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Our Mission & Vision

Connect people to growing, life-changing relationship with Jesus Christ. Our vision is to make available to our community a church where people can experience God, connect in relationship with God and others, and respond to what God is doing.

Our Values & Purpose

New Life Church exists for the purpose of establishing and maintaining a Bible-based ministry to and for the Body of Christ in Arkadelphia and the surrounding communities. It is our intention that such ministry will always provide for: worship to our Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, through the anointed preaching and teaching of God's Word by the pastor and others so appointed; a close community of believers where love, fellowship, service, and submission to one another are the rule rather than the exception; and the propagation of the gospel of salvation to the lost of our community as well as those in other countries.

Go

To the world

Show

The power and love of God

Sow

The Good News of Jesus Christ

Grow

Believers to maturity within the body of Christ

Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

-Matthew 28:19, 20

Our History

New Life Church was founded in June of 1981 by Pastor Martin Jones and a small group of dedicated families and individuals. Being led by God, they established this non-denominational ministry in Arkadelphia. During the first month, the services were held in the hospitality room at a local bank. Afterwards, the new congregation leased a property down town. The church grew in its downtown location, and in 1984 began construction on a new building. New Life Church moved into its present facility in September of the same year.

Why Non-Denominational?

By being a non-denominational ministry, New Life Church is not an official or legal extension of any organization. However, our being non-denominational is not to be interpreted as an attempt to divide and separate from other believers and churches. In fact, the contrary is true: we are free to unite with all who profess that Jesus is Lord and that the Bible is God's infallible Word, regardless of their denominational affiliation.

What We Believe

We do not presume to claim that the wording of the following statements is inspired or that the list is exhaustive in presenting the important truths of the Bible. However, we are persuaded that it is both helpful and consistent with the Holy Scripture to "set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us" (Luke 1:1). It is the common practice of New Life Church to preach and teach the following as the fundamentals of the Christian Faith.

We believe that the Bible is the inspired Word of God, equally so in all parts and in the whole and, therefore, is without error. The infallible Word is the supreme revelation of God for man and is superior to conscience and reason and, therefore, represents God's authority in all matters. Jesus Christ and God's redemption plan for man through Christ represent the theme of both Old and New Testaments and, therefore, a proper understanding of the Holy Scriptures is dependent on this acknowledgement. (John 5:39; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; 1 Peter 1:23-25; Hebrews 4:12)

We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three distinct persons: the Father, His Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. These three represent one Godhead, having the same nature, attributes, and perfections. They are the same in purpose while distinct in their functions, works, and ministries both in heaven and on earth. (Matthew 28:18-19; Mark 12:29; John 1:14; Acts 5:3-4; 2 Corinthians 13:14; Hebrews 1:1-3; Revelation 1:4-6)

We believe in the pre-existence, incarnation, and virgin birth of the Lord Jesus Christ. This same Jesus of Nazareth came into the world to reveal the Father, and was and is the brightness of His glory and the express image of the person of the Father. All the fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily in Jesus Christ. He was and is very God and very Man, the I Am, the Jehovah of the Old Testament. His earthly life was sinless in every manner though He was tempted as we are. We believe in His miracles, His substitutional and atoning death for the sins of the whole world, His literal and bodily resurrection, His literal and bodily ascension into heaven, and in His soon return to the earth. We acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord over all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth. (John 1:1-2, 14; 1 Timothy 3:16; Acts 7:37-38; Philippians 2:9-10; Hebrews 7:25)

We believe that the Holy Spirit, the third person of the Trinity, was sent on the day of Pentecost to dwell in every believer, to unite all believers to Christ in one body, and is the source of all power and all acceptable service to God. Certain ministries have been committed to the Holy Spirit, including the reproving of the world in matters of sin, righteousness, and judgment, as well as the conviction that Jesus Christ is Savior and Lord.
Other ministries include the regeneration of sinners who believe in Christ; the sealing of all believers unto the day of redemption; providing the continued filling for power and service to all believers who are yielded to Christ and His will.
We believe that the fruits of the Spirit are the manifestations of the character of Christ expressed in the believer's life. We believe that the gifts of the Spirit provide specific capabilities for specific purposes and ministries to the church as well as to the world. (John 3:6, 14:16-17; Romans 8:9, 12:1-11; 1 Corinthians 6:19, 12:8-11; Galatians 5:22-23; Ephesians 2:22, 4:11-13)

