New Life Christian Fellowship
a community of healing, hope, and freedom in Christ
The church manages this profile directly.
About Us
At New Life, you’ll find a blend of people who love God and are committed to helping each other walk faithfully through life. Marrieds, retired, singles, grad students, and families give us the opportunity to share with and learn from each other at any phase of life. Our diversity is our strength, and instead of separating the ages and stages, we embrace and mix them together like a true family would. You’ll see older children caring for the younger ones, college singles mentoring youth, young parents gathering over their kids, and everyone enjoying each other’s strengths and differences. We desire deep connection with one another and the world, and are always looking for how God is working in life around us. For those who like definitions, we are an interdenominational community of believers- united by our pursuit of following Jesus and becoming more like Him.
We pursue this through Believing, Becoming, and Blessing.
New Life is part of the Ecclesia Network of churches and we consider ourselves in the missional church movement.
- Vibe
- Casual, Traditional Liturgy, Creative, Down to Earth, Friendly, Progressive, Inclusive, Charismatic, Multigenerational, Young, Young families, Neighborhood-focused
- Programs
- Community Service, Social Justice, Young Adults, Missions, Nursery, Adult Education, Children's Ministry
- Denomination
- Interdenominational
- Size
- Medium
- Language
- English
- Founded
- 1989
Contact Information
Our Services
Service Times
- Sunday
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- 10:00am
- 130 Jackson St, NW, Blacksburg, VA
What to Expect
Leadership
Joe Racek
Serving in full-time ministry for over 17 years, Joe has a passion for God’s people and seeing His Kingdom come on earth, as it is in Heaven. This passion led him on staff with New Life’s Campus Congregation (nlcf) in 1995, being only the 2nd ever full-time staff person at a fast growing student church. Through on-the-job training, studies, classes, and mentoring from the founding pastor, Joe was ordained in 2001. Soon after starting their family, Joe and Lisa sensed God’s call on their life to go and help lead a church planting team from [nlcf] to Los Angeles in 2002. They helped start 3 neighborhood churches while living in LA. During this time (how can you ever sum it up?) their hearts were burdened for the poor, the rejected, the addicted, the lonely, the outcast….and both have been wholly changed by the experience. Seeing the gospel at work in a city such as Los Angeles has even moreso deepened their love for Christ and desire to live out their own calling in the life set before them. Joe and Lisa have been married for 12 years and have 4 crazy awesome kids. They returned to New Life in 2009 to oversee the new downtown community, which was started out of the campus congregation to serve the growing number of families, grad students, and young professionals in the church.Location & Directions
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