We are a church that believes in Jesus.
New Life Baptist church exist as the body of Christ to preach the gospel, make disciples, model unity and impact communities for the advancement of the Kingdom of God. We are a body of Christ that loves passionately and embraces diversity.
our Senior Pastor
Pastor Jo
Pastor Jovan Edward Lee Cline was born on Tuesday, 30th August, 1994 to Bishop John Ivan Cline and Brenda Cline nee Tomason. He is the second and last child born to the pair, but also has younger sister named She’Naajah. His eldest brother is named Brandon.
“Pastor Jo”, as he is affectionately called, grew up in the Cane Garden Bay community on the Island of Tortola in the Virgin Islands.
For his early education, he attended the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church Daycare Centre and the Ivan Dawson Primary School before continuing his secondary education at the Elmore Stoutt High School. He graduated in 2010.
His formative years were shared among positive groups like the Purple Dragon Martial Arts (Second Degree Black Belt), the Elmore Stoutt High School Drama Society and the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church worship teams. He credits his involvement in many youth groups as the vehicle which allowed him to become socially and spiritually aware of himself and the community in which he lived and was called to serve in different ways. His desire to serve is therefore a direct result from his various group participations and community involvement ad God used each to fashion his desire to help, and amalgamated passion, purpose, and preparation.
For his collegiate studies, he attended the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College where he studied General Sciences with a concentration in Biology. Upon completion of his Associates degree, he chose Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A., a university in the familiar state where his mother was born. He admittedly chose this university so that he could attend the Abundant Life Family Worship Church in New Brunswick, where he could understudy Donna Clyne’s praise and worship style. He was close to family but now even closer to the family he forged within the church. After three years of studies in Psychology, with a minor in Education, he attained his Bachelors degree.
When he returned to the Virgin Islands in 2015, he was employed by the Government of the Virgin Islands as a School Counsellor and assigned to the Elmore Stoutt High School, becoming one of three males at the secondary school level and only one of three males in school-based counselling, serving schools territory wide. He served in that position from 2016 to 2019 before resigning to join the staff at The Wellness Center as a mental health consultant from 2019 to 2022. Additionally, he supported the family business, Infinite Solutions, in various capacities. During these various tenures he continued to serve as a youth pastor.
Pastor Jo is the founder of the Rise Foundation, a non-profit organisation, for youth development through the arts, sciences, and culture. Through the foundation and other platforms, he continues to work towards, and learn about, different ways to create opportunities to help individuals realise and fulfill their purpose through faith, relevance, and genuine expression.
In December of 2019, Cline married Rossy’Maria George. A beautiful love story, a tale as old as time, he met her when they were in Form Two at the Elmore Stoutt High School but did not date her until later in his life. They dated for one year, was engaged for one year and were married. They have no children currently.
An established recording artist, he is best known for his 2017 single ‘I Believe’ among other works like ‘What He Said’ (2021), ‘Omnipotent’ (2020) and ‘Never Defeated’ (2017).
Pastor Jo was ordained as a pastor on Sunday, 29th January, 2022.
our Senior Pastor
Pastor Jo
Pastor Jovan Edward Lee Cline was born on Tuesday, 30th August, 1994 to Bishop John Ivan Cline and Brenda Cline nee Tomason. He is the second and last child born to the pair, but also has younger sister named She’Naajah. His eldest brother is named Brandon.
“Pastor Jo”, as he is affectionately called, grew up in the Cane Garden Bay community on the Island of Tortola in the Virgin Islands.
For his early education, he attended the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church Daycare Centre and the Ivan Dawson Primary School before continuing his secondary education at the Elmore Stoutt High School. He graduated in 2010.
His formative years were shared among positive groups like the Purple Dragon Martial Arts (Second Degree Black Belt), the Elmore Stoutt High School Drama Society and the Cane Garden Bay Baptist Church worship teams. He credits his involvement in many youth groups as the vehicle which allowed him to become socially and spiritually aware of himself and the community in which he lived and was called to serve in different ways. His desire to serve is therefore a direct result from his various group participations and community involvement ad God used each to fashion his desire to help, and amalgamated passion, purpose, and preparation.
