God's plan is not for independence, or co-dependence; it is for inter-dependence. In the words of Peter, we are "living stones" [1 Pet. 2:5] being built up into a spiritual house. The Grace Project Ecclesia's Sunday meetings are intended as a portal, not a panacea. In other words, the ecclesia should be seen as the 'point of entry', not the 'point of entering'.

The Grace Project Ecclesia seeks to provide a frame-work upon which healthy Christian relationships can grow. Our preference is for the cultivation of 'off-line' relationships, rather potentially contrived forums such as cell groups or meetings. Friendship is spiritual, and people should meet because they want to.

We meet because we love the church, and believe that the Father's heart is to recover the potentially most vivid expression of His nature. There are some who have argued [with some persuasiveness] that if one is to grow in Christ, it is necessary to leave the church. Adam Jameson's book "The Churchless Faith" is a very provocative and challenging piece of research, and his findings compelling... but our view is that a "churchless faith" is a regrettable and altogether understandable response to the core problem: a faithless church.

Therein lies the key to all things - rediscovering the Christian faith, which is not faith in Christ but the faith of Christ in the Christian.