Our Story

Real Life - Real Answers
What's it all about?

Maybe you have started to ask questions that never nagged you before. Or life, with all its ups and downs, may have brought you to a place where the answers that worked in the past no longer work for you.

Burned out? Maybe you are someone who--in your search to make sense of things--is just starting to consider God. Or maybe you're familiar with God but are burned out on church or "religion" itself. Maybe you want something that relates to real life and the challenges you face every day, and even stretched you beyond your own life.

Wherever life has brought you in your spiritual journey, we're glad you're here. New England Chapel is a great place to have questions, look for answers, and learn to live with even more questions—all without pressure or judgment, but with hope and patience.

A shared dream
In 1997, New England Chapel was started by a core group of people with the same dream: To establish a church that practically and powerfully expresses the love that God has in Jesus for everybody, even people who may not consider themselves religious, or fall outside the mainstream of faith.

New England Chapel first started meeting once a month in a small office space, then twice monthly in Horace Mann Middle School cafeteria, and finally weekly in Franklin High School auditorium. From the very beginning, God has continued to knock our socks off, providing more than we could ever have imagined or hoped for. The move to our current home came in September 2001, when we leased space in Franklin Industrial Park.

Changing and growing…
Since that time, we've continued to grow with more adults and loads of children getting together for worship, many who had not previously been in a church for years (if ever!). People are experiencing God in Christ for the first time in real, tangible ways. They are growing deeper in their relationships with God and with one another. They are having an impact in their communities and beyond.  This is an awesome thing to watch and experience!  New England Chapel may be unlike churches you've seen, but that’s very much on purpose.  We trust that God is working in and through what we are doing so that more people continue to experience, embrace, and express God’s love in Christ.  Come and check it out...

Come and check it out...

Sincerely,

Chris Mitchell