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Our Ministers

New Life has been blessed to have so many men and women of God called to our service. Here is a little information on those currently on staff:

Pastor Emeritus Rev. Dr Andrew C. Ford, Jr.

Dr. Andrew Carnegie Ford, Jr., is a military veteran who served 6 years in the U.S. Army. Dr. Ford is an ordained minister of the Gospel of God, licensed to preach in 1968 and ordained in 1970. Dr. Ford earned numerous degrees including a Doctorate of Theology and a Masters of Education Degree from the Joseph Cooper Theological University; a Doctorate of Divinity from the New World Bible Institute of Haiti, Missouri; and a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University of Hayward, California.

In 2008, Dr. Ford was called to New Life Missionary Baptist Church. Dr. Ford has continued to devote his life to the Lord Jesus Christ, teaching, preaching and witnessing for Him until retiring as Pastor of New Life Missionary Baptist Church in December 2015. Dr. Ford continues to serve the Lord by teaching/preaching an unadulterated Gospel and serves as an administrator of the Joseph Cooper Theological University, which his wife Dr. Dotti Ford is currently serving as President.

Associate Pastor & Evangelist, Rev. Dr. Dottie Ford

Dr. Dottie B. Ford, was ordained by a Council of Christian Churches Association in 1986. She received both a Bachelor and Master of Theology at the New World Bible Institute in Missouri, and a Doctorate of Divinity from Joseph Cooper Theological University in Hayward, California. As a member of J.C.T.U, Evangelist Ford taught Old and New Testament Theory, Eschatology, Soteriology and Ecclesiology studies. She has served as Co-assistant Pastor; an Intermediate Sunday School Teacher; Minister of Music, and Foreign Mission Minister.