Our Story
The story of Heritage Fellowship is one of God's providence, with the Lord knitting together two local church communities into one family by His grace.
Knollwood’s heart has truly been to see people both come to know, and grow up in the Messiah, and they have dedicated themselves to serving Him in various programs and outreach events, one of whom has been a community hit, their Live Nativity. They have generously partnered with a variety of missions and ministries to see the gospel not only take root within the walls of the building, but go abroad to the ends of the earth.
Gospel Dedication
Knollwood Christian Church was a local congregation established in 1963 with a handful of families from the Metro area, moving into the Knollwood locale in Saint Louis Park that very same year. Since its beginning, KCC has had five ministers and has had a legacy of being committed to reaching people with the good news about Jesus.
A Gospel Legacy
A New Endeavor
Grafted Community was a messianic congregation that was planted in 2023, in joint effort by Chosen People Ministries and the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA). They were sent in partnership with Elmwood Church and Park Community Church, with a small team excited to see the Lord do a new and fresh work in the west Metro.
The vision of Grafted was Cultivating a family of Jews and Gentiles in Messiah Jesus, desiring to be a place where Jewish people could come to encounter Jesus, the Anointed One of Israel, and then live that faith out amidst the broader body of Christ. They began meeting in Edina, Minnesota, but developed a heart to move more into the Saint Louis Park area, which would provide greater missional engagement with the Jewish community.
“…to the Jew first and also to the Greek.”
In 2024, Pastor Matt from Grafted crossed paths with a former pastor's wife of KCC, leading to a trajectory of events and developing relationships between the congregations, pointing in the direction that the Lord not only had orchestrated circumstances for a shared space, but for a shared family. On Jan 11th, 2026, the vote to come together as one new local church, called Heritage Fellowship, was a unanimous "yes," just another signal that the Lord who brings unity to His people was working in the midst of what God was doing here.
The LORD at work
As we honor the heritage of where we've come from, we are also excited to see the Lord continue to bear fruit for His kingdom and glory for many more years to come, continuing the legacy of discipling Jew and Gentiles as one body in Messiah Jesus.