Meet our Pastor
John Hale - pastorjohnhale@gmail.com
Pastor John was appointed the Pastor of Newport Church of the Nazarene on July 27, 2015. He is passionate about preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ and seeing lives transformed by the grace of God. He answered the call of God on his life in April of 2003. He has also served the Church of the Nazarene as a youth pastor, associate pastor, and discipleship pastor. In addition, to his pastoral and preaching ministries, Pastor John considers it a privilege to work with the youth ministry at the Church. He and his wife Melinda are happy to make their home in Newport. He is a proud dad to Hunter and papa to Mason and Tetra.
Meet our Associate/Discipleship Pastor
Larry Davis - ld2863@yahoo.com
Pastor Larry serves as Associate/Discipleship Pastor which involves overseeing our Sunday School, Men's and Women's Ministries and all of our other outreach programs. He has served in this position for several years here in Newport and in Church Hill in previous years. Larry has a desire to serve in all aspects of ministry and to help grow God's Kingdom. Please reach out to Larry for any thoughts about Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries.
Meet our Children's Ministry Director
Melinda Hale - melinda1102@gmail.com
Melinda serves as our SOAR Children's Ministries Director. She has served in children's ministry since 1992 when she was asked to "help" in a Sunday School class. That is when her love for children and showing them God's love truly began. Melinda currently also serves as the District Children's Ministries Director and has served, along with her husband, as the coordinator for the District Children's camp for the last eight years. She enjoys being a pastors wife and along with her husband they have one son Hunter, a daughter-in-love Jaden and two grandchildren.
Meet our Prayer Ministry Leaders
Jim and Cheryl Newsome
