somehow. Some people are very kind and loving, but expect few people to make judgments and never take the time to know you.

This is a YP house church on Thursdays.

The leaders are great. I love them. I won't lie about my feelings and experience. I wish those leaders the best, and to whom ever tried making me feel welcome. I will always remember and appreciate you.

I know God is sending me away from that area, because why would you stay where you don't feel welcome all the time?

I did speak to a few people, one in particular who I saw ignored me. Had a discussion about it, and when I apologized, I forgave them to. God still had shown me their true colors. Despite where you are... people see you and still ignore you, then lie or try to play nice about wanting you to attend (This person was not a leader).

I share this experience for people to be wary and always recognized, no matter what setting you attend to, even church, sometimes you will be excluded.

It's ridiculous because people that showed up less than 2 months ago were still more welcome than me. Invited into the clique. I've seen it all and proven my case that these people dont care.

I apologized to those people publicly for telling the entire groupchat everything i saw, and how I was still excluded.

They still act like I dont exist when I'm right there in front of them.

I tried to invite them out for a hike before.. only one person showed up. I noticed when I was mentioning it as an announcement, the person I called out for not truly caring was scrolling on their phone as I was actively speaking.

I dont ever want to feel that way in front of anyone ever again. I do not recommend attending that house church.

I even asked people for breakfast. When I did it. Nobody responded. Nobody. But everyone will respond for other people besides me.

Still grateful to have gone.

Hopefully it will be much better at a different house church. If not. This place is not for me.

For the second time, I was rejected from working with the children. I mentioned my experience and everything. I've attended an old house church For nearly a year, left because of all the reasons explained and more. I was rejected. A second time, I was rejected. What is worse is people that have been there for less time than me (two months) were accepted.

The hypocrisy is unreal. I know I am not welcome by several people. I know this church does not want me here.

I know I'm better off where people don't welcome me.

To add ontop. I was attending a Sexual Freedom Ministry for freedom and everything.

I told them groupchat how I left Grace and do not feel welcome.

They called me to tell me they dont feel equipped to handle that issues, and the MINISTRY COULDNT HELP ME

God help me.

Rejected every damn where. This place is truly isolating. No community here.

This was my first review here: A wonderful sermon. This was my first day attending this church. And rarely do you find pastors speaking about how fasting brings you closer to God, closer to your spirit.

I am aware many newly updated versions of the Bible removed verses about fasting, as I feel getting closer to Spirit is something modern-age doesn’t want us to have access to.

The information center was very welcoming, and I was educated on programs and services the church provides by Mary (thank you ❤️).

They also provide a mug, two cards, and some candy to newcomers of the church. Wonderful quality, and centered in the right spot, their heart.

100% recommend. It was a...

Make no mistake, God is at work at Grace Church in a powerful and wonderful way. My wife and I have been so incredibly blessed from the first day we started coming last September and every single week since then. I've been a Christian since I was introduced to Jesus in 1992 in a tiny church in Zimbabwe and clearly felt the love of God come into my heart despite my agnostic background and a deep sense of alienation and loneliness. We've experienced God's love and spiritual growth in many faith communities since then, but our experience at Grace San Diego has been on a different level. There is a verse in the Old Testament book of Isaiah the Prophet that expresses perfectly what we are feeling -- "Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert” (Isaiah 43:19). To be clear, we were not coming out of some horrible life crisis, we have tried to be faithful disciples of Jesus for all these years, have served in the church, and I've been a professor in Christian higher education for 26 years, but we have had such a powerful sense that God is at work in us and in our faith community that is changing and growing us. We have invited some of our dearest friends to come and they have have also been drawn here. Some of the distinctives of Grace that I want to share are: (1) the worship is spirit-led, not a performance for the congregation but a moving of God's spirit among the band and congregation that often moves me to tears; (2) the message is amazing, outstanding, incomparable, I cannot think of enough superlatives, I've never heard such true and powerful and bold preaching and teaching - by all three of the pastors - Josh is the lead pastor and preaches more often but they share preaching duties and we are captivated every time by how God speaks directly to each of us; (3) house church is the means for staying connected with others during the week, and Grace has house churches meeting throughout San Diego and throughout the week -- no one has any excuse for saying that they did not have the opportunity to connect with others and to feel welcomed and valued; (4) the opportunities to serve are amazing -- I had never been asked HOW I would like to serve until I came to Grace -- and not only that but there is the expectation that if you are a serious Christian you will want to serve, and it's true. And there are so many ways to serve, something for everyone; and (5) this church is dead serious about being on mission for Jesus every day and in every aspect of the church, it is all about following God's design for his church, and getting back to the ethos and conviction of the early church. The leadership is so intentional about ensuring that they are following God's plan and not their own. A couple of other things that I would say about this church: (1) If you are looking for a church that is going to affirm YOUR politics, values, and lifestyle, you just might be disappointed with Grace, because they are all about seeking and being obedient to God's plan, God's design, and God's righteousness. If you're not interested in God's design, then this is not the church for you -- you should find another church that will tell you what you want to hear. This is one place that you will be challenged, because God expects his followers to take him seriously. (2) The leadership (the pastors and all the staff) are humble, approachable, and incredibly supportive. We instantly felt affirmed, loved, and listened to. The fact is, it is dead easy to get to know the leadership, make friends, and to feel cared for. If you are truly serious about Jesus, this is a community church that will challenge you, bless you, and where Jesus will use you in a mighty way if you let...

Grace Church practices what it preaches. In the foyer above the doors to the sanctuary there is a sign that says "You are safe here". It is absolutely, positively true. Grace never browbeats people with legalism or man made denominational rules. They realize that love conquers a multitude of sins, and that it's His kindness that leads us to repentance. The pastoral team tactfully loves well WITHOUT compromising the inherent word of God.

I saw one person on here give grace a bad review. This person stated (and I quote) "grace is the worst church i have ever been to it is simply a awful experience they claim to worship god but are unforgiving do no go to any of there services"

This statement couldn't be farther from the truth. This person is implying that they were stereotyped ("unforgiving") at Grace. But their very statement in and of itself is a stereotype. When there are 34 reviews with 5 star ratings, and 1 review with a 1 star rating, the person giving the 1 star review might need to take into consideration that perhaps THEY are the "common denominator" and not everyone else. Their claim hasn't been my experience at all. And obviously it hasn't been the experience of the 34 other people who have taken the time to write a review. Grace Church is awesome!...