For his collegiate studies, he attended the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College where he studied General Sciences with a concentration in Biology. Upon completion of his Associates degree, he chose Rutgers University, New Jersey, U.S.A., a university in the familiar state where his mother was born. He admittedly chose this university so that he could attend the Abundant Life Family Worship Church in New Brunswick, where he could understudy Donna Clyne’s praise and worship style. He was close to family but now even closer to the family he forged within the church. After three years of studies in Psychology, with a minor in Education, he attained his Bachelors degree.
When he returned to the Virgin Islands in 2015, he was employed by the Government of the Virgin Islands as a School Counsellor and assigned to the Elmore Stoutt High School, becoming one of three males at the secondary school level and only one of three males in school-based counselling, serving schools territory wide. He served in that position from 2016 to 2019 before resigning to join the staff at The Wellness Center as a mental health consultant from 2019 to 2022. Additionally, he supported the family business, Infinite Solutions, in various capacities. During these various tenures he continued to serve as a youth pastor.
Pastor Jo is the founder of the Rise Foundation, a non-profit organisation, for youth development through the arts, sciences, and culture. Through the foundation and other platforms, he continues to work towards, and learn about, different ways to create opportunities to help individuals realise and fulfill their purpose through faith, relevance, and genuine expression.
In December of 2019, Cline married Rossy’Maria George. A beautiful love story, a tale as old as time, he met her when they were in Form Two at the Elmore Stoutt High School but did not date her until later in his life. They dated for one year, was engaged for one year and were married. They have no children currently.
An established recording artist, he is best known for his 2017 single ‘I Believe’ among other works like ‘What He Said’ (2021), ‘Omnipotent’ (2020) and ‘Never Defeated’ (2017).
Pastor Jo was ordained as a pastor on Sunday, 29th January, 2022.
Prayer
"The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective" Jame 5:16b
Join us for prayer every Wednesday from 7pm as part of our Fresh Air Worship Service
Our first lady
Lady RoMa
Born in Bonao, Dominican Republic, on Thursday, 25th February, 1993, Rossy’Maria Hiciano George-Cline was adopted and relocated to be raised in the Virgin Islands when she was one year old. She is the daughter of Tebert and Esmie George, as well as her birth parents Ruben Apolinario Hiciano de Villa and Altagracia Suarez Suarez. She is bilingual and speaks Spanish and English fluently.
“Rossy”, as she is known to her family and “RoMa” as she is known to her closest friends, spent her childhood in the village of Red Bay on the eastern end of the island of Tortola. Her family raised her as a Sabbath keeper, and she grew up worshipping within the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.
Her academic tenure in the BVI spanned from the Francis Lettsome Primary School (Class of 2005) to the Elmore Stoutt High School (Class of 2010) and finally, to the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (H.L.S.C.C. Class of 2012) where she explored her interest in the natural sciences. She graduated from H.L.S.C.C. in 2016 with her Associates in Science with cum laude honours. RoMa later matriculated at the Universidad Adventista de la Santillas where she completed her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2016 with summa cum laude honours.
RoMa is now an educator at Imagination Academy of the Virgin Islands, a Montessori styled school. A passionate life-long learner, she infuses her teaching style with that passion and her acute attention to each learner’s need.
Her life inspires her ministry, as she has answered the call to work with the tender children of the Children’s Church ministry. RoMa teaches children weekly, possessing the gift to administer Biblical lessons in both English and Spanish.
In December of 2019, Rossy’Maria George joined Jovan Cline in holy matrimony. A beautiful love story, they met when they were in Form Two at the Elmore Stoutt High School but they until later in life. They dated for one year, were engaged for one year and then were married. They have no children currently.
Family oriented and enthusiastic to make others feel loved and welcomed, she revels in the enrichment of the relationships with her brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces and her cousins and extended family. Her life’s goal is to empower individuals to live life as their true and authentic selves.
She lives her life to share love and encourages others be confident about who they are despite the presence of distracting opinions.
Our first lady
Lady RoMa
Born in Bonao, Dominican Republic, on Thursday, 25th February, 1993, Rossy’Maria Hiciano George-Cline was adopted and relocated to be raised in the Virgin Islands when she was one year old. She is the daughter of Tebert and Esmie George, as well as her birth parents Ruben Apolinario Hiciano de Villa and Altagracia Suarez Suarez. She is bilingual and speaks Spanish and English fluently.
