Great Commission Churches is a U.S. based fellowship of independent churches designed to equip, unite and provide accountability to churches and ministries that have a desire to fulfill the Great Commission of Jesus Christ. GCC’s heart is that churches will model “New Testament Christianity in Action Today.”
While each church is autonomous, they all share the following values and distinctives with the Great Commission Churches association:

The Great Commission Church: New Testament Christianity in Action Today

As in the first Century, we see the local church as our primary vehicle to fulfill the Great Commission. The entire church membership is to be empowered by God to be active in culturally relevant evangelism, building one another in love, and growing in leadership, resulting in new churches being multiplied. We emphasize discipling and equipping people at every age and stage of life to daily live out the Great Commission like we see the New Testament. We promote training pastors and leaders within the church to develop in servant leadership, sacrificial lifestyles, Christ-like character, and practical ministry skills.

Dynamic Community: Strong Families, Loving Churches, Servant Leaders

We seek to create and sustain loving communities between generations and among individual families, within local churches and regions of churches, between ministries in the Great Commission church movement, and with believers in the greater body of Christ. In the same way that we see in the book of Acts, we value a plurality of pastor-elders leading the church -humble and faith-filled men who as a “band of brothers” are leaders and encouragers to one another.
Connecting with the Next Generation: Ministering to Children, Teens, and Young Adults

Although we minister to all ages, we seek to have churches that are attractive to the next generation. While committed to fulfill the Great Commission through and for every generation, we recognize that this mission can only be fulfilled as the “torch” is continually passed to the next generation, through salvations, new churches, and new leaders. Our churches are “for all generations” with a special focus on connecting with the next generation-churches that are “inclusively young.” A key strategy is influencing and penetrating high school and college campuses.

What is an association and how does that differ from a denomination?

Each church affiliated with Great Commission Churches is self-governed and determines its own affairs. For example: Every GCA church chooses its own pastors. Every GCA church owns it own building and assets. Every GCA church determines its own program.

Levels of Partnership with Great Commission Churches:

Leadership Development
Short term Mission Teams
High School Leadership Training
Antioch Project
Pastoral Coaching
Conferences and Conference Speakers
Monthly city-wide luncheons
Faithwalkers Conference

For more information and a more detailed history, you can visit www.gccweb.org