senior pastors - new life christian center st. george
Javier and Ia Jimenez
Javier and Ia have been serving as Pastors of New Life since October 2014. Javier has served and supported international missions for the last twenty years and has played a key leadership role in Los Angeles based workplace ministry, Works of Power, since 2004. He also served as Associate Pastor of New Life since 2012. Ia has been in active ministry for the last ten years as the founder of White Cord Ministries and Executive Vice President of the Plain Jane Project, discipleship ministries dedicated to purity and sexual integrity. They are committed to shepherding New Life with strong foundations of prayer, worship and biblical teaching. They believe in the equipping and sending out of the saints and reaching the greater community with Christ's love.
Javier and Ia have been serving as Pastors of New Life since October 2014. Javier has served and supported international missions for the last twenty years and has played a key leadership role in Los Angeles based workplace ministry, Works of Power, since 2004. He also served as Associate Pastor of New Life since 2012. Ia has been in active ministry for the last ten years as the founder of White Cord Ministries and Executive Vice President of the Plain Jane Project, discipleship ministries dedicated to purity and sexual integrity. They are committed to shepherding New Life with strong foundations of prayer, worship and biblical teaching. They believe in the equipping and sending out of the saints and reaching the greater community with Christ's love.
SENIOR PASTORS - NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN CENTER hurricane
Timothy and Cindy Dudley
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board OF DIRECTORS
Marisa Barnson
Randy Swanson
Jim Kroyer
Randy Swanson
Jim Kroyer
administration
BOOKKEEPING - Marisa Barnson
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE - Lisa Henderson
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANCE - Lisa Henderson
COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER
Diane (Bennett) Bessler
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Joseph & Diane (Bennett) Bessler have been married for 6 years. They met at a Bible study in Fort Lauderdale, FL in 2009. Together, they have 6 married children and 13 grandchildren, scattered across the US. They moved to St. George in 2013 and have been members of New Life for almost 2 years. The first Sunday they visited the church, they knew it was the church for them. They were drawn by the love and compassion for God and His people demonstrated here.
Joseph retired from General Motors in 1995 and went to New Harvest Bible College in Columbus, OH. Five years after graduating and becoming ordained, he began working at a halfway house for recovering addicts. He prepared and taught Bible studies along |
with offering Biblical counsel to men, who were seeking a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
Diane retired in 2014 after working in church ministry and Christian publishing. She has taught the Bible to all age groups as well as counseled and ministered to people most of her adult life. She loves using her ministry and administrative skills to assist Pastor Javier & Ia at New Life.
Both Joseph & Diane were born again the same year, 1966. They did not know each other then, but the Lord obviously knew them. As the Bible states in Isaiah 43, “I have called you by name. You are mine.” We are first and foremost devoted to our Lord Jesus Christ and we love serving the Lord. It is a great joy to be able to pour our lives into this local body of believers.
Diane retired in 2014 after working in church ministry and Christian publishing. She has taught the Bible to all age groups as well as counseled and ministered to people most of her adult life. She loves using her ministry and administrative skills to assist Pastor Javier & Ia at New Life.
Both Joseph & Diane were born again the same year, 1966. They did not know each other then, but the Lord obviously knew them. As the Bible states in Isaiah 43, “I have called you by name. You are mine.” We are first and foremost devoted to our Lord Jesus Christ and we love serving the Lord. It is a great joy to be able to pour our lives into this local body of believers.
WORSHIP pastors
Bob & Nina Williams
worship leaders
Rusty & Alegra Rohr
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Alegra was raised in a home where her parents took her to church and taught her about Christianity. However, her first experience with Christian praise and worship songs was in her dorm as a freshman at a Christian college. She loved the songs so much that when she later made plans to go to a different college, the worship leader gave her a copy of the song sheets. One of her friends taught her some guitar chords so she could continue singing to the Lord. Alegra became involved with Campus Crusade for Christ at the University of Utah. She received Christ as her Savior and began her journey with a deep & personal relationship with Jesus. How incredible it was that the Lord revealed her ministry gift before she gave her life to Him! Within a very short time, she met Rusty, who was an excellent guitarist. He took the time to teach her the guitar and as God would have it, he also fell in love with her.
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After Alegra & Rusty were married, they were asked to lead worship at their church. Together, they led music in several churches before moving to St George. Shortly after their move, they met Ia & Javier. Together, they began searching for a church to attend with their families. The oldest child in each family (Sol & Sofia) loved children's church & wanted to come back! Since the adults felt the same way, New Life became their church home. Almost immediately, Alegra became involved in the music ministry. Within a few months, she was asked to be the worship leader. Recently, Rusty has joined Alegra in her leadership role.
