More Concerns About the Lack of Discernment Pertaining to Grace Chapel Leipers Fork and Steve Berger's Ministry

A Closer Look at Steve Berger's Ministry

By Chris Lawson, April 22, 2016

See links at bottom for more articles.

(Note update, August 2025: Steve Berger is no longer a pastor at Grace Chapel. His newer ministry is Ambassador Services International.)

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Steve and Sarah Berger at the Crystal Cathedral

Steve and Sarah Berger Interview at Crystal Cathedral‍

Hour of Power, Crystal Cathedral Ministries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6GFuOmaCs0https://vimeo.com/24233522 (Link broken)

‍https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6GFuOmaCs0‍

PDF - TRANSCRIPT, http://www.hourofpower.ch/library/downloads/sermons/2011/2156e.pdf

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Some of Steve Berger's Controversial Videos

​Steve Burger - God Nods‍

Jun 4, 2010 - 5 min - Uploaded by HaveHeartDotNet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXqvx_86gcA

‍https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXqvx_86gcA‍

Steve Burger - Surrounded‍

Jun 5, 2010 - Uploaded by HaveHeartDotNet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TGuxfmYgnQ&feature=player_embedded#!

‍https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TGuxfmYgnQ&feature=player_embedded#!

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Grace Chapel Leipers Fork Displays Extreme Lack of Discernment Through Providing Church Members with an Ecumenical Online Bookstore

(Grace Chapel a Calvary Chapel Affiliate Church)

SRN and other ministries are simply asking, why on earth would any Bible teaching pastor and church leadership allow an extremely ecumenical bookstore like this to be utilized through their churches homepage?

The Grace Chapel Leipers Fork Statement of Belief (Broken link as of August 2014: http://www.gracechapel.net/pages/?id=we_believe) is conservative and evangelical in nature, which clearly cuts across much that is sold through the churches online bookstore itself. The fact that the church leadership at Grace Chapel Leipers Fork allows this is very confusing in the least.The following was found on the Grace Chapel Leipers Fork Church website homepage (photo below at right).

​Grace Chapel Online Store

‍Books From Pastor Steve

Small Group Studies

Over 125,000 Christian Products

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Spiritual Research Network is NOT insinuating that Pastor Steve Berger teaches or agrees with the materials posted below, however, all this aberrant and/or heretical material (and much more) can be found in his churches online bookstore, which boasts of having "125,000 Christian products." Clearly as the Grace Chapel Leipers Fork pastor, he has given the go-ahead to have this material available through his church website homepage. Something is not right. The Bible clearly states (emphasis added):

Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them. For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple. For your obedience is come abroad unto all men. I am glad therefore on your behalf: but yet I would have you wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil. And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. Amen. (Romans 16:17-20, KJV; emphasis added)

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Please note that the ministry of Spiritual Research Network does not, and cannot, endorse the ministry of Grace Chapel Leipers Fork. Due to the church's online bookstore having an enormous amount of scripturally aberrant and heretical material, with no warnings at all given about the dangerous content of the materials, one that remains true to the Bible and faithful to the Lord can only warn about this extreme compromise.There are no warnings posted anywhere about the following materials (below) found in the bookstore, and much, much more that is clearly not Christian.The active links on this Spiritual Research Network page are for research only, not for the promotion or endorsement of the Grace Chapel ministry.

• Grace Chapel Resources - Books, Small Group Studies, Over 125,000 Christian Products!
• ​ http://www.gracechapelresources.com/CustomModule.asp?pageid=75

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Aberrant and Heretical Materials Found in the Grace Chapel Leipers Fork Online Bookstore

The following materials, and many more, are found within the Grace Chapel Leipers Fork online bookstore. To confirm this, cut and paste the links below into your web browser, in the Internet Archive (​https://archive.org)

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Teaching and Training Materials for Roman Catholic Jesuit Priests (22 products)​

http://www.gracechapelresources.com/advsearch2.asp?mode=search&txtTitle=benny+hinn&selQuickSearch=quicksearch&stc=&smc=&sbc=&p=1&st=benny+hinn&sf=da&rsort=1

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False Teacher Kenneth Hagin (Well over 130 products)‍

http://www.gracechapelresources.com/advsearch2.asp?mode=search&p=1&st=hagin&txtTitle=hagin&selQuickSearch=quicksearch&stc=&smc=&sbc=&sf=da

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False Teacher Benny Hinn - Literature, CD's, etc. (40 products)

‍http://www.gracechapelresources.com/advsearch2.asp?mode=search&txtTitle=benny+hinn&selQuickSearch=quicksearch&stc=&smc=&sbc=&p=1&st=benny+hinn&sf=da&rsort=1

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False Teachers Kenneth and Gloria Copeland (Over 30 products)‍

http://www.gracechapelresources.com/advsearch2.asp?mode=search&p=1&st=kenneth+copeland&txtTitle=kenneth+copeland&selQuickSearch=quicksearch&stc=&smc=&sbc=&sf=da

