Ginghamsburg Church
Tipp City OH

Statement of Faith The Bible

We believe the scriptures of both the Old and New Testaments are the inspired word of God. (2 Timothy 3:16-17) We believe the Holy Spirit guided and directed human authors to create God’s written means of communication with us, which reveals God’s love and plan to be in relationship with all of humanity. The Bible is God’s blueprint for living the Christian life and is our source for faith and practice. God

We believe in one God, who exists in three distinct persons…the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Each person of the Trinity is equally the one God in being, essence, character, power and eternal qualities. Jesus

We believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior who came to earth in the flesh to reveal God to humans and to restore all of fallen humanity to a personal relationship with God. We believe Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary; he is both fully human and fully God. Jesus lived a perfect, sinless life and embodies the truth about God and the Truth of God. Jesus willingly died on the cross to demonstrate God’s love for sinful humans and to provide salvation for all humanity. His sacrifice in our place provides all humans the means to be reconnected with their loving Creator. We believe in the physical resurrection of Jesus from the dead. Jesus ascended into heaven, where he rules as our Lord (absolute authority) and advocate. Jesus will return to earth in the future to establish God’s perfect peace and justice for all time. The Holy Spirit

We believe in the divine personhood of the Holy Spirit as an equal part of the Trinity. The Holy Spirit is God present, living within each follower to empower a life that reflects the lifestyle, values and character of Jesus. The Holy Spirit is the change agent in the lives of Jesus’ followers, illuminating God’s word for understanding and application in the life of each. The Spirit is involved in progressively transforming each follower into the image of Christ, and is actively working within the Christian community and world at large to bring about God’s plan of redemption for all people and all creation. The Church

We believe the Church (also known as the Body or Bride of Christ in scripture) is a spiritual organism made up of all those in a personal relationship with God through Jesus Christ, who are called to live in fellowship and worship together. We believe in the priesthood of all believers: everyone in relationship with Christ is gifted, empowered and called to serve within God’s mission to reach the world. The Church is God’s vehicle on earth to bring about God’s justice and mercy for all people. Our Mission Bring - seeking people into a life-CELEBRATION with Jesus Grow - as disciples in CELL community Serve - out of our CALL and giftedness

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Ginghamsburg Church was founded by a Methodist circuit rider and evangelist, B.W. Day in 1863 in the village of Ginghamsburg, Ohio. As a small church, until the 1920s, we were part of a four-church circuit for a part-time preacher. From the 1920s on, over 50 young pastors were trained up and sent out by the Ginghamsburg congregation. These pastors studied at a Dayton-based seminary and served as part-time pastors for our congregation. Senior Pastor Michael Slaughter was appointed to Ginghamsburg in 1979 as our first full-time pastor. At the time, our church averaged approximately 90 people in attendance. Since Pastor Mike’s arrival, our mission is to Bring seeking people into a life-celebration with Jesus, Grow as disciples in life group community and Serve out our call and giftedness. Today, approximately 5,000 people are on Ginghamsburg’s campuses each week. Pastor Chris Heckaman assumed the senior pastor leadership mantle in June 2017 and is continuing to grow our missional legacy.

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Ginghamsburg gained national recognition as an innovator in small group ministry and has since continued to be well known for our life group ministry. Today we offer more than 100 life group opportunities, providing meaningful ways to live out our faith.

We were an early frontrunner of cyberministry (ministry via the Internet) and currently have one of the largest church internet ministries in the world. The church's website and online ministry have received national attention from media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and The Dallas Morning News.

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Ginghamsburg became known as a leader of the church “media reformation,” which was a movement to incorporate video, onscreen graphics, creative lighting, and other audio-visual elements into worship services to create a multisensory worship experience. The church's worship design has received attention in The Wall Street Journal, Christianity Today and Fox News.

Since 2005, Ginghamsburg Church has invested over $7 million into sustainable relief projects in Darfur, Sudan through an initiative called The Sudan Project. The church first developed the initiative after Pastor Slaughter read about the war in Darfur in 2004. With the situation in Darfur being named by the United Nations as the worst humanitarian crisis in the world from the impacts of genocide, extreme poverty for millions and a refugee crisis, Slaughter urged the congregation to get involved. Ginghamsburg has a strategic partner in Darfur, the United Methodist Committee on Relief, which has helped the church use the funds to implement sustainable agriculture, safe water, sanitation, child development and child protection projects in Darfur. The projects are now serving more than 250,000 people in Darfur. Every year the church holds a "Christmas is Not Your Birthday" miracle offering during the Christmas season to raise funds for the project. As a result of the annual miracle offering Pastor Slaughter authored a book, Christmas is Not Your Birthday, calling on Christians to reject self-centered, consumerist approaches to the holiday season and remember the true meaning of Christmas. In April 2010, the church's work in Darfur was featured on PBS's Religion & Ethics Newsweekly. The church's work in Darfur has also been chronicled by The New York Times, Huffington Post, Beliefnet, Christianity Today and The Christian Century.

