Affiliations

Metropolitan New York Baptist Association - The Metropolitan New York Baptist Association is a fellowship of more than 260 churches in 20 language groups. Our geography includes all five boroughs of New York City, northern New Jersey, Long Island, southern Connecticut and the Lower Hudson Valley . . . everything within a 50-mile radius of Times Square. The MNYBA is the local expression of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Sovereign Grace Church Planters - Our mission is to glorify God by planting churches that are Christ-centered and proclaim the doctrines of God's sovereign grace in and around the New York City area. Each church plant works toward becoming a self-supporting, independent church. With over 120 nations represented in the metropolitan area, reaching New York City means reaching the world.

Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals - F I R E is a unifying network for independent Reformed (and Reforming) baptistic churches to experience mutual edification, fellowship, cooperation and prayerful support in ministries and missions.

9 Marks Ministries - 9Marks believes the local church is the focal point of God's plan for displaying his glory to the nations, and that the Bible is sufficient for the life of the church. As an organization, therefore, we are church-focused, scripture-focused, and pastor-focused. We value a multiplicity of voices and styles as well as like-minded partnerships. We hope to continue growing in our own knowledge of God's Word and its application to the local congregation. And we intend to spread our content through existing venues, platforms, and institutions, not to create new ones.

The nine marks are (1) expositional preaching, (2) biblical theology, (3) a biblical understanding of the good news, (4) a biblical understanding of conversion, (5) a biblical understanding of evangelism, (6) biblical church membership, (7) biblical church discipline, (8) biblical discipleship and growth, and (9) biblical church leadership. These are not the only things which are necessary for building healthy churches, they are nine practices which many churches today overlook and that need to be emphasized once again.

The Gospel Coalition- We are a group of (mostly) pastors and churches in the Reformed heritage who delight in the truth and power of the gospel, and who want the gospel of Christ crucified and resurrected to lie at the center of all we cherish, preach, and teach. In a time of endless fragmentation, it is easy to sound prophetic from the margins, but one of the most urgent needs of any generation is to be prophetic from the center-from what the Bible makes the center.

Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals- The Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals is a broad coalition of evangelical Christians from various denominations, including Baptist, Congregational (Independent), Anglican (Episcopal), Presbyterian, Reformed, and Lutheran. The purpose of the Alliance's existence is to call the Church, amidst a dying culture, to repent of its worldliness, to recover and confess the truth of God's Word as did the reformers, and to see that truth embodied in doctrine, worship, and life.

North Shore Baptist Church - Our planting church located in Bayside NY, and founder of Sovereign Grace Church Planters.

Grace Baptist Church - Located in Richmond Hills NY, it is one of our sister churches and committed to the gospel.