We grow closer to God through prayer and a supportive church family. As His grace changes us, we work together to bring hope to our neighbors and beyond.
At New Life Alliance, we are defined by our devotion to Jesus and our reliance on His strength. These three core values shape our culture, helping us grow together in grace while keeping our eyes fixed on the mission God has set before us.
Our mission is deep-seated in the Great Commission. From our local neighborhoods to the ends of the earth, we are focused on making disciples who love God, serve people, and carry the light of Christ wherever they go.
Lead Pastor
Mitz Pantoja
Resident Pastor, Surrey Campus
Loanne Roble
Children’s Discipleship Coordinator
Youth Pastor
Rose Ramirez
Praise & Worship Coordinator
We pray that the years ahead will be full of renewed commitment, deeper faith and expectancy. We will journey through all these as we all prayerfully WORSHIP, listen to God’s INSTRUCTIONS, FELLOWSHIP in sharing life together, and EVANGELIZE as disciples making disciples. This is our purpose as the Church, “Loving God, Loving People and Living it!”
“O God, with all our hearts we long to be a Church TRANSFORMED by Christ, transforming Metro Vancouver, Canada, and the world.”
– The Alliance of Canada
In His Service,
Rev. Benjamin A. Pantoja
Lead Pastor – New Life Alliance Church
North Shore and Surrey Campus
“He remembers His covenant forever, the promise He made, for a thousand generations.”
1 Chronicles 16:15
New Life Alliance Church is now located in the beautiful city of West Vancouver and Surrey, British Columbia. Since its inception, the church has rented the public recreation facilities in different locations across North Vancouver for worship gatherings, training, discipleship classes, leadership meetings and other events. The church was founded by first-generation Filipinos. Over the years, different nationalities became members of the church community including Iranian, African, Chinese, Belizean and Chilean.
In 1992, Pastor Ric Habacon was requested to conduct a home Bible study where eight Filipino ladies were in attendance. During these meetings, the Holy Spirit made a great manifestation in achieving a shared Biblical mission that led to the formation of North Vancouver Filipino Alliance Church (later to be called New Life Alliance Church). The advancement of the work became more evident as the small group persevered and met together to offer praise and worship to God on Sundays, prayer meetings on Wednesdays, and Bible study and discipleship groups on different days of the week. Soon after, more people were encouraged to join the ministry. Pastor Ric, along with his wife and children, together with the eight ladies, made the necessary sacrifices in planting the seeds and preparing the way for the church work to continue.
In 1996, Pastor Patrick Loo and his family joined New Life Alliance Church. The church are fewer than forty people. As in all churches, the disciple-making process was needed and so the Discovery Series, a teaching material developed by Canadian Alliance missionaries were introduced and learned by practically all the members of the church. Throughout these years, different ministries were created including the lunch ministry, children’s ministry and outdoor recreation ministry to name a few. These ministries were used for outreach in the community.
May of 2004, Pastor Patrick Loo concluded his pastoral ministry at NLAC.
Pastor Cres Casimong became the Senior Pastor. Throughout these years, the church experienced growth with many baptisms, child dedications and weddings. The church also observed people who come and go. However, the history of the church reminds us of the words of Jesus Christ when he said, “And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.” (Matthew 16:18, NIV)
The church continues its generosity and support in allowing pastors to pursue a lifelong learning. Pastor Ben Pantoja joined the church staff in October 2014. The church bylaws were rewritten and approved by the congregation in 2015. The relational and transformational discipleship began in the fall of 2015. This resulted in eight first batch graduates of Equip To Serve (ETS). New Life Alliance Church currently has nineteen ministries.
The church leadership made a major change to its mission and vision. The NLAC has a vision of Transformation based on Romans 12:1-2 and a mission of Disciples Making Disciples based on Matthew 28:18-20. The implementation of the organization’s mission statement created change in the hearts and minds of the participants in the journey towards Transformation. As a member of The Christian and Missionary Alliance, mission is the middle name.
At NLAC, the youth and the young adults are referred to as the NOW generation. The church’s next generation of leaders, are the present future. For this reason, the church will embark on the next step of establishing a ten-year strategic plan with the focus on the areas of church health and growth, the planting, church building, and the NOW generation. The NOW generation provides hope and optimism that NLAC will continue to obey and fulfill the Great Commission in making disciples who can make disciples.
NLAC includes mission trips on its disciple making journey. The church had its first mission trip in 2015 to the Dominican Republic and El Salvador in 2018. In 2016 - 2017, Young Adults had solo short-term missions to Thailand, Dominican Republic, and Burkina Faso.
God’s Word became the catalyst of God’s Work in our midst.
We are blessed to disciple and send few of our young adults, sent as our “local missionary-pastors” to other Alliance churches in BC.
God allowed us to pray, partner and be part of other young pastors.
Many more of these Young men and women are now adults, serving as Ministry Coordinators at NLAC West Vancouver and Surrey campus.
The name of the Lord Jesus Christ is to be praised, alone!
The purpose of New Life Alliance Church is to glorify God; the mission of the church is disciple-making; and the values are the development of the abilities and the experiences gained in “Leading people to His saving Grace, helping them Grow into maturity, training them to use their Gifts for service and Sending them to Go to all nations.”
April of 2024, the birth of a new church—NLAC Surrey Campus began!
16 families (43 including children) from NLAC West Vancouver are home to the Fraser Valley Area. Rather than spreading them out to other Alliance churches, we brought NLAC to Surrey, British Columbia.
The partnership between the Pacific District, New Ventures, Surrey Alliance Church, the Canadian Filipino Alliance Network of Churches (CFANC) and NLAC, another Church was born.
The end of 2024. God gave us people who are gifted with technology. Our multi-Media were enhanced, and the Digital Ministry have begun, both are now firing in all cylinders, facing the challenges and changes of the fast-advancing social media and artificial intelligence.
December of 2025, Pastor Cres Casimong concluded his pastoral ministry at NLAC. He now serves as an Assistant District Superintendent of the Pacific District—The Alliance Canada.
January 1, 2026.
By God’s Grace, we will keep on keeping on!
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