Church of God of New Rochelle-New Testament

Specialties

Bienvenidos! Huanying! Welcome!

The Church of God of New Rochelle is made up of people just like you. We are a Christ-​centered, Bible-​centered, multi-​cultural, multi-​national, and multi-​lingual congregation.

The Church of God of New Rochelle «New Testament» (COGNR) envisions an international community within the church. International students are a large population in New Rochelle and the surrounding areas; aka booming college towns. We hope to help those new to the area to adjust quickly and smoothly. If you are new to NY, we are at your service! We want to show the… love of Jesus to all people from all nations!

We offer help with the following:

Conversational English: Meet an experienced ESL teacher (Traveling ESL aka TE) to practice your English and make new friends. It does not matter who you are, where you are from, or what you have been through, there is room for you here at the Church of God of New Rochelle.

History

Established in 1886.

It was 1886, in a crude meeting house on the Tennessee-​North Carolina border, where the Church of God traces its roots. There, a group of eight sincere Christians had a deep desire for a closer relationship and life with Christ.

Realizing the futility of reforming their own churches, they established a new church whose objective would be to restore sound scriptural doctrines of the Bible, encourage deeper consecration and promote evangelism and Christian service.

Twenty-​one years after the formation of the Christian Union that evening at the Barney Creek Meeting House, the growing movement would establish themselves permanently as the Church of God.

From this seemingly insignificant origin has grown one of the most influential worldwide Pentecostal denominations. For nearly 120 years the Church of God has been a distinctive movement focused upon communicating the gospel in the power of the Holy Spirit. Presently, the Church of God has a world-​wide membership of over 6 million with

Meet the Manager

Bishop R. V. Gibbs G.

Manager

Bishop Raphael V. Gibbs Sr. was born in New Hampshire, Grenada, West Indies. From 1977 – 1978, he was an Assistant Pastor at Wallace Memorial Assembly of God. During the period of 1979 – 1981, he was sent as Missionary Pastor to the Lodge Village New Testament Church of God and served as Director of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Bible College. In the summer of 1981, Reverend Gibbs migrated to New Rochelle, New York and became a member of The Church of God of New Rochelle.

In 1983, he was appointed pastor of the Church of God of New Rochelle and in 1985 he became an Ordained Bishop. Bishop Gibbs has served on various committees and boards in the Church of God, including Chairman of New York State Ministerial Examination Board, member of the New York State Council, and District Pastor, a position he has held since 1993. Bishop Gibbs is also a former lecturer of the New York State Ministerial Internship Program.