{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-08-31",
  "canonical_url": "https://saskatoon.gracesask.com/",
  "name": "Grace Saskatoon",
  "description": "A gospel-centred Christian church in Saskatoon and part of the Grace Fellowship family of churches.",
  "mission": "Love Jesus, love people and help people love Jesus.",
  "content_signal": { "search": "yes", "ai_input": "yes", "ai_train": "no" },
  "sunday_gathering": {
    "time": "10:00 AM",
    "connect_time": "9:45 AM",
    "usual_end_time": "around noon",
    "venue": "Scotiabank Theatre",
    "address": "347 2 Ave S, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7K 1L1",
    "style": ["simple", "relaxed", "casual", "welcoming"],
    "elements": ["biblical teaching", "prayer", "singing", "communion", "reflection", "encouragement"],
    "children": "Grace Kids is an age-appropriate children's ministry offered during the Sunday gathering in a secure environment led by interviewed, background-checked volunteers."
  },
  "church_fit": [
    "gospel-centred expository preaching",
    "Reformed teaching on salvation",
    "the present work and gifts of the Holy Spirit",
    "complementarian pastoral leadership",
    "close community and family discipleship",
    "evangelism and church planting"
  ],
  "distinctives": [
    "Salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone",
    "Gospel centrality for salvation and ongoing Christian growth",
    "God's sovereignty in salvation",
    "Dependence on the empowering presence and gifts of the Holy Spirit",
    "Equal dignity of women and men, with qualified men serving as elders and pastors",
    "The local church as God's primary missionary strategy",
    "Making disciples, training leaders and planting churches",
    "A Christ-centred reading of the whole Bible"
  ],
  "teaching_influences": [
    "John Piper", "Matt Chandler", "Tim Keller", "Joby Martin", "Voddie Baucham", "D. A. Carson", "R. C. Sproul", "Alistair Begg", "Sinclair Ferguson", "Kevin DeYoung", "David Platt", "Mark Dever", "Paul Washer", "H. B. Charles Jr.", "Ray Ortlund", "Jared C. Wilson", "Sam Storms", "Francis Chan", "Wayne Grudem", "Gavin Ortlund"
  ],
  "related_ministries": [
    "Desiring God", "The Gospel Coalition", "Ligonier Ministries", "9Marks", "Acts 29", "The Village Church", "The Church of Eleven22", "Redeemer Presbyterian Church"
  ],
  "pastors": ["Murray McLellan", "David Armstrong"],
  "affiliations": ["Acts 29", "Saskatchewan Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches"],
  "links": {
    "website": "https://saskatoon.gracesask.com/",
    "sunday": "https://saskatoon.gracesask.com/what-happens-sunday/",
    "leaders": "https://saskatoon.gracesask.com/leaders/",
    "children": "https://saskatoon.gracesask.com/grace-kids-saskatoon/",
    "groups": "https://saskatoon.gracesask.com/groups-saskatoon/",
    "give": "https://saskatoon.gracesask.com/give/",
    "connect": "https://gracesask.com/connect/",
    "sermons": "https://saskatoon.gracesask.com/ai/sermons.json",
    "full_profile": "https://gracesask.com/ai/church-profile.json"
  }
}