New Life Story

For some time, the Golf Course Road Church of Christ in Midland, Texas had been feeling God’s call to plant a church. At the same time, a Christian Church organization out of California (Stadia) was feeling God’s call to unite with the Churches of Christ for the purposes of planting a church. At the same time, Tim and Melinda Halstead from The Woodlands, Texas and Ben and Trisha Wall from Tyler, Texas were feeling God’s call to step out of traditional churches and, in faith, become church planters. Only God could’ve turned what appeared to be four very individual Callings into a common effort in the Permian  Basin. Only God has the wisdom and the power and the resources to bring these four groups of servants together at this time and in this place to accomplish His purpose.

Summer 2005, the Halstead's and the Wall's moved their families to Odessa, Texas to partner with the Golf Course Road Church of Christ and Stadia to plant a new, grace-filled, second-chance church in Odessa. The goal of New Life Church is to reach out to those without a church home in Odessa, a number which exceeds 50,000 people. We are excited to be in Odessa and are finding it easy to make this our home. We invite you to come see us on our new ministry campus at 10:00 a.m. this Sunday.  Just click the link below for interactive directions!

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