Our History
New Life Burbank (NLB) was a church-plant of the Pacific Presbytery in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). Pastor Owen Lee, with the support of his wife Margaret, was called to serve as the church-planter. Valley Presbyterian Church (North Hills) was assigned to oversee the new church-plant.
In August 2002, 18 adults and 3 children began to meet together for the Lord’s Day worship services in Pastor Owen Lee’s living room in the city of Burbank. As the church began to outgrow the home and needed a new place for worship, the Lord wonderfully provided the Burbank YMCA in February 2003.
In August of 2006, the church ordained her first elders and deacons, and NLB was recognized and received as a particularized church in the PCA.
In September of 2007, the Lord provided our current place of worship, the Burbank Community Church.
But our history as a church has just begun. Come and join us, and let’s write the history of this church together… a history of worshipping God reverently and passionately, a history of loving one another deeply and fervently, and a history of witnessing to the world faithfully and winsomely.
Our Elders
Pastor Owen Lee is a graduate of Westminster Seminary California (class of 2000) and an ordained minister in the PCA. He and his lovely wife Margaret began the church in their living room in August of 2002, and they desire to faithfully shepherd and love the church that the Lord has entrusted to their care. They have 3 beautiful children (Abigail, Caleb and Elizabeth).
Alan Armes (Ruling Elder)
David Han (Ruling Elder)
Our Associations
NLB does not exist in a vacuum. We are a product of the saints that have gone before us, and are encouraged and supported currently by other churches. We value our assocation with other congregations and organizations that are dedicated to the vision of sharing Christ and the glories of the salvation that is offered in Him.
Presbyterian Church in America - We belong to the PCA, a denomination with Reformation roots that is dedicated to the church planting and missions task of our Lord. At the heart of presbyterianism is the belief that churches do not stand alone, but are kept accountable by the larger church. Although we pray for greater unity for the church at large, we are thankful to be part of body of churches that hold a high view of the Scriptures and has a heart for the lost.
Pacific Presbytery - The churches in the PCA are grouped geographically into presbyteries. Our church is part of the Pacific Presbytery, which includes churches in California and Nevada. The purpose of presbyteries is to provide individual churches with support, accountability, and opportunities for service.