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Roman Catholic Literature and Books by Numerous Popes (For "Pope" alone, there are well over 100 products)‍

http://www.gracechapelresources.com/advSearch2.asp?mode=search&selQuickSearch=quicksearch&txtTitle=pope

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Yoga (10 products)‍

Daily Yoga Meditations Bowing to Yoga?‍

http://www.gracechapelresources.com/advsearch2.asp?mode=search&p=1&st=yoga&txtTitle=yoga&selQuickSearch=quicksearch&stc=&smc=&sbc=&sf=da

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African Divination Systems (1 product)
African Divination Systems: Ways of Knowing‍

http://www.gracechapelresources.com/product.asp?sku=0253206537

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False Teacher Rick Joyner (94 products)

‍http://www.gracechapelresources.com/advsearch2.asp mode=search&p=1&st=rick+joyner&txtTitle=rick+joyner&selQuickSearch=quicksearch&stc=&smc=&sbc=&sf=da

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False Teacher Rev. James Albert Pike (1 product)‍

http://www.gracechapelresources.com/advsearch2.asp?

Screenshot by EmergentWatch.com, found at Grace Chapel Online Bookstore​, November 6, 2013.

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False Teacher Sarah Young (50+ products)

‍http://www.gracechapelresources.com/advsearch2.asp?Screenshot by EmergentWatch.com, found at Grace Chapel Online Bookstore​, January 30, 2014.

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Do you attend Grace Chapel Leipers Fork and are you a concerned reader?

Click here to read or print a growing List of books that should not be in Christian bookstores. You can also read more about the false teachings put forth by many of the authors found in the Grace Chapel Leipers Fork Online Bookstore.

• https://web.archive.org/web/20171108221418/http://www.spiritual-research-network.com/masterlist.html
• http://deceptioninthechurch.com/page3.html​

Is anybody going to confront the pastors and elders at Grace Chapel? Click here to contact them!  (original link broken)​

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Here is a list of pastors, ministry leaders and church elders (Accessed 4/22/2016):‍

Grace Chapel Leipers Fork -Pastors: Steve Berger - Senior Pastor, Mark Bright - Executive Pastor, Patti Tremblay - Executive Assistant to Steve Berger and Mark Bright, Jake Spencer - Senior Pastor - Grace Chapel Knoxville, Jonathan Allen - Worship Pastor, Jay Tremblay - Stewardship Pastor‍

Grace Chapel Leipers Fork - Ministry Leaders: Rick Cua - Pastoral Care/Visitation, Ron Gonser - Pastoral Care/Visitation, Myron Goodwin - Missions/Adult Equipping Pastor, Dave Buehring - Men's Pastor, Bill Cannon - Children's Pastor, Jimmy Harris - Life Group Pastor, Brian Ray - College and Career Pastor/Facilities Manager, Ian Gilchrist - Middle School Pastor, Sarah Berger - Women's Ministry Director, Donna Boone - Women's Ministry Assistant/Grace Extended Director    Amy Lowry - Worship Administrator, Logan Pringle - Worship Ministry, Thomas Long - Pastoral Care Assistant, Diana Cua - Pastoral Care Counselor‍

Grace Chapel Leipers Fork - Elders: Steve Berger - Elder/Financial Board, Elder - Mark Bright, Elder - James Brown, Elder - Kurt Beasley, Elder - Bill Cannon, Elder - Ron Clonts, Elder - Scott Farrar, Elder - Ron Gonser, Elder - David Lowry, Elder - Craig Mahy, Elder - Tyler Ring, Elder - Rick Wood, Elder - Financial Board

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Further Documentation

Grace Chapel in Leipers Fork, TN?, or Grace Chapel Franklin, TN?

Grace Chapel in Leipers Fork, Tennessee also goes by the name Grace Chapel Franklin (Franklin, Tennessee). The Calvary Chapel Church Finder at CalvaryChapel.com (Your one-stop online-hub for Calvary Chapel) simply has the church listed as follows.

GRACE CHAPEL, PASTOR: STEVE BERGER, 3279 Southall Road, Franklin, Tennessee 37064​‍

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Articles About Steve and Sarah Berger's book, HAVE HEART: bridging the gulf between heaven and earth

View our main Have Heart archive and read these articles:

1. A Closer Look at Have Heart - bridging the gulf between heaven and earth (Steve and Sarah Berger, 2010)—Exposing The Deception of 'Christian' Clairaudience and Clairsentience (View article)
2. Calvary Chapel Pastors Perspective Refutes Praying to the Dead—Yet Calvary Chapel Affiliate Pastor Steve Berger Encourages Praying (talking) to the Dead (Have Heart book and Have Heart website FAQ page) (View article)‍
3. Have Heart: bridging the gulf between heaven and earth—Endorsements and Contacting the Endorsers (View article)
4. Chuck Missler's Public Statement on Facebook Regarding His Personal Endorsement of Have Heart (View article)
5. More Concerns About the Lack of Discernment Pertaining to Grace Chapel Leipers Fork and Steve Berger’s Ministry​ (Current page)

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"Further Documentation" updated on 09/30/2020

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