About Us

We’re glad that you decided to stop by and check us out. Allow me tell you a little about us.

NC² ????

That’s our logo (N=New, and C² = Community Church).

Building

The church in the New Testament was never a building, it was always the people, but today if you ask anyone where they go to church, they will refer to a building with an address and if you press them, they will provide a day and a time in which “church” begins and ends. New Community meets in a rented building, because we want to break ourselves of thinking about church as a building or an event. We want to think about church as a group of people who are journeying together in life through the thick and the thin, through the good and the bad, and through the ups and downs of life toward God. We are striving to understand more and more about who God is and who we are in him. That’s what the church in the Bible is all about.

Pastor

Hi, I’m Adam. I’ve been married to Shannon, my wife, for nineteen years and I’m still very much in love with her – it’s been a good time, though not always easy. We have two beautiful daughters Faith, and Hope, and we live East of Lawton and have lived there more than ten years.

There’s something that you might want to know about me – I hate the “pastor” word. It’s not that the word itself is bad, but so many things are drudged up when we say that word – things that sometimes aren’t all that good. I am a pastor, but I don’t like to be called pastor any more than Bill Gates (CEO of Microsoft), wants to be called CEO Bill. Some say that Pastor is a title of respect, but I believe that respect is earned, not worn.

Being a pastor is something that you do – not a title to be worn. I don’t like the pastor title, because it somehow separates me from you. I was an electrician for 20 years; I am an everyday kind of guy, who puts his pants on one leg at a time, just like everybody else. I’m not perfect, in fact, I’m far from it. I’m a pastor because of what God has done in my life. At one point in my adult life, I didn’t even believe that God was real, now, most days, there is nothing more real than him. I have a heart that deeply longs for our God – I didn’t always, he drew me in from a long ways off. I have a heart that loves all that he’s created – that too, he’s helped me with a bunch.

I was told when I graduated from seminary that I was a pastor, but after reflecting back a bit, I don’t believe that a degree makes you a pastor. I think it is only God who can make you a pastor, because it is not about being book smart, but instead it is about being changed from the inside out.

That just happens to be God’s specialty – I should know – he’s done a lot of work on me.

Some of my hobbies are hunting, woodworking, skiing, playing volleyball, and hanging out with people.

If you are here as a first time visitor, be sure to check out some of the following pages: Sundays, Who we are and Life Groups.

On behalf of NC², I’d like to thank you again for stopping by. We’d really like to get to know you and hang out a bit. If you have any questions, just give me a call at 269-624-4080 or send me an email on the Contact Us page.