{"id":1104,"date":"2014-12-23T19:36:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T19:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/?page_id=1104"},"modified":"2015-04-05T20:06:17","modified_gmt":"2015-04-06T00:06:17","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Grace Alliance Church<\/strong> is a culturally diverse congregation made up of singles, couples and families from Piscataway, Edison and central New Jersey. We are a Protestant church and are part of the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&amp;MA) movement. We believe that God showed his love to us through Jesus, as revealed in the Bible. We work with other local churches to serve our community.<\/p>\n<p>We want to warmly invite you to\u00a0be our special\u00a0 guest at Grace Alliance Church.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meet new friends and find support<\/li>\n<li>Hear positive, relevant messages from the Bible which you can apply to your everyday life<\/li>\n<li>Enjoy uplifting music with a contemporary flavor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cma-logo1.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1180\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/about-us\/cma-logo1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cma-logo1.jpg?fit=1107%2C1159&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1107,1159\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"cma-logo1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cma-logo1.jpg?fit=287%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cma-logo1.jpg?fit=978%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  alignleft wp-image-1180\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cma-logo1.jpg?resize=104%2C108&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"cma-logo1\" width=\"104\" height=\"108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cma-logo1.jpg?resize=287%2C300&amp;ssl=1 287w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cma-logo1.jpg?resize=978%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 978w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/cma-logo1.jpg?w=1107&amp;ssl=1 1107w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 104px) 100vw, 104px\" \/><\/a>We are a community congregation serving in the interdenominational spirit of the Christian &amp; Missionary Alliance.\u00a0 This is a 100+ year old fellowship with over 17,000 churches in 56 countries.\u00a0 The &#8220;Alliance&#8221; is a variety of people joined together to know Christ and make Him known around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Our vision is a place where you can find hope, love, acceptance, forgiveness, guidance and encouragement.<\/p>\n<h4>Why Not Get Uplifted This Sunday?<\/h4>\n<p>We meet at <a title=\"Meeting at Timothy Christian School\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gracealliance.org\/main\/locations\/main-campus\/\">Timothy Christian\u00a0 School <\/a>Chapel at 2008 Ethel Road in Piscataway, New Jersey, building 2 (just 1\/2 mile east of Stelton Road and\u00a0close to Edison NJ).<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><strong>What we believe<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gracealliance.org\/images\/page2_pic3.jpg?resize=242%2C96&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"96\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>God is <strong>bigger<\/strong>, <strong>better<\/strong> &amp; <strong>closer<\/strong> than you or I can imagine.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0The Bible is God\u2019s <strong>perfect guidebook<\/strong> for hopeful living.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Jesus is God showing himself to us in <strong>love with open arms<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Through His Holy Spirit, God <strong>lives<\/strong> in and through us <strong>now<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0We can&#8217;t earn our way to a relationship with God. 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