One Church, Four Locations Around Texas A&M
Grace Bible Church is a multi-site Bible-teaching church that operates as a single congregation across four campuses in Bryan and College Station, the twin cities that form the home of Texas A&M University. Its stated mission is to help people find and follow Jesus, and the structure of the church - one church, four campuses - is built around the deliberate integration of adults, students, and families in worship and community.
Anderson, Creekside, Midtown, and Southwood each serve a distinct slice of the Brazos County community. Anderson, the original campus, sits less than a mile from the main Texas A&M campus and draws a globally diverse mix of college students, young professionals, and families. Creekside anchors South College Station in front of the Williams Creek subdivision. Southwood, next door to A&M Consolidated High School, pairs families with the nearby high school and college population. Midtown, in Bryan, is a multicultural bilingual community that worships in both English and Spanish.
The four campuses operate as one organization with shared elders, a unified budget, and a common set of values. A weekday preschool (Kingdom Kids), a college-student mentoring ministry called Youth Impact, an extensive global outreach program, and a broad care ministry all fall under the umbrella of Grace. Senior Pastor Brian Fisher has led the church since his election in June 2004.
Sundays at Grace: 9 and 11 AM Across Four Campuses
Grace Bible Church gathers for worship at 9 and 11 AM on Sundays at every campus, with services livestreamed on YouTube. Children's and youth ministry runs during the morning hours, and the production-driven musical style is supported by a worship leader, vocal team, and band.
Anderson Campus (700 Anderson Street, College Station, TX 77840) is the headquarters and the heart of Grace's ministry. It moved into its current facility in 1994 after decades of growth out of smaller buildings on South College Avenue. Children's programming at Anderson includes Early Childhood and Elementary during both the 9 and 11 AM services.
Creekside Campus (4601 Williams Creek Drive, College Station) launched in 2015 to reach South College Station and moved into its own building in 2020. Children's and Early Childhood ministry run during both services.
Southwood Campus (1901 Harvey Mitchell Parkway South, College Station) opened in 2008 after the church purchased a former church building. Sunday programming is intentionally structured around the 9 AM hour: Early Childhood, Elementary, Grace 56 (a 5th- and 6th-grade program), and Youth ministry all meet at 9 AM, while the 11 AM hour offers Early Childhood programming alongside the College Service.
Midtown Campus (2500 South College Avenue, Bryan, TX 77801) is the bilingual campus. The 9 AM service is held in English and the 11 AM service is held in Spanish, reflecting the church's commitment to a multicultural, multi-ethnic kingdom identity. Midtown's small groups are called Sobramesas, and Bible studies meet bilingually throughout the week.
Sermons from every campus are posted to the church's YouTube channel and carried as the Grace Sermons podcast on Apple Podcasts. Sermon audio and video are organized on a campus-by-campus basis, and each campus maintains its own page on the YouVersion Bible app. RightNow Media access is provided through a dedicated link for each of the four campuses.
The Story of Grace: From Ten Founders to a Multi-Site Church
Grace Bible Church traces its origin to August 6, 1961, when ten founders chartered Bryan Baptist Temple as a fundamental independent Baptist church in the state of Texas. The first meeting place was a bank building at the corner of Texas Avenue and 27th Street in Bryan. In 1962 the founders purchased a barracks building from Bryan Air Base for $750 and had it moved to a church lot at 2505 South College Avenue. A small red brick sanctuary was completed in the spring of 1963 at a cost of $13,000, after which the barracks served as the nursery and children's Sunday School facility.
Richardson N. Fry was the founding pastor and served four years before relocating to Los Angeles. Joe L. Wall, a recent Dallas Theological Seminary graduate, accepted the call on May 13, 1965, with twenty-one members voting him in. After Wall began a sermon series on salvation by grace, the congregation split, and the remaining core reorganized on December 1, 1965 under the new name Grace Baptist Church. Among the survivors were the Walls, the Davisons, the Coyles, Mr. Lindsay, Mrs. Emmel, and a handful of others, including a few Texas A&M students. The new congregation quickly built a reputation for careful Bible exposition.
Early members Jack and Jan Lunsford drove in from Huntsville to attend. The first elders - Davison, Lunsford, Coyle, and Lindsay - held the first Missions Conference and unanimously agreed to support four missionaries at $10 per month, a step of faith that became the seed of an enduring global outreach. Pastors David Lien (1967), Bob Prall (1972), and Andy Seidel (1976) followed in succession. Dwight Edwards became the seventh senior pastor in July 1990 and led the church until December 2003. Brian Fisher, who had served as associate pastor and college pastor for eleven years, was elected as the next senior pastor in June 2004.
