FAQs

Grace Covenant is a plant of Covenant Baptist Church in Springdale AR and Crossway Fellowship of Lynnwood WA. Bart Hodgson and Josh Rice met in February 2023 by God’s gracious sovereign plan. Bart was in the process of moving from the Seattle Washington area and was praying for God to give him a co-laborer who would have a heart to plant. In September of 2023, Covenant Baptist Church was launched in East Springdale. The mission of this new church was to plant more small, connected, local, reformed Baptist churches for the glory of God. Grace Covenant is the first fruit of that focused mission. Both churches are a work that God has built and we give him all the credit for these new Gospel outposts.

Unless the Lord builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Ps 127:1

The format of our service will generally be as follows:

-Announcements
-Call to Worship
-Sing hymns and Psalms
-Corporate Prayer
-Sermon (around 45 min.)
-Communion and Corporate Prayer
-Sing hymns and Psalms
-Benediction

We share the communion meal every Sunday. The table is open to all who by faith have received salvation through the atoning death of Jesus Christ on the cross. Please be aware that we use real wine as one of the elements. A grape juice alternative is provided for those who for conscience sake need an alternative.

At Grace Covenant Reformed Baptist Church we believe that the church body should be gathered without exception. This means our service is 100% family inclusive and no childcare services are provided. We believe that singing hymns and Psalms, corporate prayer, and hearing teaching from God’s Word are means of grace to disciple our children so that they will not depart from His ways.

Church is a collection of families and not geared toward individualistic consumption. We understand that this stance is somewhat unique in our day. We ask that parents try their best to minimize distractions while also asking the congregation to understand that we are all in this together and are working toward a greater goal.

Grace Covenant Reformed Baptist Church holds to reformed theology. We are covenantal, confessional (1689 London Baptist Confession), and Calvinistic. We are dedicated to raising up elders to plant churches in Northwest Arkansas. For more details on these views you can visit our Mission & Vision page.