Welcome to Northeast!

We've come a long way!
Starting in 1956 with a few faithful families who desired to share Christ's love with others, Northeast has grown, moved location, grown some more, and evolved into a body of believers who are becoming the kind of "intentional" disciples who are daily actively pursuing the heart of Jesus. Simply put, we want to first and foremost be passionate lovers of God whose by product is loving people.

Our Weekend Services
We have five worship services every weekend. Four on Sunday morning and one on Saturday night. Saturday night is our modern worship service at 6:00pm. Sunday morning consists of a traditional service at 7:45am, two contemporary services at 9:00am and 10:45am, and a high-energy student-lead service at 10:45am. All services on a weekend exist to encourage people to love God. Each has a consistent biblical message that is shared by our team of teachers. Sunday morning attire is casual and friendships are nourished throughout our hallways and at our café area were you can get a cup-a-joe or a specialty beverage throughout the morning.

Our Life Groups
Because we at Northeast believe that spiritual transformation and accountability best occurs in a small group environment we encourage everyone to get involved in a Life Group. Life Groups are small groups of people who meet all over around the Rockford area throughout the week to encourage each other to be intentional disciples. These groups help a large church be more personal and accountable. So, to really help Northeast feel like home, finding a Life Group is an integral step for those who are part of the Northeast family.

Our Children's Ministry
Northeast's children's ministry is designed to shower God's love and care on our children as they learn about the truths of the Bible in creative and experiential ways. It's also a place for our children to learn how to build strong relationships. Learning how to build relationships is key because if a child can begin to build a strong relationship then they can begin to build one with Jesus! To create this kind of an environment we have a team of volunteers who let Christ shine through them through biblical storytelling, arts, crafts, dramas, and worship. This takes place on Sunday mornings, at Awana Clubs, Vacation Bible School, Summer Camps, and at Friday Nights Out.

Our Student Ministry
Our student ministry exists to reach non-believing students, to help students mature in faith, discover their ministry, and honor God with their lives. The student ministry involves 4:24 - the student-lead service on Sunday morning, Refuge - a mid-week Junior High gathering, small groups, retreats, and missions trips. All these are the tools that are used to help the students become intentional disciples of Jesus. Our ministry tries to help the students learn to feed themselves spiritually so that when they move on from here their faith will be of lasting nature and not simply tied to Northeast.

Our Missions Partnerships
Through the past 3 years we have taken a different approach to missions. Instead of just check writing to many different missionaries and organizations around the world, we decided to get personally involved. We decided to partner with a church in the Dominican Republic and a church in Haiti. We have been taking trips, as many as 3 per year, to our partner churches to encourage them and help hands on in any way they need assistance - either with construction, training, or events. Out of these partnerships was born a feeding program that daily feeds around 140 Dominican children in Los Guandules. The support for this comes directly from those at Northeast. This hands-on model has worked so well overseas that we are in the process of using this partnership model for opportunities locally here in Rockford as well as domestic opportunities.