As the pastor of New Covenant Presbyterian Church, it is my joy to tell you about our church family and what God is doing in our midst.
From its beginning, NCPC has been a congregation of believers that "endeavors to be faithful to the Scriptures as the inspired and infallible Word of God, our only rule for faith and life, without condition or compromise." We don't make that affirmation because we believe that we "have arrived" and have no further need of God's transforming grace. Rather, by stating this as our endeavor, we affirm our need of God's Word and our need to be held accountable to that Word. We confidently affirm that while "The grass withers and the flower fades, the Word of our God stands forever" (1 Peter 1:23). We seek to build faithfully on the foundation of God's wonderful, powerful, and changeless Word.
To that end, the congregation has affiliated with the Presbyterian Church in America, the second largest Presbyterian denomination in the United States and one that from its inception in the early 1970's has purposed to be "True to the Scriptures, the Reformed faith, and obedient to the Great Commission of Jesus Christ."
We know that Truth must be lived out in lives transformed by the power of the written Word of God and the presence of the living Word of God. As the apostle Paul wrote to Timothy, "The goal of this command is love, which comes from a pure heart and good conscience and a sincere faith" (1 Timothy 1:5). God's grace is an on-going reality in our lives.
NCPC is a new congregation standing on an old and timeless foundation. We are both challenged and excited by the opportunities before us. God always seems to have something in mind that is greater than we have imagined. It has been our joy to watch Him at work in our midst.
Our name, "New Covenant," is appropriate. By that name, we bear witness to the promise of God given in Genesis, renewed in Jeremiah, and fulfilled in Jesus Christ:
"This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after that time," declares the Lord.
"I will put my law in their minds and write it on their hearts.
I will be their God, and they will be my people"
(Jeremiah 31:33)
For the Covenant,
Rev. Lane Stephenson
Pastor
