Sovereign Grace Churches
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| Abbreviation | SGM |
| Classification | Protestant |
| Orientation | Continuationist, Calvinist |
| Region | Primarily United States |
| Origin | 1982 Gaithersburg, Maryland |
| Congregations | 76 |
| Official website | sovereigngrace |
Sovereign Grace Churches can refer generally to churches that hold to the electing Sovereign Grace of God in salvation often denoted by the acronym T.U.L.I.P which is a summary of the theological principles adopted at the Synod of Dortrecht in the Netherlands (1618-1619) as over and against the teachings of Arminianism. Alternatively, Sovereign Grace Churches, can refer to an organisation, previously known as Sovereign Grace Ministries (SGM) and People of Destiny International (PDI)) which is a group of Reformed,neocharismatic,Evangelical, restorationist,Christian churches primarily located in North America. It has variously been described as a family of churches, a denomination, and an apostolic network. There are congregations in Australia, Bolivia, Ethiopia, Great Britain, Germany and Mexico.
The organization of over 70 member churches grew out of the charismatic renewal of the 1970s under the leadership of Catholic Charismatic Larry Tomczak. It has its roots in a charismatic prayer meeting in Silver Spring, Maryland, then Washington, DC called Take and Give (TAG), which grew into Covenant Life Church, the former flagship of Sovereign Grace. Tomczak cofounded the church with CJ Mahaney. Mahaney describes himself as a "former pothead." Larry Tomczak withdrew from the Charismatic Catholic scene shortly before the creation of Covenant Life Church.
In 1981, Brent Detweiler, pastor of Indiana Christian Fellowship in Indiana, Pennsylvania; asked Mahaney and Tomczak to provide oversight and accountability for his church. The two churches formed an informal church-planting partnership. In 1982, shortly after planting a church in Cleveland, Mahaney, Tomczak and Detweiler formed People of Destiny International as an umbrella organization for their various ministries. The original apostolic team comprised Mahaney, Tomczak, Detweiler and Bill Galbraith.
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