Rick & Michelle Bezet
Rick Bezet is the founder and lead pastor of New Life Church of Arkansas. Pastor Rick’s heart and motivation is always to see the next person encounter Jesus. The vision of New Life reflects this passion as we grow throughout our state and country.
Rick and his lovely wife, Michelle, have been married since 1988 and live in Conway, Arkansas. They have four children and love life as grandparents.
Darren & Marci DeLaune
Darren DeLaune serves as the Senior Executive Pastor of New Life Church alongside his wife, Marci DeLaune. Darren is responsible for helping implement and execute the vision and values of NLC while overseeing the ministries and leadership teams on a weekly basis. Darren’s heart is for coaching pastors and seeing life-giving churches planted all over the state of Arkansas. Darren and Marci have been married for more than 20 years and have two awesome children, Darren Jr. and Kara.
To contact, please email Allison Parker at aparker@newlifechurch.tv.
Bobby Hamilton
Bobby Hamilton serves as New Life Church's Conway campus pastor. Bobby, his wife Jill, and their family became a part of NLC in December of 2001 when they sold their business in Baton Rouge, LA, and moved to join the Bezets as part of the original launch team of New Life Church. Bobby’s passion is to work with NLC pastors across the state of Arkansas. He has three adult children: Julie, Jonathan, and Michael.
Jill gave her heart generously, as the foundations of New Life Church were laid, helping people grow in their love for God and their quality of life. She died in 2013 after a four-year battle with cancer.
In 2020, Bobby was re-married. Now he and Angelina pastor throughout our central Arkansas campuses.
Harry & Sherlyn Bates
Harry & Sherlyn Bates serve as the Lead Executive Campus Development and West Little Rock Pastors. Harry and Sherlyn have been part of the NLC family since its beginning, and have a huge heart for the state of Arkansas and a passion for serving people. The couple has been married for more than 25 years and have two wonderful children, Katelyn and Justin.
To contact, please email Emily Bezet at emily.bezet@newlifechurch.tv.
Brandon & Rebecca Shatswell
Brandon and Rebecca Shatswell serve as New Life Church's Lead Executive Worship Pastors, leading our worship teams across the state. As the NLC vision expands, the Shatswells are continually raising up leaders and building a united worship team. Through services, Bible studies, and events, Brandon and Rebecca play an integral role in teaching and training the next generation. They have two beautiful children, Israelle and Zavier.
To contact, please email Bethany Rostampour at bethanyr@newlifechurch.tv.
Marcus & Brook Brown
Marcus and his wife, Brook, pastor New Life Church in Greater Little Rock. Marcus also coaches church planters across the US through the Association of Related Churches (ARC).
He is one of the all-time greatest basketball players at Chuck E. Cheese’s, and Brook and he have three amazing children: Ashlyn, Austin, and Ainsley.
Hunter & Katy Bezet
Hunter and Katy Bezet serve as the Campus Pastors of New Life Church in Conway. They were married in 2014 and now have two sons, Jack and Beau. As the vision of New Life expands, the Bezet family is continually raising up the next generation of leaders to reach the community God has planted them in. In 2016, after serving at both the Conway and Greater Little Rock campuses, they felt called to move to Greenbrier to plant the campus there. After three and a half years in Greenbrier, they moved back to the Conway campus to pastor.
Tyler & Amanda Tarver
Tyler and Amanda Tarver have been a part of the New Life family since they met in college. They have been married for over ten years and have three kids—Titus, Ezra and Finnick. In 2017, Tyler joined staff full-time as the Director of OBU at New Life Church.
He and his wife, Amanda, also serve as the Young Adult leaders for the Saline County campus. While in this role, Tyler and Amanda fell in love with the people of Saline County and now want to see Young Adults find their passion and build community under the influence of Jesus Christ.
Tanner & Emily Bezet
Tanner, an OBU@NLC graduate, serves as the junior and senior high school pastor with his wife, Emily. Tanner and Emily have been married since May 2018. They both have a heart to see the next generation grow closer in their walk with Christ and to form life-giving community along the way. In their free time, they love to hang out with family and students, go to the movies, and explore new coffee shops.
Bryan Christian
Bryan Christian is the director of Human Resources at NLC. He helps New Life maintain integrity in daily operations and keeps the church above reproach in all legal matters. Bryan has a heart to encourage and care for the New Life staff. He and his wife Sharon are raising their two incredible kids, Calista and Cayden in Conway, AR.
Trip Leach
Trip Leach oversees our finance team across all campuses, leading the way in the accountability and excellence of the church‘s financial resources. He and his wife, Courtney, have four children and help lead in marriage ministry at NLC Conway campus.
Josh & Lacy Garlow
Josh Garlow leads the Creative department of New Life Church. He loves to see people encounter God through creative expression as he leads our design team in unity and excellence.
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