Tom is our Senior Pastor and is responsible for the overall vision and leadership of the Church. Tom is married to Kalee who is a teaching assistant at a local school. They have three children Elizabeth, Matthew & Eleanor.

Tom & Kalee both studied at Moorlands College, Tom focused on “Church Leadership and Preaching” and Kalee on “Community and Family Studies”. Tom has been involved in Church ministry since he was 18 in the areas of worship, youth work and preaching. Tom & Kalee both have a strong passion for the local Church and seeing people grow to go and make an impact for Jesus in their communities and the world.

Thomas is our Assistant Pastor who oversees and is responsible for developing the worship team, media and tech. He also looks after the church’s small groups. Thomas is married to Liz who is the Family and Community Leader here at New Life Church.

Thomas and Liz joined the church back in 2020, and in May 2023 Thomas left a role as Senior CAD technician in the geotechnical and geoenvironmental engineering world and became Assistant Pastor here at New Life Church.

Thomas’ passion is to help grow a culture of true authentic worship within the local church and for that to transform not only our lives but the community around us.

Kalee is covering Liz Bastable whilst she takes her maternity leave. Kalee will be working 16 hours per week to help cover some of Liz’s role, focusing on the children’s ministry. Kalee is passionate about children growing in their walk with Jesus and facilitating creative ways for them to engage. She is also about building bridges and relationship between church and family within our community. Kalee spent three years at Moorlands Bible College studying Theology-specialising in Family & Community Studies, She is married to Tom Rothwell (Our Senior Pastor).

Jane oversees the general operations and administration of New Life Church.

She is married to David Morgan (part of our eldership team). They met and married in 2015, after the death of David’s first wife and Jane moved from the Isle of Wight to New Milton. They joined New Life Church in that year. Prior to this role Jane had worked ten years for Christian Endeavour Holidays Centres Ltd at ‘St Rhadagunds’, When the centre closed Jane worked for the YMCA, again on the island.

Jane’s heart is to help nurture a warm, welcoming and loving church, where the needs of the church family are met physically and spiritually (she does love to feed people!).

Jane has two grown up children of her own, three step-sons and by the end of 2022, five grandchildren.