NewSpring Church

NewSpring Church is a Southern Baptist megachurch located in Anderson, South Carolina.

NewSpring Church
LocationAnderson, South Carolina
CountryUnited States
DenominationNondenominational
Websitewww.newspring.cc
History
FoundedJanuary 24, 2000 (2000-01-24)
Founder(s)Perry Noble
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)Brad Cooper
Shane Duffey
Michael Mullikin
Howard Frist[1][2]

History

The church was founded in January 2000.[3][4][5][6] In addition, an average of 7,200 devices connect to online services each week. It is the second fastest-growing and fourth largest church in the SBC,[7] and the largest in South Carolina.[3] Overall, it is among the one hundred fastest-growing and largest churches in the United States[8][9][10] and it is ranked as the second fastest-growing church in the United States.[11][12]

In 2011, it formed a partnership with Freedom Church in the UK, helping to fund their church planting ventures.

On a Sunday in September 2014 2,335 people were baptized throughout their 19 South Carolina campuses.[13][14]

Announced July 10, 2016, founder Perry Noble was removed as Senior Pastor effective July 1, 2016 for personal issues related to alcohol and neglect of his family by the church's leadership team.[15]

A year later it was announced that NewSpring would be led by a team of 4 Lead Pastors (Brad Cooper, Shane Duffey, Michael Mullikin, Howard Frist) and 3 Teaching Pastors (Brad Cooper, Clayton King, Dan Lian) would share the stage on Sundays. The church also instituted a team of elders composed of a few "owners" from different NewSpring campuses. NewSpring stated in Summer 2018 that Jesus Christ was their Senior Pastor.

Campus

In addition to the church in Anderson, NewSpring's other locations in South Carolina include, Aiken, Charleston, Clemson, Columbia, Northeast Columbia, Florence, Greenville, Greenwood, Hilton Head, Myrtle Beach, Powdersville, Rock Hill, and Spartanburg.[4][16]

See also

References
  1. "NewSpring attendance down as church reinvents itself a year after split with founder". Independent Mail.
  2. Church, NewSpring. "Meet Our Pastors". NewSpring Church.
  3. Hardesty, Abe (2016-07-10). "Perry Noble removed as pastor at NewSpring for personal behavior related to alcohol". Anderson Independent-Mail.
  4. Blume, Butch (2014-03-04). "State of the Church: S.C.'s NewSpring among nation's largest, fastest-growing churches". Baptist Courier. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
  5. Smith, Charmaine (2014-06-09). "NewSpring Church celebrating 10th anniversary at the Bi-Lo Center " Anderson Independent Mail". Independentmail.com. Archived from the original on 2014-06-15. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  6. Wyatt, Dustin (2014-03-21). "NewSpring Church converts former Best Buy into worship center". goupstate.com. Retrieved 2014-08-24.
  7. "Fastest-growing & largest churches tallied – Baptist Press". Bpnews.net. 2013-09-13. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  8. "Hartford Institute for Religion Research, database of Megachurches". Hirr.hartsem.edu. Retrieved 2010-02-06.
  9. "State of the Church: S.C.'s NewSpring among nation's largest, fastest-growing churches". Baptist Courier. 2014-03-04. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
  10. "2013 Outreach 100 Largest Churches in America". Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  11. "2013 Outreach 100 Fastest-Growing Churches in America". Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  12. "2013 Outreach 100 Fastest-Growing Churches in America". Retrieved 2014-04-14.
  13. Martinez, Jessica (2014-09-09). "NewSpring Megachurch Celebrates 2,335 Baptisms During Sunday Services". christianpost.com. Retrieved 2014-09-13.
  14. Church, NewSpring. "Directory | Locations". NewSpring Church.
  15. "Perry Noble removed as senior pastor at NewSpring" (PDF). Retrieved 2016-07-11.
  16. Wyatt, Dustin (2013-08-30). "NewSpring Church experiences major growth". GoUpstate.com. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
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