Grace Street Fellowship, a Mission Arlington^® congregation, has taken many shapes. It began in a house church and is now in its own large building at Pioneer and Fielder. Many of the early members have moved away and over the years, the staff has changed and grown.

But one member has always been there: Agatha.

Agatha moved from Oklahoma to Texas many years ago to help one of her daughters. Early on, Agatha visited Mission Arlington^® and met Tillie Burgin. Mission Arlington helped get Agatha’s daughter back on her feet. Agatha started volunteering and attended the church when it was in a house on Grace Street.

She was the only member of her family attending for years. Her husband, Leonard, eventually joined her and attended until his death. Agatha has ten children, many grandchildren and many great-grandchildren who have attended or visited the church over the years. Generations of families will know Christ because of Agatha’s faithfulness.

When Agatha moved into an apartment complex near the church, the ladies at Grace Street felt called to start a Bible Study in that complex. Agatha went to work, knocking on doors, inviting neighbors. Since then, she has moved away, but the Bible Study is still going strong because of her faithfulness to invite people.

Agatha currently lives about forty minutes away and depends on a friend to get her to church, but she’s often the first one there. She says the place is so friendly, she wouldn’t miss it. Grace Street, she says, “feels like being at home.”