After hearing Pastor Jeff Noblit's preaching online, Josh Tancordo decided to move down to Grace Life Church of the Shoals to serve as a summer intern. While there, he met his future wife, Becky. After Josh had been mentored in Muscle Shoals for four years, the congregation commissioned Josh and Becky to plant Redeeming Grace Church in the summer of 2014.

After Josh and Becky built relationships and hosted a Bible study in Pittsburgh for two years, Redeeming Grace Church officially covenanted together as a church in October of 2016. Today, Redeeming Grace Church is a gospel-centered church that values rich biblical preaching and authentic Christian community. More than anything, they are passionate about Jesus. They want to see him worshiped, treasured, and exalted. To learn more about Redeeming Grace, visit https://www.redeeminggracepittsburgh.com/our-story.

May 2026 Update:

This past month, some of our ladies got together for a Women's Bible Study. They studied several passages in 1 Peter over the course of 5 weeks and had a wonderful time. There were also a good number of women present who do not attend church! Please pray that God would bless our follow up with these women. 

Also, we're excited about our Free Oil Change Event coming up on May 9! This event is geared especially toward single moms and widows, and you can read more about it here. Please pray that God will open doors for relationships and ultimately for the gospel! 

In addition, our parking lot expansion project continues to move forward and is picking up speed. We believe we may be able to finally break ground on the project within the next month or two. Please pray that the work would be done well, on budget, and with minimal disruption to our Sunday services. We'd also appreciate prayer that God would provide for us financially since this is a very expensive project. 

Finally, please note that our next prayer update won't be until the beginning of August since I'll be taking an 8-week sabbatical beginning May 24. The church elders and staff will handle all of my ministry responsibilities for those 8 weeks, including preaching. This will be my first such sabbatical since coming to Pittsburgh 12 years ago. I'd greatly appreciate your prayers that it would be a restful and refreshing time. 

As always, we're humbled and grateful that you would pray for us - thank you!

Serving Him,
Josh & Becky