NewSpring Church is a

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multi-site

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based in

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, affiliated with the

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History

The church was founded in January 2000 with a handful of people in a living room. Since then, it has grown to 14 locations across the state of South Carolina. In addition to gathering at multiple campuses across the state, NewSpring has established an online campus to connect with individuals who cannot join in person. In 2016, the weekly attendance was 33,000 people. Announced July 10, 2016, founder

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was removed as Senior Pastor by the church's leadership team effective July 1, 2016 for personal issues related to alcohol and neglect of his family. A year later it was announced that NewSpring would be led by a team of Lead Pastors (Brad Cooper, Michael Mullikin, Tyler Tatum, David Hall, Lee McDerment, and Riley Cummings) and Teaching Pastors (Brad Cooper, Clayton King, Dan Lian, Lee McDerment, and Meredith Knox) would share the stage on Sundays. The church also instituted a team of elders composed of a group of members from different NewSpring campuses. In 2016, the church was left with a $47 million debt, but paid this down year on year, so that in March 2023 it was able to announce it was debt free. According to a church census released in 2023, it claimed a weekly attendance of 10,000 people. It operates satellite campuses in 13 other South Carolina cities.

Beliefs

The Church has a

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and is a member of the

Ministries

NewSpring has many ministries within the church. Here is a list of active ministries of NewSpring Church. * KidSpring (Children's Ministry) * USE(Student Ministry) * NewSpring Worship (Worship Ministry) * NewSpring Missions (Missions)

NewSpring Worship

NewSpring Worship is an American

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worship group from

, established in 2010 at NewSpring Church. They have released 5 albums, 4 EPs, and 11 singles. They play

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for the congregation at their services. The group began recording in 2010, with the album ''Our God Is Love,'' released January 1, 2010.

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