“Rossy”, as she is known to her family and “RoMa” as she is known to her closest friends, spent her childhood in the village of Red Bay on the eastern end of the island of Tortola. Her family raised her as a Sabbath keeper, and she grew up worshipping within the Seventh-day Adventist denomination.
Her academic tenure in the BVI spanned from the Francis Lettsome Primary School (Class of 2005) to the Elmore Stoutt High School (Class of 2010) and finally, to the H. Lavity Stoutt Community College (H.L.S.C.C. Class of 2012) where she explored her interest in the natural sciences. She graduated from H.L.S.C.C. in 2016 with her Associates in Science with cum laude honours. RoMa later matriculated at the Universidad Adventista de la Santillas where she completed her bachelor’s degree in nursing in 2016 with summa cum laude honours.
RoMa is now an educator at Imagination Academy of the Virgin Islands, a Montessori styled school. A passionate life-long learner, she infuses her teaching style with that passion and her acute attention to each learner’s need.
Her life inspires her ministry, as she has answered the call to work with the tender children of the Children’s Church ministry. RoMa teaches children weekly, possessing the gift to administer Biblical lessons in both English and Spanish.
In December of 2019, Rossy’Maria George joined Jovan Cline in holy matrimony. A beautiful love story, they met when they were in Form Two at the Elmore Stoutt High School but they until later in life. They dated for one year, were engaged for one year and then were married. They have no children currently.
Family oriented and enthusiastic to make others feel loved and welcomed, she revels in the enrichment of the relationships with her brothers and sisters, nephews and nieces and her cousins and extended family. Her life’s goal is to empower individuals to live life as their true and authentic selves.
She lives her life to share love and encourages others be confident about who they are despite the presence of distracting opinions.
Our Bishop
Bishop John Ivan Cline
Bishop John I. Cline is the senior pastor of the New Life Baptist Church in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The New Life Baptist Church, a non-denominational Caribbean church broadcasts via radio and television throughout the Caribbean and beyond. Other aspects of Bishop Cline's ministry includes the annual Healing and Deliverance services and the highly anticipated PowerPlus Conference.
He was consecrated to the Office of the Bishop and inducted into the College of Bishops as a presbyter, adjudicator and an examiner in October 2005. In 2011, Bishop Cline spearheaded the construction of the church’s Save the Seed Centre, a multi-million-dollar recreational facility intended to target the youth generation. Bishop Cline also serves as the founding member of the New Life Baptist Church Foundation. His philanthropic efforts have extended to the continent of Africa, where he provides financial support to The Tortola Child Rescue and Learning Centre constructing a secondary school for under privileged children in Kenya.
Our Bishop
Bishop John Ivan Cline
Bishop John I. Cline is the senior pastor of the New Life Baptist Church in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The New Life Baptist Church, a non-denominational Caribbean church broadcasts via radio and television throughout the Caribbean and beyond. Other aspects of Bishop Cline's ministry includes the annual Healing and Deliverance services and the highly anticipated PowerPlus Conference.
He was consecrated to the Office of the Bishop and inducted into the College of Bishops as a presbyter, adjudicator and an examiner in October 2005. In 2011, Bishop Cline spearheaded the construction of the church’s Save the Seed Centre, a multi-million-dollar recreational facility intended to target the youth generation. Bishop Cline also serves as the founding member of the New Life Baptist Church Foundation. His philanthropic efforts have extended to the continent of Africa, where he provides financial support to The Tortola Child Rescue and Learning Centre constructing a secondary school for under privileged children in Kenya.
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We believe that God wants to have a personal and dynamic relationship with us all. Getting together on weekends is only a small part of how we grow spiritually.
growing in your faith
We believe that God wants to have a personal and dynamic relationship with us all. Getting together on weekends is only a small part of how we grow spiritually.
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Everyone has a next step. Find yours, including a place to belong, a chance to make a difference and a way to grow on your spiritual journey.
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Everyone has a next step. Find yours, including a place to belong, a chance to make a difference and a way to grow on your spiritual journey.
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Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. Deuteronomy 15:10
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Give generously to him and do so without a grudging heart; then because of this the Lord your God will bless you in all your work and in everything you put your hand to. Deuteronomy 15:10
