We are a group of believers who love the Lord and seek only to do His will. We have no creed, but Christ.
We find the Bible to be sufficient, since it is literally God-breathed.
We seek to simply be the church that we find in the New Testament.
We are not the only Christians, but we are Christians, only.
Simple, New Testament Christianity
The Newburgh church of Christ is an independent congregation of Christians trying to follow Jesus Christ according to the New Testament. We have no church authority beyond the Bible. Our leaders are chosen from the congregation according to the qualifications found in Scripture. We believe that all Christians are members of the one body of Christ and that we can be united spiritually if we return to biblical teachings. Our goal is to be Christians only while recognizing that we are not the only Christians. Our faith and worship are drawn from our understanding of the New Testament. We meet together on Sundays to remember Jesus in the Lord's Supper, pray, sing, and hear a message from the Bible. Our commitment to two practices of the first century church distinguishes us from some groups of believers today: a cappella singing in worship and adult immersion in water for the forgiveness of sins as a believer's response to the gracious work of God.
We consider ourselves a part of a larger fellowship of New Testament congregations, all which grew out of the Restoration Movement in the US in the 1800's. Their premises were "Speak where the Bible speaks; remain silent where the Bible is silent," and "In matters of faith, unity; in matters of opinion, liberty; and in all things, charity."
The Newburgh church of Christ first met as a congregation in the early 1990s at Camp Brosend in Newburgh. Later it met for a time at the Seventh Day Adventist facilities in Newburgh. In the mid-1990s the congregation purchased and renovated its current facility - a former barbeque restaurant - at 5111 S. Plaza Dr. in Newburgh (two blocks east of SR261 off Robin Hill Rd.). The auditorium seats 250.
While we look to the past in the New Testament for our guidance we work now to help people and look forward to when Jesus comes again. The congregation is dedicated to foreign mission work having sponsored missionaries all over the world. Since 2004 the Newburgh church of Christ has been involved in mission work in Vicente Guerrero on the Baja Peninsula of Mexico. In 2007 we sent three teams including members from our own congregation, other churches of Christ, and other churches in the Evansville area. We conducted medical clinics, handed out food packages, taught adult and children's bible classes, and helped build a new bathroom facility for the church building. In addition to sending mission teams to build relationships with our Mexican brothers and sisters in Christ in person we also provide annual financial support to the full-time minister for the congregation there.
Locally, in 2007 the Newburgh church of Christ gave more than $30,000 towards and provided the bulk of the labor for a Habitat for Humanity home in Chandler, IN. Nearly half the members of the congregation worked on the Habitat house at some time over the course of the build.
In response to the November 2005 tornado which hit Evansville and Newburgh, the congregation in conjunction with the churches of Christ Disaster Relief, Inc. of Nashville, TN donated 24 sets of brand new refrigerators, washers & dryers, and electric ranges to tornado victims.
We maintain an interactive website at www.newburghchurch.org where one can watch our services streamed live at 10:30am on Sundays or archived on line. Our Senior Minister since 2005 is Paul DeHart and he can be reached for further information at 812.858.0181 or via email at