SUNDAYS 9 | 1030 AM
Join us in Downtown Escondido for practical preaching, inspiring worship, and engaging kids programs that all point to Jesus.
OUR STORY
NVC is a non-denominational church that launched in 2011 with a vision to cultivate a healthy church environment where all people, no matter their faith background, will encounter the transforming love of God, be welcomed into authentic community, and grow into mature followers of Christ.
PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK US:
In the heart of North San Diego County, Escondido is a historic city with a freshly-restored identity as a place brimming with cultural diversity, artistic flavor, and community connection.
New Vintage Church is investing ourselves and our resources directly into blessing our community because we believe that restoration is at the heart of who God calls us to be as His followers – not only bringing restoration to individual lives, but restoring vibrant life community and city, as well.
In John 15:5-8, Jesus describes Himself (the Vine) as the source of all spiritual power and nourishment for His followers (the branches). Apart from Him, we can do nothing! Connected to Him, we can do great things!
We believe this and strive to cultivate a community of believers that are firmly attached to the power and presence of Jesus. As we do, Christ's Spirit abides in us, and we bear the fruit of love for God, one another and our neighbors.
NVC is currently on the move! God has given us an exciting, fresh vision to restore the vintage "golden-era" Ritz Theater on Grand Avenue. In the historic arts district of our city, this stunning new multi-use performing arts complex will house not only our church gatherings, but everything from youth theater groups, to cinema and concerts, to a corner coffee shop and private events at the scenic rooftop lounge.
The vision for this fresh approach to being the church is to bless our city with a welcoming space that will have multiple uses and build positive, trusting relationships with those in our community who don't know Jesus.
OUR TEAM
Tim Spivey
Lead Pastor
Dr. Tim Spivey is founding and Lead Pastor of New Vintage Church. He is a Southern California native with a deep, contagious passion for God and ministry. He lives in Escondido with his wife Emily and three beautiful daughters. Through gifts of leadership and teaching, Tim offers biblically-based preaching and directional leadership to New Vintage Church. He’s also an avid baseball fan, hiker, and coffee drinker.
Tim holds the Bachelor of Arts, Masters of Science, and Masters of Divinity degrees from Pepperdine University; as well as the Doctor of Ministry degree from Abilene Christian University. In addition, he holds graduate certificates in Finance and Strategy from Cornell University, Harvard Business School Online, and Columbia University School of Business.
Marcus Preciado
Executive Pastor
Marcus was born in Panama the son of a Special Forces, Green Beret. As an Army Brat,he grew up bouncing back and forth in between panama and North Carolina. He eventually finished his last years of high school in Santa Barbara.
He attended San Diego State University, where he played football, studied business, and met his wife, Tracey. Marcus spent the first part of his professional career in the corporate world leading sales teams at Enterprise Rent-A-Car and Owens Clothing.
His last ten years were spent at the Rock Church where he had a dramatic impact on the ministry and community as the Director of Sports before transitioning to Director of Strategic Relationships. His final role at the Rock was as the Campus Pastor of the POint Loma campus. He loved training and oversseing the staff while supporting the 500+ volunteers, and encouraging the 6500+ attendees of the Sunday services.
Marcus has lived in San Diego since 1990 and has a tremendous passion for sharing God's love while pointing people and families to Jesus Christ. He is also the founder og Cielo Sports, a ministry whose mission is to "Share God's Love To and Through Athlete." He and his wife Tracey have four children whom they love supporting.
DJ Iverson
Associate Pastor
DJ was part of the launch team for NVC, and enjoys this church community with his wife and two little boys. He has a passion for creativity in the church, and has a background in graphic design. He also served for over 20 years in Youth Ministry. You can usually find DJ at a Padres game, a record store, or a local Mexican restaurant.
Rylie Cowan
Worship Pastor
Rylie has been sharing her gift for leading God’s people into worship since 2016, and joined the NVC staff in 2018. She is passionate about creating a moving and meaningful worship experience every week and truly bringing pimple into the presence of God through leading worship. Rylie is currently pursuing her Master’s Degree in Worship Studies: Pastoral Counseling through Liberty University. When she isn’t at work, you can usually find Rylie at any local coffee shop. If she’s not already there, reach out to her and she will meet you there in 30 minutes or less!
Ricky Rodriguez
Pastor in Training
Ricky fell in love with Christ during his time in the NVC Youth Ministry. He immediately emerged as a leader in High School, and has committed to developing his passion for Youth Ministry. Ricky not only works with teens, he loves to shepherd and serve those around him with an attitude of joy and excitement. Ricky has a giant heart for the local community, and serving in several areas of the church.
Ricky also has a passion for sports. He currently serves as an assistant football coach and leader of the NVC softball team.
Scotty Cowan
Student Pastor
Scotty has been leading as part of the NVC youth ministry team since 2017 and recently accepted the role of Youth Pastor in August 2019. As an Escondido native, Scotty has a passion for shaping the next generation and positively impacting the future of our city. Scotty coaches football at San Pasqual High School and loves interacting with students, both on the field and on campus. His enthusiasm for worship is contagious, as is his love of sports and good food. If you ever need a teammate for any pick up sports game, Scotty is your guy.