The church was also nationally-recognized for its relief efforts in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina, garnering a front page cover story in The Times-Picayune and articles in the Houston Chronicle and Washington Post. As of August 2012, the church has sent 70 teams to the city to assist in rebuilding efforts.

In 2010, Ginghamsburg inspired the first annual Change the World Weekend, a worldwide United Methodist event sponsored by United Methodist Communications in which church members commit to a weekend of community service. On May 19, 2012 at Ginghamsburg’s Tipp City Campus, 350 church family members paid for, packed and shipped more than 100,000 meals to famine-stricken sisters and brothers in Africa. The first event corresponded with the release of Pastor Mike Slaughter's book Change the World: Recovering the Mission and Message of Jesus.

The church's Tipp City Campus sits on one hundred twenty-seven acres of land just outside of Tipp City and houses the Worship Center, Preschool and Childcare Center (ACSI accredited), classrooms, playgrounds, the church's administrative offices and the Common Grounds Cafe & Bookstore. The church's student center, The Avenue, is also located at the main Tipp City Campus and includes a stage area for concerts, classrooms, basketball courts, batting cage and fitness center. Hundreds of teens from the Dayton area visit The Avenue monthly for spiritual classes as well as teen outreach events. The church's newly-created community-supported agriculture project, which provides church ministries with fresh produce, is located on the main Tipp City Campus as well.

The South Campus houses the ARK, which is a practicum center for training events and is also the original Ginghamsburg Church building. The Discipleship Center, also located on the South Campus, served as the primary church building after the congregation had outgrown The Ark in the mid-1980s until the move to the main campus in 1994. It is now the headquarters for Ginghamsburg’s New Path Outreach (see below), a 501c3 non-profit that operates a food pantry as well as car, furniture, clothing, medical equipment, coupon and pet care ministries to those in need in surrounding communities. The Discipleship Center also houses the New Creation Counseling Center. The New Path car and furniture ministry barn, which houses the cars and furniture that the ministry distributes, is also located at the South Campus.

The Fort McKinley Campus became part of Ginghamsburg Church in July 2008. Prior to July 2008, Fort McKinley was a separate United Methodist congregation, located in an economically challenged urban Dayton neighborhood. The church had dwindled to approximately 40 people in attendance weekly before voting to merge with Ginghamsburg. The church now averages over 400 in weekly attendance and has an active community revitalization project known as Good Neighbors. It has also become the largest African-American United Methodist Church in the state of Ohio, with roughly half of the congregation being African-American.

In April 2012 Ginghamsburg started another urban campus, The Point, located in Trotwood, Ohio. The Point hosts two worship celebrations on Sunday morning - 10 and 11:30am. In addition, The Point partners with the YMCA on various community initiatives and with the Trotwood Department of Parks and Recreation to support its various programs.

 

Question: Where is Ginghamsburg Church located?
Answer: Ginghamsburg Church is located at 6759 South County Road 25A, Tipp City, Ohio.

Question: Who is Ginghamsburg Church's pastor?
Answer: Ginghamsburg Church's pastor is Michael Slaughter.

Question: What time is service at Ginghamsburg Church?
Answer: Saturday 5 & 7 p.m. Sunday 9, 10:15 & 11:30 a.m. Sunday 10:15 a.m. & Monday 7 p.m. @ the South Campus

Question: What is Ginghamsburg Church's dress code?
Answer: Any way you want to come. Casual.

Question: What is Ginghamsburg Church's Facebook page?
Answer: https://www.facebook.com/Ginghamsburg/

Question: What is Ginghamsburg Church's live streaming page?
Answer: https://www.youtube.com/user/ginghamsburgchurch

Question: Where do I park at Ginghamsburg Church?
Answer: Plenty

Question: What is Ginghamsburg Church's website?
Answer: http://www.ginghamsburg.org

Question: What denominaiton is Ginghamsburg Church?
Answer: Ginghamsburg Church belongs to Methodist denomination.