NEW WINE CABINET, TEAMS & LEADERS

Pastor Kola Taiwo
 
Senior Pastor of New Wine Church globally. He provides apostolic leadership over the ministry as it rapidly expands into different nations of the world. Pastor Kola carries a distinctive mandate to help empower people to experience the in-Christ reality as a powerful key to fulfilling their life’s purpose.

He has been in Senior Leadership in New Wine for 18 years and possesses a unique passion for excellence and unceasing zeal for seeing people set free from spiritual bondage to experience God’s boundless blessings in their lives.

Business Events and Communications

Pastor David Adabale is the Cabinet Leader responsible for the Business Events and Missions Cabinet.

Multimedia: 

The Multimedia ministry is responsible for the transmission of New Wine’s message locally and globally through television, radio, internet, and other forms of communication.

Hospitality: 

The team provides hospitality services for our Ministers and Guests. They also manage the catering operations for church programmes.

Sounds of New Wine (Music Ministry): 

Sounds of New Wine carries a vision to raise an anointed, prolific army of spiritually mature worshippers. It includes our Worship Teams, Youth Choir, Mass Choir and the Sound Engineering unit. The ministry helps to provide a rich environment of spiritually empowering music, praise and worship during our church events.

Facilities Management & Protocol:

The Protocol function assists with ensuring optimal preparations for the ministration of the Senior Minister and guest ministers. The team facilitates travel, hospitality and security arrangements, so that the ministers can concentrate on delivering their message for the benefit of God’s people.

The Facilities Management function is responsible for crowd control and security of church premises and equipment during church services and events.

Publications: 

Responsible for the production of publications that are interesting, insightful and inspiring in order to enrich the lives of members and the wider community. These include the weekly devotional and blog.

Photography: 

The photography team captures highlights of the vibrant life of New Wine in pictures and helps share our story with the world. The pictures also preserve our history for coming generations.

Information and Guest Services (IGS): 

IGS is responsible for managing the information desks in Gateway House where members and guests can obtain a variety of information about the different areas of church life. The team also produces the weekly church bulletin (Chronicles) and welcomes attendees to main church events e.g. during services and conferences.

Ambience and Quality Control (AQUA)

AQUA team handles the responsibility of keeping the Gateway House facilities clean. The team regularly cleans the main auditoriums, toilets and other parts of the building to ensure a fresh, hygienic and very pleasant physical environment is enjoyed by all.

Financial Services Team :

FST facilitates proper management of the tithes and offerings collection process and support the generation of additional funds. The team also organises events (seminars & workshops) that provides tools and ideas to help you manage your finances better and get / stay out of debt.

Ushering: 

The Ushers serve to extend a warm welcome to all Church attendees, assist people in finding their way around and help alleviate disturbances and distractions, so that all attendees can enjoy the service.

Word In Motion (WIM): 

WIM is the drama and dance ministry of New Wine Church. The ministry uses the power of the creative arts and drama in disseminating the gospel and encouraging / empowering believers.

Business Initiatives : 

The mandate of the Business Initiatives team as part of the Finance & Business Development Portfolio is to help increase the income of the church beyond tithes and offerings. The team helps to develop innovative ways to generate extra funds for achieving the church vision.

Resource, Production & Marketing (RPM): 

RPM Team manage the bookshop for the sale of books and other resources that contribute to the spiritual edification and life empowerment of the members.

Social Media Ministry:

The team cascades the message and mandate of the Church via various social media platforms including Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and X.

Web/App Team: 

The team is responsible for maintaining the content of the Church website ensuring it continues to provide godly inspiration, wisdom and empowerment to all who visit.

The team also manages the New Wine Church App, ensuring it continues to provide easy access to all relevant information beneficial to enjoying Church life.

Guest Engagement & Management Support (GEMS): 

The GEMS team engages with first time visitors to New Wine Church, helping them to discover the broad range of services and benefits the church offers that enriches lives and helps members to maximise our lives to the glory of God.

Stage Management: 

The Stage Management Team coordinates the activities that take place on the main stage of the auditorium during Church events, ensuring smooth transitions and safe participation of those on stage.

Video Conferencing Tech Team: 

The team is responsible for facilitating and providing technical support for Church events held online via video conferencing platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams etc.

Graphics Design Team:

The team produces top quality designs for use in a variety of church activities including print publications, online publicity material etc.

Sound Engineering Team: 

The team is responsible for managing the audio production for Church events, ensuring it meets high standards of quality and comfort for hearers whether in-person or online.

Outreach and Development

Minister David Chick is the Cabinet Leader responsible for the Outreach and Development Cabinet.

Reach and Touch / Prison Ministry (Evangelism):              

As the evangelism arm of New Wine, the main aim of the Reach and Touch ministry is to win souls to Jesus Christ and expand the Kingdom of God.

The team coordinates the community outreach evangelism initiative and also reaches into prisons to bring hope to those incarcerated. We equip and encourage Christians to share their faith and the good news of the Kingdom of God wherever they are.

 Follow-Up / Membership Team:

The Follow-up Team offers guidance and nurturing support to:
  • People who are new to the faith in Jesus Christ.
  • Those who become members of New Wine Church, helping them towards greater maturity in Christ and integration into church life.
  • Members who want to be water-baptised.

New Wine Academy

The Academy is the training and development arm of New Wine Church. It runs various high quality training and discipleship programmes, equipping members to be more effective in life and ministry.

