Thanks for stopping by and checking out our web site.  My name is Caryl Strange.  I am Lead Pastor of New Heart Christian Church.  Last October New Heart celebrated its 5th birthday.  For five years it has been an awesome journey.  My wife Phyllis and I have been in ministry for over 30 years and we have seen God do some amazing things.  I would have to say that planting this Church has to be at the top of the meter as far as excitement goes. 

We have been blessed with three wonderful children and three awesome grandchildren. Our daughter Amie is married to Matt who is a fire fighter in Paulding Co., GA. and they have a 6-month old named Tyler.  Our next oldest is Matthew who is in the Army and is married to Amanda.  They have  two children, Isaac and McKenzie.  Our youngest son Michael is a U.S. Marines. 

God has been good to Phyllis and I as we have been privileged to serve Him over the years.  I look forward to New Heart becoming a very strong body heavily involved in the cities of Mt. Juliet and Lebanon.

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Hello and thanks for taking a moment to check out our church on-line.  I have had a 20 plus year career as a professional music producer.  My path to being at New Heart has been an interesting one - but ultimately know it was the Will of God. 

I served on the worship team at Lakeshore Christian Church for nearly 15 years and 5 years at Franklin Christian Church.  Now at New Heart those years of experience are put into practice as worship director.  You might say that my 20 years working in music ministry was the longest worship internship in history! ;-)

I graduated from Belmont College (now University) in ’89 with a BA in Business (Music Business) and since then produced music for a large variety of independent artists and writers along with many local, regional and national ad-music campaigns.  I have produced, performed, recorded, and written advertising music for companies like O’Charley, Caterpillar, John Deere, Seadoo, IGA, and many, many others.  My greatest production/musical honor was a Grammy Nominated Audio Book titled, “The Man Called Cash” narrated by the acclaimed songwriter/actor Kris Kristofferson.

On the personal side I have been married to my wife Vicky for 20 years and we have one son Ryan who is 12.  We have resided in the Mt. Juliet area for over two years and moved from Hermitage where we lived for 11 years.

Service to God and His Church is our family’s passion and we are truly excited about the ministry at New Heart Christian Church and hope you come and plug into the word of God with us! 

Phyllis is our administrative office expert keeping us organized and making sure the business part of the church is done.  She and her husband Caryl have enjoyed a wonderful journey serving at New Heart Christian Church.  As you may have already read in Caryl's Bio they have three grown children and three grandchildren.