History
In 1985, a team of graduates from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, started New Life Church in Gahanna, Ohio. It has grown from 12 attendees to an average weekly attendance of over 1800 and a staff of over 30. New Life began public meetings in June of 1985 in Gahanna West Middle School. Very quickly, the church grew and moved from the music room to the cafeteria and then to the school auditorium.
Today, New Life continues to be a cutting-edge, team-oriented, purpose-driven church. It has a unique, member-centered ministry in which nearly 70% of the members have a weekly place of ministry in the church. Outreach Ministries continually expand to the surrounding communities, among which are some of the neediest areas of Columbus.
New Life offers one Saturday evening and two Sunday morning Celebrations each week, and has developed a Small Group Network of over 70 small groups.
New Life is a church that "gives itself away" as we plant new churches throughout Central Ohio and beyond. Currently, New Life has daughter churches in Canal Winchester, Hilliard, The Ohio State University and the Short North District of Columbus. In 2005, the New Life Center was created to partner with New Life Church in our effort to plant 20 new healthy, growing, multiplying, churches in central Ohio by the year 2020. The best years of New Life Church are ahead as we enter our second twenty years seeking to be a transformational church.