Career Builders

Our Career Builders ministry equips individuals to make informed career decisions and develop the skills for finding and succeeding in fulfilling work as well as building successful businesses.

John Wilson’s Pantry

John Wilson’s Pantry is the team that manages our program for feeding the homeless and underprivileged. The team provides a hot full English breakfast to approximately 30 homeless persons each week.

Services

Minister Dayo Oyinlola is the Cabinet Leader responsible for the Services Cabinet.

Marriage Enrichment Ministry              

Marriage is the God-inspired framework for building families and healthy families are the bedrock of a stable and healthy society.

Our marriage enrichment ministry empowers couples for a lifetime of marital bliss, contributing to strengthening the marriages within the church, our local community and beyond through a broad range of workshops, events and marriage counselling services.

 Single & Sound

As the single’s ministry of New Wine, we empower single men and women to celebrate their uniqueness and live whole lives as sound, solid, secure and savvy singles.

Girlfriends (Women's Ministry)

Our distinctive ministry for women undertakes an array of programmes that help unlock the inner beauty that exists within every woman.

Through workshops, retreats, prayer meetings, conferences and other events, we serve women of all ages and backgrounds, empowering them to fulfil their God-given roles as wise, creative, virtuous and industrious leading ladies who build today’s homes and shape tomorrow’s leaders.

G-Men (Men's Ministry)

The men’s ministry of New Wine encourages men to arise and shine in the society, workplace, at church and at home.  G-Men encourages all men to develop and maximise their uniqueness as highly gifted, great and godly gentlemen. The ministry continues to enrich the lives of men through the variety of programmes that uplift them spiritually, physically and intellectually.

Warfare and Intercessory Team           

The Warfare and Intercessory Team (WAIT) is the ministry arm that engages in regular Spirit-led prayers to enforce and maintain the victory in Christ for New Wine Church members, activities, the body of Christ and nations of the world.

WAIT meets every Monday from 7-9 pm; before and during every Sunday service; holds monthly night vigils and special prayer sessions for major church events.

Deaf Ministry

Through our Deaf ministry, the hearing-impaired members of our community are able to enjoy God’s powerful word.  We bridge the gap between a world of sound and one without, enriching the lives of the deaf community.

Cedars Club (Over 50’s Ministry)   

Senior citizens from the age of 50 and above have tremendous wisdom, skills and value to contribute to society. Cedars Club provides a great forum to share fellowship and serves to empower over 50’s to be all they can be for God.

Pastoral Counselling 

The team offers bible-centred insight and godly counsel as foundation for the emergence of practical, workable solutions to help overcome personal challenges in different areas of life such as relationships, career, spiritual life etc.

Family Liaison  

The Family Liaison team comes alongside church members that are experiencing difficult times within the family and provide spiritual and emotional support and assistance to overcome the challenging circumstances they are facing.

Children's Church

Minister Elizabeth Osibo is the Cabinet Leader responsible for the Children's Church

Children's Church         

We help children discover, develop and deploy the gifts within them by teaching them to know God, and equipping them to accomplish great things in life. We focus on providing a vibrant, enriching environment that children and their parents love.

Children’s Church is categorised into the following classes by age range:

0 – 2 Years,
3 – 5 Years,
6 – 8 Years,
9 – 11 Years,
12 – 13 Years (Bridge Class)

Youth Church

Pastor Femi Abimbola is the Cabinet Leader responsible for the Youth Church

Youth Church   

Youth Church serves to empower teenagers and young adults (aged 14 – 19) through teaching, prayer and encouraging their personal relationship with God. We also provide a wholesome environment for developing social and interpersonal skills.

Millennials

The Millennials Ministry is dedicated to the spiritual, practical, and professional wellbeing of the Millennials within New Wine Church. Through targeted prayer initiatives and events, the team facilitates fellowship, mutual support and advancement.

Lumen

The Lumen Group coordinates the activities geared towards the spiritual growth and personal development of young adults aged (20 – 29). This includes dedicated Sunday service and other social activities that enhance mutual flourishing.

Family of Churches

Pastor Femi Abimbola is the Cabinet Leader responsible for the Family of Churches

Family of Churches            

The Family of Churches team provides pastoral support to the branch pastors and the branch leadership teams, helping to facilitate their spiritual and practical wellbeing.

 Church Support 

The Church Support Team provides administrative and logistical support to the branches, assisting the local teams in the excellent execution of events and projects that advance the mission and mandate of New Wine Church in the branch locations.

Missions

Evangelist Fikelephi Jackson is the Cabinet Leader responsible for the Missions Cabinet.

Missions Team            

New Wine Church has a passion for missions locally and globally. Our missions work currently touches thousands of lives in the UK, India, Haiti and other nations. The Missions team identifies and leads on different ways of doing ‘mission work’ that create lasting impact and advances the Kingdom of God.

Partner Support Team

Manages the New Wine Covenant Partners initiative for increasing the church's ministry to people beyond Gateway House and New Wine Church branches.

Cell Group, Projects and Initiatives

Pastor Mike Omole is the Cabinet Leader responsible for the Cell Group, Projects and Initiatives Cabinet.

Cell Groups Network           

Our cell groups carry the dynamic Word of the living God into small family, corporate and academic settings with a shared goal of mutual fellowship, edification and growth. They provide a relaxed environment in which you can ask questions and develop strong friendships with matured fellow believers.

Initiatives

The Initiatives Team is responsible for the delivery of ad-hoc high impact projects as may be required by Church leadership.