We believe that God created an innumerable company of sinless spiritual beings known as angels, one of which rebelled against God's authority and is known as Satan. He represents the cause and originator of sin; he, under the permission of God, led our first parents into transgression, thereby accomplishing their moral fall and subjecting them and their posterity to his own influence and power. He, therefore, is the enemy of God and His people.

We believe that Christ defeated Satan at Calvary and has delegated power to the church to do the same through the name and blood of Jesus Christ. Satan's eternal destiny is the lake of fire where he will be tormented forever. (Genesis 3:1-19; Romans 5:12-14; 2 Corinthians 4:3-4; 11:13-15; Ephesians 6:10-12; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; l Timothy 4:1-3; Colossians 2:15; Revelation 20:1-3, 10)

We believe that man, by willful transgression, fell from a state of innocence and holiness in which he was first created into a state of spiritual depravity and death. Unless redeemed by the blood and power of Jesus Christ, man remains a slave of sin and an enemy of God, being unable to attain divine righteousness by his own efforts or good works. (Romans 3:23-25; 5:12-21; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4; 2 Corinthians 4:3-4)

We believe that repentance and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ brings, through God's grace, justification with God, made possible by Christ's atoning death and glorious resurrection. We also believe that, owing to universal spiritual death through sin, no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born again (regeneration).

It is our faith that salvation from sin and its consequences is available only through the redemption by the blood of Jesus Christ and does not exist in any other religion, philosophy, or work. (Romans 5:1-2; 6-21; Ephesians 2:8-9; Titus 3:5)

We believe that all who are united to Christ by the new birth are members of the universal Church, the Body of Christ. We believe that the local assembly of Christian believers is ordained of God and is the chosen instrument of God for the furtherance of God's work upon the earth.

We further believe in the spiritual unity of all true believers in Christ and in working together with them for the common purposes of evangelism, missions, worship, and benevolences. (Matthew 16:16-18; John 17:21; Romans 12:5; Ephesians 1:20-23; 4:3-10; Colossians 3:14-15)

We believe that water baptism (immersion) is for believers only and should be administered by the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost.

We further believe that water baptism is the means whereby we identify publicly with Jesus Christ's death, burial, and resurrection and thereby declared to be a member of the Body of Christ.

We believe that through the Lord's Supper, the believer renews and affirms the reality of the New Covenant and celebrates the communion and fellowship, which is present in His Body, the Church. The elements are to be received with joy and gratitude with humility. This ordinance is open to all true Christian believers regardless of church background or denominational affiliation. (Matthew 26:26-29; I Corinthians 11:23-24)

We believe that both the resurrection of those who have died in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain at the coming of Christ represent the blessed hope of the Church. (1 Thessalonians 4:16,17; Romans 8:23; Titus 2:13; 1 Corinthians 15:51,52)

We believe that Christ's visible return to the earth with His saints will provide for an earthly kingdom of one thousand years in which the Church will rule and reign with Him. (Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24:27,30; Revelation 1:7; 19:11-14; 20:1-6; Ezekiel 37:21,22; Zephaniah 3:19,20; Romans 11: 26,27; Isaiah 11:6-9; Psalms 72:3-8; Micah 4:3,4)

We believe that there will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works. Those whose names are not recorded in the Book of Life, together with the devil and his angels, the beast and the false prophet, will be consigned to everlasting punishment in the lake of fire, which is the second death. (Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 19:20; 20:11-15; 21:8)

We believe that after the Millennium and the final judgment, there will be "new heavens and a new earth wherein dwelleth righteousness." (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:22)