After hearing Pastor Jeff Noblit's preaching online, Josh Tancordo decided to move down to Grace Life Church of the Shoals to serve as a summer intern. While there, he met his future wife, Becky. After Josh had been mentored in Muscle Shoals for four years, the congregation commissioned Josh and Becky to plant Redeeming Grace Church in the summer of 2014.

After Josh and Becky built relationships and hosted a Bible study in Pittsburgh for two years, Redeeming Grace Church officially covenanted together as a church in October of 2016. Today, Redeeming Grace Church is a gospel-centered church that values rich biblical preaching and authentic Christian community. More than anything, they are passionate about Jesus. They want to see him worshiped, treasured, and exalted. To learn more about Redeeming Grace, visit https://www.redeeminggracepittsburgh.com/our-story.

December 2024 Update:

We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving this past week. In Psalm 107:1, the psalmist exclaims, "Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever!" The amount of things we have to be thankful for is truly astounding—and most of all for the gift of God's own Son! 

In addition, we're profoundly thankful for all that God has been doing in and through our church this past month. Above is a picture of our Men's Fellowship Breakfast last Saturday. At this breakfast, one of the men of our church shared his salvation testimony as well as some edifying thoughts and exhortations from the Bible. Not only did a good number of men from our church attend, we also had about 4-5 men from outside our church attend, including several whom we've been trying to reach out to. Please pray that the message they heard at the breakfast finds a place in their hearts. 

In addition, our church voted (84%) to start having two worship services each Sunday in order to better accommodate those who desire to attend. This was an extremely difficult decision for us since we deeply value the sense of togetherness on Sunday mornings that we enjoy with one worship service. However, we believe that this will ultimately allow us to have a greater impact for God's Kingdom. Therefore, beginning on December 15, we'll have a 9:00am service and an 11:00am service each Sunday. Please pray for a smooth transition, especially with our Sunday morning volunteer teams. And pray that all of the empty chairs we're about to have will soon be filled with people who are eager to hear the gospel! 

Finally, we'd greatly appreciate your prayers for our membership process. We've just finished our latest round of membership classes (offered every 6 months) and are now conducting membership interviews. Please pray for the 32 membership candidates who have taken the classes and expressed interest in membership. In the past, we've seen more evangelistic fruit from the membership interview process than from any other evangelistic endeavor our church has undertaken. Please pray for church elders to have discernment and for any membership candidates who may not yet be Christians to be receptive to the gospel.  

As always, we'd like to emphasize how grateful we are that you would read this email and pray for us and the requests we've shared. It means the world to us that you would partner with us through your prayers! Thank you.

In Christ,
Josh & Becky