In our membership covenant we make with each other, we say:

With the help of and in the strength of the Holy Spirit we will:

WORSHIP – We give first priority to worshipping God for who He is as well as His activity in our world.

GROW – We commit ourselves to grow and to remove hindrances to growth in our personal & corporate lives

WITNESS – We prepare and share testimony of God’s work in our lives, our church and our world.

SERVE – We serve each other and commit ourselves to practical and “behind the scenes” work needed to insure smooth fulfillment of our mandate. We will do it all “as unto the Lord.”

GIVE – We give cheerfully, sacrificially, and regularly of our resources (time, talent, money) to the Lord and His work.

CARE – We care for each other in the church, and express care toward the wider community and world.

New Life Ministries currently puts its priorities (Worship, Grow, Witness, Serve, Give, Care) into practice in a few specific and intentional ways:

• our Sunday morning gathering (our ‘church service’), available in person and live across zoom.
• low-income housing, called Nehemiah Housing
• free invisible answering-machine service, called Connect2 Voicemail
• helping small charities take a step in their ministry with mid-sized grants, called the Property Sales Fund
• online recordings of our Sunday messages, referred to as our podcasts

We also encourage people to be involved in the lives of their neighbours, friends, coworkers, and families, not with the goal of bringing them to church but instead to bring Jesus and his good news to them. 

We do encourage everyone to have one area where they build into the life and well-being of this local church.  Some examples would be serving with music or leading our Sunday gathering, providing child care, leading a Bible study or prayer group, or maintaining part of our church facility.

Many of our folks are also involved in other community improvement, social improvement organizations and endeavours. 

New Life Ministries was started by the Manitoba Baptist Association of the North American Baptist Churches. In November of 1983, Rev. Harry Lehotsky and his wife Virginia were called from New York City to start laying a foundation for community outreach in the West End of Winnipeg.

The first year involved small bible studies in a home on Ellice Avenue and lots of contact with agencies and organizations in the community. By February 1985, the group had outgrown the house and in 1986 they purchased the building at 514 Maryland Street.

Rev. Lehotsky led New Life Ministries until he passed away in 2006, focusing on justice issues, renewal, and safety in the west end. 

From 1994 until 2009, Rev. Larry Gregan ministered as the associate pastor at New Life.  His gifting in areas of teaching and pastoral counseling was a blessing to our church. 

In 2011, Curtis Halbesma joined us as interim, and then in 2013 became our present pastor. 

For more of the story of Harry Lehotsky and the start of New Life Ministries, please read “The Urban Saint” by Paul H. Boge.

New Life Ministries is part of a fellowship of churches in Manitoba called the Manitoba Baptist Association.  This is part of a continent-wide conference of churches called the North American Baptist Conference.

Here is the statement of faith that this family of churches holds: NAB – Our Beliefs