A church for your family

ENCOUNTER GOD’S PRESENCE

ENCOUNTER GOD’S PRESENCE

ENCOUNTER GOD’S PRESENCE

ENCOUNTER GOD’S PRESENCE

We exist to help you seek God daily,
save the lost, and bring healing to your home.

We exist to help you seek God daily,
save the lost, and bring healing to your home.

We exist to help you seek God daily,
save the lost, and bring healing to your home.

We exist to help you seek God daily,
save the lost, and bring healing to your home.

We exist to help you seek God daily,
save the lost, and bring healing to your home.

We exist to help you seek God daily,
save the lost, and bring healing to your home.

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Sundays in Newton, NC

9:30 AM · 11:15 AM · 1:30 PM (Español)

9:30 AM · 11:15 AM · 1:30 PM (Español)

1549 SW Blvd · Get directions

1549 SW Blvd · Get directions

Every Sunday in Newton, NC + LIVE Online

Finding a church home can be overwhelming.

Finding a church home can be overwhelming.

Finding a church home can be overwhelming.

Church isn’t about our personal preferences. It’s about Jesus. That’s why it doesn’t matter what you wear, what questions you’re carrying, or what your story looks like — because we’re gathering for Jesus, not anyone else. So consider this your official invite to join us this Sunday. You’ll meet some of the friendliest people in NC and discover how you can begin to seek God daily, save the lost, and bring healing into your home.

Church isn’t about our personal preferences. It’s about Jesus. That’s why it doesn’t matter what you wear, what questions you’re carrying, or what your story looks like — because we’re gathering for Jesus, not anyone else. So consider this your official invite to join us this Sunday. You’ll meet some of the friendliest people in NC and discover how you can begin to seek God daily, save the lost, and bring healing into your home.

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Arrive 15 Minutes Early

Approved Background Checks for all Kids Team Members

Kids Check-In Newborn – 5th Grade

Pastor speaking on stage during a Sunday service
Congregation worshiping with hands raised during a service
Three young volunteers smiling and waving at a welcome table
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  • Row of women singing and clapping during worship
  • Congregation lifting their hands in worship in the auditorium
  • Smiling couple holding their baby daughter in the church lobby
  • Little girl in a floral dress smiling with other kids lined up behind her
  • Young dad holding his baby in front of a white brick wall
  • Mom holding her baby in the church lobby
  • Group of teenage girls posing together and smiling
  • Women worshiping with hands lifted in the auditorium
  • Woman with both arms raised in worship
  • Two young adults talking in the church lobby
  • Smiling toddler in a blue dress sitting in the kids area
  • Woman in a denim jacket clapping during worship
  • Row of women singing and clapping during worship
  • Congregation lifting their hands in worship in the auditorium
  • Smiling couple holding their baby daughter in the church lobby
  • Little girl in a floral dress smiling with other kids lined up behind her
  • Young dad holding his baby in front of a white brick wall
  • Mom holding her baby in the church lobby
  • Group of teenage girls posing together and smiling
  • Women worshiping with hands lifted in the auditorium
  • Woman with both arms raised in worship
  • Two young adults talking in the church lobby
  • Smiling toddler in a blue dress sitting in the kids area
  • Woman in a denim jacket clapping during worship
  • Row of women singing and clapping during worship
  • Congregation lifting their hands in worship in the auditorium
  • Smiling couple holding their baby daughter in the church lobby
  • Little girl in a floral dress smiling with other kids lined up behind her
  • Young dad holding his baby in front of a white brick wall
  • Mom holding her baby in the church lobby
  • Group of teenage girls posing together and smiling
  • Women worshiping with hands lifted in the auditorium
  • Woman with both arms raised in worship
  • Two young adults talking in the church lobby
  • Smiling toddler in a blue dress sitting in the kids area
  • Woman in a denim jacket clapping during worship

Watch & Listen

Watch this week’s Sermon

Watch this week’s Sermon

Watch this week’s Sermon

You can watch every Sunday service LIVE on our YouTube Channel. Sermons drop every Wednesday morning on YouTube and all podcast platforms so you can listen anytime, anywhere.

You can watch every Sunday service LIVE on our YouTube Channel. Sermons drop every Wednesday morning on YouTube and all podcast platforms so you can listen anytime, anywhere.

Why Familiar Faith Kills the Miraculous

38 min

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Praise Is Not Optional

27 min

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The Problem Was Never the Harvest

42 min

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Leadership

Meet the team.

Meet the team.

Meet the team.

Mark & Tiffany Ivey

Mark & Tiffany Ivey

Lead Pastors

A church home for your family, started in 2001.

A church home for your family, started in 2001.

A church home for your family, started in 2001.