Along with this ministry, the Lord has given Alegra & Rusty 4 beautiful children, one of them, they recently adopted. They have a heart for foster care and currently have a foster daughter living with them as well.
nursery & children's ministries
Marisa Barnson
Marisa has been a Christian and has attended church for years. However, coming from a
religious background steeped in control and fear, she longed for more. She longed to experience
real freedom in the Lord, to flourish in God’s love and be in a place where she would be
genuinely loved and welcomed. She found that place in New Life Christian Center. At New
Life, Marisa found healing, freedom, and release from fear, particularly through White Cord
Ministries, under Pastors Ia and Javier’s guidance. So changed by God’s love and grace, she
began to walk in freedom, ministering to others the love with which God had set her free. A
word that God gave her truly encompasses her life in Him: As long as I shall live, I shall testify
of Your love.
Marisa has a servant’s heart, desiring to share the love that God has shown her. She simply loves helping others in any way, both in the church and outside of it. She has a heart for children and serves in the children’s ministry. Marisa and John have also begun to care for foster children. Both also feel a calling to missions and have been on three missions trips to Tennessee. However, Marisa feels particular compassion for those who are hurting. If she sees someone hurting, she will do whatever she can to alleviate that hurt. Yet she knows that nothing of true significance can be accomplished unless it is brought to God in prayer first. So before she ministers to anyone, she seeks God first, listening to Him. She has come to realize in a profound way that the Word the Lord speaks to her is God Himself, and she must listen to what He speaks to her and then serve the Lord.
religious background steeped in control and fear, she longed for more. She longed to experience
real freedom in the Lord, to flourish in God’s love and be in a place where she would be
genuinely loved and welcomed. She found that place in New Life Christian Center. At New
Life, Marisa found healing, freedom, and release from fear, particularly through White Cord
Ministries, under Pastors Ia and Javier’s guidance. So changed by God’s love and grace, she
began to walk in freedom, ministering to others the love with which God had set her free. A
word that God gave her truly encompasses her life in Him: As long as I shall live, I shall testify
of Your love.
Marisa has a servant’s heart, desiring to share the love that God has shown her. She simply loves helping others in any way, both in the church and outside of it. She has a heart for children and serves in the children’s ministry. Marisa and John have also begun to care for foster children. Both also feel a calling to missions and have been on three missions trips to Tennessee. However, Marisa feels particular compassion for those who are hurting. If she sees someone hurting, she will do whatever she can to alleviate that hurt. Yet she knows that nothing of true significance can be accomplished unless it is brought to God in prayer first. So before she ministers to anyone, she seeks God first, listening to Him. She has come to realize in a profound way that the Word the Lord speaks to her is God Himself, and she must listen to what He speaks to her and then serve the Lord.
YOUTH
An-g Silva
Shalyndee Jones
Shalyndee Jones
usher / greeter
jail ministry (purgatory)
assisted living
Mathew Cornell
communion team
Pastor Alex Wilke
men's ministry
Russ Sala
Pastor Javier Jimenez
Pastor Javier Jimenez
women's ministry
Women's Ministry Committee
Diane Bennett
Lois DeVries
Judy Hess
Samantha Landy
Holly Hoss
Diane Bennett
Lois DeVries
Judy Hess
Samantha Landy
Holly Hoss
missions ministry
Jim and Judy Hess
MEMPHIS - Roy Randall
MEMPHIS - Roy Randall
sound team
Justin Lambers
Damon Henderson
Sol Jimenez
Damon Henderson
Sol Jimenez
tech / media TEAm
Lisa Henderson
transportation ministry
Debbie Hern
assisted living ministry
Matthew Cornell
recovery ministry
Pastor Bob and Nina Williams
Rudy Carrillo
Rudy Carrillo
small group ministry
Jim Kroyer
hospitality ministry
Lois DeVries
HOSPITAL ministry
Russ Sala
performing arts ministry
Jan Parrish
prayer MINISTRY
Joseph & Diane (Bennett) Bessler (Prayer Team / Prayer Chain)
Bob & Nina Williams (Prayer Team)
Mathew Cornell (Prayer Team)
Arda Hammond (Prayer Team)
Bob & Nina Williams (Prayer Team)
Mathew Cornell (Prayer Team)
Arda Hammond (Prayer Team)
