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Pastor Charlie, Rebecca, and their two children Mollie (11) and Charles (10), came to Titusville, FL in April 2007 to start a new ministry out of a dying church. After several months of planning and strategizing, New Venture Church was officially launched in January 2008 with about 20 people. According to Charlie, “Church planting is tremendously difficult, but the reward of seeing changed lives is well worth the sacrifice!”
Charlie brings 20 years of ministry experience to New Venture Church. His first ten years of ministry was in the denominational setting of The United Methodist Church, followed by ten years of non-denominational ministry. Charlie has led churches ranging in size of membership from under 100 people to over 1,500 members in the states of Tennessee, Indiana, North Carolina, and now Florida.
Charlie holds degrees from East Tennessee State University (Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Speech Communication ’94) and Asbury Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity ’98). He has also traveled across the United States visiting and learning from some of the largest and fastest growing churches in the country. Charlie’s passion is reaching people who have given up on church and who don’t have a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Charlie played several sports in both high school and college, but particularly loves college football! Charlie grew up in East Tennessee and his family lived near Knoxville, so he has been a Tennessee Volunteer football fan for years. Over the years, Charlie has coached Jr. High and Sr. High School sports, as well as local youth sports currently through the Titusville YMCA. Apart from sports, he is also an avid movie fan!
His wife, Rebecca, enjoys creative pursuits including scrapbooking, quilting, and knitting. Her ministry passion is media ministry and she currently organizes and develops the visual media ministry for Sunday morning worship. Mollie loves art, competitive swimming, is involved in Unleashed Student Ministry and volunteers in the nursery on Sundays. Charles loves sports, video games, and is actively involved in Kidventure ministry on Sundays at NVC.
The Arms family has made a long-term commitment to Titusville and to New Venture Church. Charlie’s long-term vision includes being a church which reproduces itself by sending people out to plant more new churches/ministries along the Space Coast.