Thank you for visiting our web site. We are pleased that you have taken the time to be introduced to GRACE BIBLE INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH of Shinglehouse, Pennsylvania.

The ministry of Grace Bible Church is that of an independent fundamental local New Testament Church based upon the Holy Scriptures. Our name is a good way to introduce this ministry. God's GRACE is the basis of our relationship with Himself. Ephesians 2:8,9 reads, "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."  This grace of God for salvation and a personal relationship with God is our only hope for eternity. The BIBLE is source of all that is taught at the church. It is not the ideas of men, even godly men, that are important, what does God's Word teach us. God has revealed to mankind all that is needed for him to live pleasing in His sight and pleasing God is all that matters and matter it does!  "The words of the LORD are pure words: as silver tried in a furnace of earth, purified seven times. Thou shalt keep them, O LORD, thou shalt preserve them from this generation for ever." Psalm 12:6,7.  The CHURCH is God's ordained living institution through which He does His work on the earth. The church is made up of born-again individuals who have been baptized in a biblical manner, by immersion since salvation. This family of God is made up of men, women, boys and girls who have been redeemed by the blood of Christ. Though being a faithful  church member is not required for entrance to heaven it must be understood that the local church is not optional for a Christian to be obedient in their walk with God.  I Timothy 3:15 declares the importance of the local church, "But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth."

To know Christ and to make Christ known is the twofold goal of GBIBC. First, to evangelize, locally and worldwide, bringing people into the family of God by introducing them to Christ as Savior. Second, to edify each believer by introducing them to the Bible, God's Holy Word so that they can "... grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To Him be glory both now and for ever. Amen." II Peter 3:18