The move to 700 Anderson Street in 1994 opened a long period of growth, with Sunday attendance climbing past 2,500 during the school year. As Anderson grew tight, the elders approved a multi-site strategy in May 2007. The first satellite, Southwood, opened in 2008 in a renovated former church building. Creekside followed in 2015, initially meeting in a rented elementary school before moving into its own building in 2020. Around the same year, Grace purchased and renovated a former church property in Bryan, launching Midtown Campus in 2021 with its bilingual ministry strategy.
Every Nation: Sixty Years of Global Outreach from B/CS
The fourth pillar of Grace's values - 'Every Nation' - defines one of the most distinguishing marks of the church. The values statement describes Grace as sacrificially dedicated to reaching the world with the Gospel of Jesus Christ, a commitment reflected in its strategic goals, staffing, budget, and the use of its facilities.
The global outreach commitment began in 1963, when the church sent out three families to share the gospel. Sixty-plus years later, Grace supports more than 300 people serving long-term among the nations through 108 missionary units and annually sends hundreds of short-term goers. In the 2024-25 ministry year, more than 200 people participated in 17 short-term trips in the United States and abroad, and the 2025-26 missions budget exceeds $1,040,000.
Grace frames participation around five verbs: go, send, pray, welcome, and mobilize. Short-term trips run from 7 days to 6 weeks and are offered for youth, college students, families, professionals, and adults. Those who cannot go are invited to send by supporting goers financially, and a 52 Weeks of Prayer newsletter and English/Spanish prayer cards make ongoing prayer accessible to anyone. The Welcome stream focuses on the thousands of international students who arrive at Texas A&M each year, building intentional moments for the church body to care for and connect with them.
The Goer Care philosophy treats long-term missionaries as employees from recruitment to retirement, providing financial support, prayer, an ongoing personal connection to a Grace ministry or home group, and visits from staff, elders, and congregants whenever possible. The Mobilization track identifies and equips future long-term workers. A typical year includes 15 people preparing to go long-term and large-scale service projects such as the Big Giveaway, which in 2024 served 534 students with 271 volunteers.
Youth Impact: College Students Walking Alongside Kids in Bryan-College Station
Youth Impact is a Grace Bible Church discipleship ministry that pairs roughly 120 college-age mentors with around 250 students in grades 1 through 12 from low-income neighborhoods in Bryan and College Station. The ministry began in 1981 when a few Texas A&M students started spending time with families in the Wellborn and Southgate Apartments. By 2002, the church had hired a former student director to oversee what had become a mature organization, formally making Youth Impact a ministry of Grace.
The ministry is built around three weekly rhythms. Sunday nights are dedicated to mentor equipping: mentors study Scripture together and are trained from a biblical perspective. Thursday evenings are the after-school program called Mission, held at five locations around town and centered on fun, community, and learning about Jesus. Throughout the week, mentor-mentee pairs spend intentional time together as 'Mission Buddies,' walking alongside each other beyond the structured programming.
The vision is 'Discipleship through Partnership,' shaped by 1 Thessalonians 2:8. Mentors are trained as surrendered disciples who do as Jesus did and make more disciples, show up consistently even when it is hard, choose joy, learn from others, and love their neighbors with dignity. Goal areas for each mentor-mentee pair include spiritual development, emotional awareness, relational maturity, and vocational opportunity. Volunteers sign up through the Grace Connection interest form, and supporters can become monthly donors online. Fall events such as Youth Kardia bring mentors and mentees together for reflection and vision-casting.
Kingdom Kids Weekday Preschool
Grace Bible Church launched Kingdom Kids Weekday Preschool in 1991 as a way to partner with families for the spiritual, academic, and social development of young children. Kingdom Kids is a chartered ministry of Grace and operates Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9 AM to 2 PM, from August through May.
Children from 12 months to 5 years may enroll, with all students required to be the appropriate age by September 1. Tuition is $320 per month for one- and two-year-olds and $340 per month for three- and four-year-olds, plus a $150 non-refundable registration fee and a $120 annual supply fee. Waitlists do not roll over from one year to the next, and currently enrolled families receive priority in registration.
The curriculum integrates biblical concepts into literacy, math, science, and social studies at the pre-K level, following the Texas Pre-K and Texas Infant, Toddler, and Three-Year-Old Early Learning Guidelines. Enrichment includes Music and Movement classes, Handwriting Without Tears, Zoo Phonics, and Wee Learn. Parents regularly report that their children enter kindergarten well prepared, with one local kindergarten teacher publicly noting that the smartest and kindest children in her assessments consistently come from Kingdom Kids.
Kingdom Kids also functions as a Christ-centered work environment for staff. Job openings for Assistant Teachers and Substitute Teachers are listed on the church's job board, with applications reviewed annually for the 26-27 school year. Families can reach the preschool at (979) 764-6624 to schedule a tour or to register a child.
