Church Staff

Ernie Stone
Senior Pastor

Ernie is a 2007 graduate of Lincoln Christian University with a BA in General Ministry and a 2019 graduate with a Master of Divinity.  He began his career serving as youth pastor at NHCC from 2008-2016.  He has been serving as Senior Pastor of NHCC since August 2016.  He is married to Ali and they have four children, Aletheia, Azariah, Ainesis and Evangeline.  They also have an awesome lab named Samba.
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 Connect with Ernie:  erniestone7@gmail.com

Oscar Magaña
Youth & Children's Pastor

Oscar graduated from Lincoln Christian University with a BA in Youth Ministry.  He has been serving NHCC since July 2017. Oscar is fluent in Spanish and is currently learning Portuguese.  He loves soccer and has a pet rabbit named Bunnito and two cats named Tito and Sushi. His favorite hobbies include fishing, listening to music, playing video games, watching Netflix, and playing with his pets.

 Connect with Oscar: 
odmagana@gmail.com

Ali Stone
Ministry Assistant

Ali serves as one of our ministry assistants.  She is a graduate of Lincoln Christian College and Illinois State University. She and her husband, Ernie, have four children, Aletheia, Azariah, Ainesis and Evangeline. They also have a high-energy lab named Samba. Ali enjoys tutoring math, playing with her kids and doing puzzles. 

 Connect with Ali: 
 ali@newhorizoncc.net

Madisen Law
Ministry Assistant

Madisen began serving as one of our Ministry Assistants in 2021, but has been a part of New Horizon's family for much longer than that! Growing up at New Horizon, she is glad to return to serve in this role. She is a graduate of Taylor University and recently completed a residency with a ministry on the West Coast.  She is currently pursuing a master's degree in Humanitarian Disaster Leadership at Wheaton College.  

 Connect with Madisen: 
nhcc @newhorizoncc.net