We offer you a cross to take up as Christ's disciple...

We offer you the chance to forfeit vacation time to serve a meal in a slum in Thailand, or carry gypsum wallboard up a flight of stairs to install into Hurricane Rita victim's home in SE Texas, or improve the lives of people in Estonia . . .

We call our members to give of their time and energy to serve in ministries at our church that lead children, teenagers, and adults to a life-changing faith in Christ . . .

We offer you a chance to lose your life, so that you might really find it . . .

We offer you a weekly confrontation with the Word of God . . .

We promise that this will make us all uncomfortable from time to time. 

It will challenge our preconceived notions.

It will make us think, and it might make us mad.

It will ask us whether we're doing the things that really matter in the long run.

When the world says we're worthless, God's Word will pick us up and remind us what Jesus Christ thinks about us - Jesus sees the value inside and loves us too much to leave us the way that we are.

We offer you the promise that you'll have to do all of this alongside people who don't look much like you and don't always see the world the same way that you do.  But, we are "One body, One Spirit, One hope, One Lord, One faith, One baptism, One God and Father of all."  (Ephesians 4:4-6)

That's what NEHBC is all about.

Why should churches be divided along lines of age, race, wealth, musical preference, occupation, or leisure pursuit?  Contemporary churches.  Traditional churches.  Biker churches.  Surfer churches.  Singles churches.  Senior adult churches.  Is that what Jesus intended when He founded the church?  We think not, and we have determined to build a transgenerational , transpreferential church in which people find their unity around what really matter: Jesus Christ - our salvation in Him, all the teachings of His Word, and the work that He has given us to do.

Is that the kind of church your'e seeking?  I can't answer for you, but maybe that's the wrong question to begin with.  The question is, what kind of church is God seeking for you?  We're betting that He's looking for a church a lot like ours, and we welcome the chance to begin a conversation with you about it.

Nathan Lino
Senior Pastor