Marriage, Care, and Recovery Ministries
Grace operates a broad care ministry under the umbrella of Care Ministries, with the goal of coming alongside individuals and families in every stage of life. The Toolbox Team organizes volunteers to handle minor home repairs for members who cannot do them themselves - the homeowner supplies the materials, and a Grace volunteer provides the labor. The OWLS (Older, Wiser, Loving Saints) ministry serves widows, widowers, and mature singles with monthly fellowship at the Anderson campus and seasonal gatherings such as a Christmas and Valentine's lunch.
GriefShare is a 13-week program with both a co-ed and a women's section that meets at the Anderson campus. The Fall 2026 semester runs Wednesdays from September 2 to November 18, with a morning session from 9:30 to 11:30 AM and an evening session from 7 to 8:45 PM. Both sections welcome participants from anywhere, with childcare available by registration. Celebrate Recovery is a Christ-centered, Bible-based 12-step program for hurts, habits, and hang-ups, meeting Tuesday nights at the Southwood Fellowship Wing: a 7 PM large group with worship and a short lesson, 8 PM open-share Grace Groups, and 8:45 PM fellowship.
The marriage ministry offers three structured programs. Merge is a nine-week premarital class for seriously dating or engaged couples, meeting Tuesday nights at Anderson from 7 to 8:45 PM. It costs $80 per couple, satisfies Texas state requirements for a premarital class (qualifying couples for a $60 marriage-license discount), and runs in the Fall and Spring. Foundation Groups gather four to six couples married three years or less under a more experienced mentor couple for fifteen months of curriculum covering community, communication, finances, and intimacy. re|engage is a fifteen-week marriage-enrichment class for couples married four or more years, with a Tuesday-evening large-group testimony/teaching format and small-group discussion. Childcare is available for both re|engage and Merge, and a Meal Team delivers food to anyone in the Grace family during a medical or financial crisis, a bereavement, or after a new baby arrives.
What Grace Believes
The beliefs statement at Grace Bible Church reflects the church's independent, Bible-teaching heritage. Grace holds that the Bible is the verbally inspired Word of God and the supreme and final authority in doctrine and practice (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:21; John 17:17). It teaches one God eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit - equal in nature but distinct in office - immutable, eternal, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, and holy.
On Christ, Grace affirms the eternal sonship of Jesus, His incarnation through the virgin birth, His substitutionary death on the cross, His literal physical resurrection, and His present ministry of intercession at the right hand of God. The Holy Spirit is described as a person who convicts, regenerates, indwells, seals, fills, leads, and gifts believers; the statement teaches that certain sign gifts such as speaking in tongues are not normative in an established local church context today.
Salvation is described as a gift received by personal faith in Jesus Christ and His sacrifice for sin, with believers kept secure in Christ forever by grace. The church practices two ordinances - water baptism (by believers following personal profession of faith) and the Lord's Supper, observed with prior self-examination. Infant baptism is excluded.
On the family, the statement of beliefs defines marriage as a divine institution between one man and one woman, lifelong, and views gender as an unchangeable attribute given by God. The church holds a complementary view of men and women in ministry. Eschatology is premillennial: the pre-millennial return of Christ, the resurrection of the dead, the Judgment of the Nations, the salvation of all Israel, the millennial reign, and the final resurrection and Great White Throne judgment. Scripture references accompany each doctrine.
For Generations to Come: A Vision for Sending and Planting
Grace Bible Church is currently advancing an initiative called 'For Generations to Come,' focused on upgrading its facilities to make room for the next generation of disciples while seeding new churches in other university towns throughout the nation. The campaign funds facility improvements at the existing campuses - already needed after decades of growth at Anderson and the rise of newer buildings at Creekside, Southwood, and Midtown - alongside a sending pipeline to plant churches in college towns where multiplying movements are needed.
Congregants who want to participate in the mission do so through the church's giving channels. Donations can be made online per campus (Anderson, Creekside, Midtown, Southwood, or the broader Grace Network fund), by texting the campus name to 77977, by check during any weekend worship experience, by mail to 700 Anderson Street, or by planned giving through stock transfers, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and real estate gifts. The church also operates a Benevolence Fund that provides direct financial assistance to members of the local body burdened by medical, therapeutic, utility, rent, or automotive needs.
The Fellows Program partners with the mission agency Reliant to place support-based ministry workers on staff at Grace. Other ongoing rhythms include the online curriculum library, an online store selling printed Grace materials, a weekly prayer request form, RightNow Media access per campus, and the YouVersion Bible app links for each location. The four campuses of Grace Bible Church continue to be a unified body with one purpose: helping the people of Bryan, College Station, and the world find and follow Jesus.