 During the early days of MacArthur's ministry the church doubled in size every two years which led to the building of the Family Life Center in 1971 and a new Worship Center in 1977.In 1972, "Moody Monthly" magazine published a feature article about the congregation titled "The church with nine hundred ministers".Grace Community Church is elder-ruled and within the Evangelical Protestant tradition, not to be confused with mainstream Evangelicalism.