They met in 1990, on her twenty-second birthday, when Mark came through her church as a traveling preacher. Both of them walked away having heard, separately, that they were going to end up married. He sent her a letter in the mail. Soon after the first date they were engaged, and then married. Eleven years later they left every source of income they had and started this church in Newton.

They met in 1990, on her twenty-second birthday, when Mark came through her church as a traveling preacher. Both of them walked away having heard, separately, that they were going to end up married. He sent her a letter in the mail. Soon after the first date they were engaged, and then married. Eleven years later they left every source of income they had and started this church in Newton.

Meet the team

Eric Gerena, Spanish Pastor
Amanda Chatman, Young Adults Pastor
LJ Johnson, Associate Pastor
Beth Smith, Kids Pastor
Austin Minor, Youth Pastor
Carmen Torres, Operations
Micah Smith, Kids Pastor
Zack Herron, Audio Visual
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Mark and Tiffany Ivey, Lead Pastors and Founders of Christ Alive Church
Mark and Tiffany Ivey on their wedding day
Mark and Tiffany Ivey seated on stage, Tiffany speaking into a microphone
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Talk With Sheep · Episode 1

Imperfect parenting, finding a spouse, and trusting in God.

Imperfect parenting, finding a spouse, and trusting in God.

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Here’s what’s coming up.

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Next Steps Hub

Take a next step.

Take a next step.

Take a next step.

Start living beyond yourself.

Start living beyond yourself.

Get involved

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Join a Group

Don’t do life alone. Gather with other Jesus followers.

Join a Group

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Join a Team

Grow in leadership. Make church not about you but others.

Volunteer

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Married Couples

Free marriage coaching, groups, and nights built around your marriage.

Marriage Coaching

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Water Baptism

Make your faith public and begin new life in Christ.

Get Baptized

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Start Giving

Practice trusting God. Invest in what he’s doing here and globally.

Give Here

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Join Christ Alive

Make Christ Alive your church home and live our core values.

Become a Member

Young man and woman laughing together in the lobby

Join a Group

Don’t do life alone. Gather with other Jesus followers.

Join a Group

Pastor hugging a guest outside the church doors

Join a Team

Grow in leadership. Make church not about you but others.

Volunteer

Couple sitting together at a table in the café area

Married Couples

Free marriage coaching, groups, and nights built around your marriage.

Marriage Coaching

Man lifting his hands as he comes up out of the water at an outdoor baptism

Water Baptism

Make your faith public and begin new life in Christ.

Get Baptized

Man and woman hugging inside a home during an outreach visit

Start Giving

Practice trusting God. Invest in what he’s doing here and globally.

Give Here

Man talking with a greeter outside the auditorium doors

Join Christ Alive

Make Christ Alive your church home and live our core values.

Become a Member

Find your people

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Christ Alive Kids

Birth – 5th grade

Kids leader laughing with children in a classroom

Christ Alive Youth

6th – 12th grade

Two girls hugging and smiling in a kids classroom

Young Adults

Ages 18 – 29

Mom and two daughters smiling together in a hallway

Married Couples

All seasons

  • Older man with arms open wide during worship in the kids gym
  • Woman speaking into a microphone on stage
  • Girl smiling at a table in the kids area with a climbing wall behind her
  • Girl in a denim jacket smiling during kids worship
  • Large crowd gathered for an outdoor evening event downtown
  • Man being baptized in a wooden baptism tank during a service
  • Woman singing with a microphone among a group in prayer
  • Four teenage girls standing arm in arm outside
  • Nursery volunteer holding a baby in a rocking chair
  • Two women laughing on stage during a service
  • Family of four standing outside the church on a fall day
  • Young man speaking at a podium in front of a colorful event banner
  • Older man with arms open wide during worship in the kids gym
  • Woman speaking into a microphone on stage
  • Girl smiling at a table in the kids area with a climbing wall behind her
  • Girl in a denim jacket smiling during kids worship
  • Large crowd gathered for an outdoor evening event downtown
  • Man being baptized in a wooden baptism tank during a service
  • Woman singing with a microphone among a group in prayer
  • Four teenage girls standing arm in arm outside
  • Nursery volunteer holding a baby in a rocking chair
  • Two women laughing on stage during a service
  • Family of four standing outside the church on a fall day
  • Young man speaking at a podium in front of a colorful event banner
  • Older man with arms open wide during worship in the kids gym
  • Woman speaking into a microphone on stage
  • Girl smiling at a table in the kids area with a climbing wall behind her
  • Girl in a denim jacket smiling during kids worship
  • Large crowd gathered for an outdoor evening event downtown
  • Man being baptized in a wooden baptism tank during a service
  • Woman singing with a microphone among a group in prayer
  • Four teenage girls standing arm in arm outside
  • Nursery volunteer holding a baby in a rocking chair
  • Two women laughing on stage during a service
  • Family of four standing outside the church on a fall day
  • Young man speaking at a podium in front of a colorful event banner