Ashley Lindsley
Pastor in Training
Ashley has been a part of the worship team since her days in the NVC Youth Ministry, and loves experiencing God’s people come together through a time of watching the Holy Spirit move through praise. She has a passion and talent for leading worship, along with pouring into teens and helping them develop as Christian leaders.
Ashley is currently studying Biblical Ministry and Leadership at Calvary Chapel Bible College. She can’t wait to see what God has in store for her in the future. You can usually find Ashley at the beach watching the sunset, and has plenty of recommendations for local spots to enjoy.
Emily Spivey
Director, Restoration Community Arts
Emily grew up as the daughter of missionary parents and experienced from an early age the power of God’s calling on her life. She met Tim at Pepperdine University in 1997, they married three years later, and she has since served in the role of pastor’s wife at churches large and small in both California and Texas. She worked for 13 years for the Let’s Start Talking Ministry, writing and developing training for short-term mission projects around the globe, and is the author of The Sycamore Series, a personal and small group evangelistic toolkit that won Outreach Magazine’s “best evangelistic curriculum” in 2010.
Emily earned a Masters of Science in Organizational Development from Pepperdine in 2014 and after several years working in a Fortune 500 company, she is thrilled be back in ministry and using her gifts in service of what God is doing at New Vintage Church. Emily is the busy mom of 3 spunky girls – Anna, Olivia, and Norah and spends most of her spare time being the family Uber driver!
CORE PURPOSES
Worship
We will love God with everything, offering our lives as living sacrifices.
Mission
As missionaries, we will lead to Christ those within our sphere of influence and witness to Christ throughout the world.
Community
We will love one another with the love of Christ and use the gifts God’s Spirit provides to build up His Church.
OUR BELIEFS
We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect, and eternally existing in a loving unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. God made the world good and humankind in His image. Having limitless knowledge and sovereign power, God has graciously purposed from eternity to redeem a people for Himself and to make all things new for His own glory. He alone is worthy of all our worship and praise. But we sin against God and are thus lost and deserving of God’s condemnation. Yet in His justice and mercy God has acted to redeem His creation, choosing a covenant people to bless all peoples of the earth. In His grace and faithfulness, God makes us heirs with Christ of the covenant.
We believe in God’s only Son, Jesus Christ, fully human, fully God, the Word through whom all things were made. Jesus came to the earth to teach the Truth and to proclaim the reign of God, preaching good news to the poor, release to the captives, healing for the sick, and forgiveness of sins. He called all people to repent and believe the Gospel, the Good News that salvation is found in Him alone. He was crucified for us, and on the third day God raised Him from the dead, defeating the powers of evil and death and securing for humankind forgiveness of sins by grace alone through faith alone in Him alone.
He instructed us to observe the Lord’s Supper in His memory so that by participating in His body and blood we regularly commune with Him and with one another. He ascended to the Father, where He is now our Priest and Advocate in whose name we pray. He is Head of the Church under which our congregation governs itself. He will return to judge the living and the dead and to deliver us from death to life eternal with God in heaven. He invites us to join Him as obedient disciples in the work of His ministry, the proclamation of the Gospel, and the forming of disciples.
We believe in the Holy Spirit, the gift of God promised through Christ for His children and for the Church. The Spirit convicts the world of sin, and is the pledge of our adoption as God’s children. The Spirit intercedes for us in prayer; and claims us in the waters of baptism, in which believers are immersed for the forgiveness of sins to be united with Christ in His Body. The Spirit of holiness and freedom liberates us from sin, and claims us as servants of purity, conforming us to the image of Jesus Christ in our attitudes and conduct. The Spirit binds us together with believers of all times and places in the one Body of Christ, the Church; and calls and empowers men and women for various ministries for building up the Body and carrying out Jesus’ ministry in the world. The Spirit inspired the prophets and apostles to speak God’s Word, guiding the preservation, study, and proclamation of Scripture, both Old and New Testaments, the unique revelation of God under which we stand, our authoritative guide for faith and life.
We believe that God has spoken infallibly in the Scriptures, both Old and New Testaments. The Bible is living and active, sharper than a double-edged sword, cutting through our motives, rebuking us, challenging us, inspiring us, and leading us. The Bible is the ultimate authority by which every realm of human knowledge and endeavor should be judged. Therefore, it is to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it requires, and trusted in all that it promises.
We believe that the true Church comprises all who have been justified by God’s grace through faith in Christ. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head. The true Church is manifest in local churches, whose membership is composed only of believers. The Church is to make disciples of Christ, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, teaching them to obey all Jesus commanded.
We believe that God’s justifying grace must not be separated from His sanctifying power and purpose. God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with generosity, care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed. With God’s Word, the Spirit’s power, and fervent prayer in Christ’s name, we are to combat the spiritual forces of evil.
Baptism is the immersion of a believer into Christ and the biblical way by which people give their lives to Christ. When by faith we believe in Christ, repent and are baptized, we are eternally identified with Him and His church. Jesus’ final words to his disciples were: “Go make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I commanded you.” So Peter concludes his first sermon after Jesus is gone with the words: “Repent and be baptized everyone of you in the name of Jesus for the forgiveness of your sins.”
We believe in the return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and, as our blessed hope, motivates the believer to godly living, sacrificial service and energetic mission. We believe that heaven and hell are real. We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and making Jesus Lord of their life. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and eternal conscious punishment and the believer to eternal blessedness and joy.