Our Communities Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship
Grand Rapids, Michigan · Emerging community of faith
Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship
An inclusive, justice-seeking, peacemaking community: intergenerational, Jesus-centered, and committed to doing life together.
About the community
Meet Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship
Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship got its start as a house church in August 2018, with five families beginning to gather weekly. The community went through an intentional discernment process together, studying the core beliefs of Mennonite Church USA, and decided it was a good fit. Drawn to Central District Conference by its strong stance on LGBTQ welcome, GRMF was introduced at the 2020 Annual Meeting as a prospective member congregation and became a full member in 2021.
GRMF is an intergenerational, Jesus-centered community committed to peacemaking and doing life together, seeking to be a place where all people experience God’s justice, peace and joy. The fellowship denounces white supremacy, pursues antiracism and liberation, and welcomes LGBTQ persons, without qualification, to full participation in its life together.
The support of the conference has been huge for us… We’re a small community, but we feel our presence as a peace church in Grand Rapids is important and we wouldn’t still be here without the support of the conference.
Alaina Dobkowski
Looking for an inclusive, Jesus-centered church in Grand Rapids or West Michigan? Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship would love to meet you.
When & where
- Most Sunday mornings, 10:00–11:30 a.m., in the Activities Building of Creston Church, 1343 Buffalo Ave NE
- Communion and a potluck on the first Sunday of the month
- Children’s ministry for ages 2 through 5th grade
Leadership: Alaina Dobkowski, pastor
Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship in pictures
Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship worships outdoors.
Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship in public witness for immigrant neighbors.
Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship gathers in the Creston Church Activities Building.
A story from this community
Christ is more present in my life in our gatherings than any other time in my life.
Ted, Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship
Part of a wider family
Walking with Central District Conference
Grand Rapids Mennonite Fellowship is one of the emerging communities of faith walking alongside Central District Conference of Mennonite Church USA, a regional family of Anabaptist congregations committed to active peacemaking, justice, and inclusion, all in the way of Jesus.
Starting something like this?
Central District Conference walks alongside people starting new, inclusive communities of faith, with coaching, peers, and practical support.