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We seek to form people in Christ and to send them out into the world.

Our Mission

Our mission statement is “Sharing God’s Love Through New Life In Jesus Christ.”

Our Values

Forming is about becoming more like Christ—growing in faith, character, and love through intentional discipleship.
Sending is about living out that transformation—going into our daily lives, communities, and the world as ambassadors of Jesus.

Together, these movements reflect the rhythm of the Christian life. We are continually being shaped by God and then sent out to join His work in the world.

 

Guiding Principles

These five guiding principles describe how we live out our vision of Forming and Sending. They shape the culture of our church, grounding everything we do in Scripture, community, and the work of the Holy Spirit. Rather than programs or strategies alone, they reflect the rhythms and commitments that guide how we grow as disciples and how we engage God’s mission together.

They remind us that spiritual formation happens in relationship—with God and with one another—and that being sent into the world is not something we do alone, but as a covenant community rooted in worship, truth, and prayer.

  • The Word of God is revealed in Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit
  • Worship gathered around the sacraments
  • Gather relationally across all generations
  • Live in covenant with our community both locally and around the world
  • Equip disciples to seek God in every aspect of life through prayer and the Word

 

Matt Hanegraaff designed an icon to represent these guiding principles. Here is the story…

This icon tells the story of how God is forming us and sending us into the world. The gold circle around the icon represents the glory and presence of God surrounding us. At the center is Jesus, shown through the bread and the cross. The bread is being dipped into the communion cup, reminding us of Jesus’ body and blood and how God forms us as we worship and share Communion together. The bread also looks like a setting sun, and the lines on the cup look like its reflection spreading across the water. These five ripples represent our five guiding principles listed above.

Just like ripples spread across water, God sends us out to share his love with others. The blue cup also reminds us of the waters of baptism, God’s promise of grace and forgiveness, and our identity as his beloved children. Together, the icon reminds us to keep Christ at the center, allowing God to form us through his Word, worship, prayer, and one another, and then sending us out to share his love with the world.

Our Story

On November 15, 1953, Faith Church held its first services at Lincoln Elementary School addressed by Reverend A. Tellinghuizen. Attendance was promising with more than 145 community members at the morning service and 175 at the evening service.

A year later, our congregation and faith steadily climbed with our first baptisms and first communion services held. On March 17, 1954, Faith Reformed Church became an officially organized Reformed Church in America. During a prayer service, the congregation decided to purchase the Ver Plank property as a building site for the church edifice – a project to be completed four years later in late May of 1958.

Currently, we are proud to have an engaged, family-oriented congregation. We’ve adopted an “inter-generational” outlook, which fuels and strengthens the connection between members of all ages and allows for a more sustainable future for Faith Church. We have two pastors serving our congregation: Pastor TJ South is our senior pastor and has been serving Faith Church since 2024 and Pastor Ben DeBoer is the Pastor of Community Life.