教會簡史
本堂的前身為墨爾本宣道堂粵語會眾，我們的首次主日崇拜於1986年11月2:30pm在Box Hill Elgar Road宣道堂舉行。
從1989年6月起，崇拜轉為上午10:30am在牧師樓舉行。
1992年4月因會眾人數增加，我們租用教會對面的Koonung 中學演藝廳舉行崇拜。1995年9月與墨爾本宣道堂的英語會眾一同搬進現時的Blackburn堂聚會。
2003年我們為回應會眾子女的屬靈需要，展開第二代事工的英語崇拜。
2005年7月我們應總會鼓勵向政府獨立註冊為「新生命宣道堂」，成為墨爾本宣道堂會員教會之一。
2005年我們開始普通話福音外展，在2006年6月開始普通話崇拜。又在2007年2月成立社會關懷事工，以回應華人移民的福音需要，和華人信徒第二代獨特需要。正式以兩文三語，多代分群，為主作見證和建立主門徒，以互動，互倚，自主為原則，讓三個會眾能相互配合，為主贏得更多人明白福音，委身作主門徒。
因英語及普通話會聚要租用不同地點舉行崇拜，深感對整體事工發展有不便的影響，我們在2006年興起要建立能讓三個會眾在同一地點聚會的教會，開始了建設新堂的計劃。
感謝神帶領我們在2016年購得Baywater 土地，並於2021年取得政府建堂批準，讓我們可以走進另一步，就是動土建堂的籌建階段。
本堂從成立至今都是神在帶領著我們，所以在建造新堂上，我們三堂會眾必定會繼續靠著聖靈的幫助，用心為主作見證，帶領更多人同享永生之福，將榮耀歸給神。
NLEC – a brief history
New Life Evangelical Church was formerly known as the Cantonese Congregation of Evangelical Chinese Church Melbourne (ECCM). Our first Sunday Service was held at ECCM on Elgar Road, Box Hill in November 1986 at 2:30pm.
From June 1989 our Sunday Services were held at 10:30am in the Pastor’s House.
To cater for the growing Congregation, in April 1992 we hired and moved our Sunday Service to the performing arts auditorium of Koonung Secondary College across the road. In September 1995, our Congregation together with the ECCM English Congregation moved into the present church premises in Blackburn South.
To meet the spiritual needs of the children of our Congregation, we started our Second Generation English Service in 2003.
In response to encouragement from the ECCM Council, we incorporated and registered with the government as the New Life Evangelical Church in July 2005 and became a member church of ECCM.
Meanwhile, we started our Gospel outreach activities to the Mandarin speaking communities in 2005, and in June 2006 the Sunday Service of our Mandarin Congregation commenced.
In February 2007 we set up our Community Care ministry.
All in all, in order to meet the Gospel needs of Chinese migrants and the unique needs of the second generation of Chinese believers, we have formally embarked on witnessing for God and edifying disciples through the use of “two written (English and Chinese) and three spoken languages (English, Cantonese and Mandarin).”
We have adopted a multi-generational approach among our different congregations, and adhered to the interactive, interdependent and autonomous principles, so as to enable the three congregations to complement each other and serve God together, for the purpose of helping more people to understand the Gospel and become disciples of our Lord.
Our English and Mandarin Congregations are currently conducting their services at different hired locations. This has caused inconvenience and impacted on the development of ministry work. Therefore, since 2006, we have been planning for a church building to enable our three congregations to conduct their services and activities under one roof.
Praise the Lord for His leadership. In 2016 we purchased a block of land in Bayswater, and in 2021 we obtained government approval to build our church. We have moved another step forward, and are now fundraising before commencing the construction work.
From the establishment of our Church till now, God has been leading us. In relation to the building of our new church, our three congregations will continue to rely on the help from the Holy Spirit, witnessing for God with our heart to bring more people to God and share His blessings of eternal life together.
May Glory be to our Lord!