WELCOME TO CHURCH ON THE ROCK

Church on the Rock was founded over 36 years ago by Dr. Michael Jacobs and his wife, Pastor Diana. The church began to gather in homes with a handful of people, but soon moved to its first official location in a New Albany bowling alley in April of 1985. Our current building was constructed in 1992, and in 2016, Dr. Jacobs passed the role of Lead Pastor to his son, Jordan. Our church has been the launching pad for several other churches nationwide, and we are grateful to have seen God do many wonderful things here. We believe the future is bright and we’re grateful for every person who calls this church their home.

our vision

Our vision is to birth, establish, and maintain a strong word-oriented local church. 


Our desire is for the supernatural power of God to move in each and every family of our church. 


We are a family church where all age groups are ministered to by effective leadership and experience God's presence.


Our overall goal is to train each person in every age group to reach his/her fullest potential in Christ Jesus. (Eph 4:11-16)



"Now these are the gifts Christ gave to the church: the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, and the pastors and teachers. Their responsibility is to equip God’s people to do his work and build up the church, the body of Christ. This will continue until we all come to such unity in our faith and knowledge of God’s Son that we will be mature in the Lord, measuring up to the full and complete standard of Christ. Then we will no longer be immature like children. We won’t be tossed and blown about by every wind of new teaching. We will not be influenced when people try to trick us with lies so clever they sound like the truth. Instead, we will speak the truth in love, growing in every way more and more like Christ, who is the head of his body, the church. He makes the whole body fit together perfectly. As each part does its own special work, it helps the other parts grow, so that the whole body is healthy and growing and full of love."

Ephesians 4:11–16 NLT

what we believe

  • We believe that the Bible is God’s Word. It is accurate, authoritative and applicable to our everyday lives.

  • We believe in one eternal God who is the Creator of all things. He exists in three Persons: God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit. He is totally loving and completely holy.

  • We believe that sin separated each of us from God and His purpose for our lives.

  • We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ as both God and man is the only One who can reconcile us to God. He lived a sinless and exemplary life, died on the cross in our place, and rose again to prove His victory and empower us for life.

  • We believe that in order to receive forgiveness and the “new birth”, we must repent of our sins and place our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ

  • We believe that in order to live the life that God intends for us, we need to be baptized in water and be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit enables us to use spiritual gifts, including speaking in tongues.

  • We believe in the power and significance of the Church and the necessity of believers to meet regularly together for fellowship, prayer and holy communion

  • We believe that Jesus, the same yesterday today and forever still heals, performs miracles and is actively involved in the life of the believer.

  • We believe that our eternal destination of either eternal union with God or eternal separation from God is determined by our response to the Lord Jesus Christ.

  • We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ is coming back again as He promised.

  • We believe marriage is a gift from God that is designed for one man and one woman. Sexuality should only be expressed in the context of that marriage covenant.

our values

JESUS IS OUR MESSAGE

PEOPLE ARE OUR HEART

GENEROSITY IS OUR PRIVILEGE

EXCELLENCE IS OUR SPIRIT

FAITH IS OUR LIFESTYLE

PASSION IS OUR RESPONSE

JOY IS OUR CHOICE

LIVING AS A FAMILY IS OUR PRIORITY

HONOR IS OUR CALLING

OUR REGION IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY