WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE
Together, Faith Church is a community of believers. What does community mean? We believe that together in fellowship we grow closer to God and one another. The Bible speaks about iron sharpening iron. We believe that together we grow stronger.
Faith Church strives to be a church without walls. Jesus calls for us to go outside the walls to reach the lost and the broken. It is there that the lost will be found. We make an effort to be like the church from the book of Acts, to see our city changed.
We highly value our relationships with one another. We look to grow through fellowship and ultimately growing closer to God. We value the word of God and the leadership of the Holy Spirit. We look to extend grace to all of the lost and broken and lead those with no hope to the hope of Jesus Christ.
WHAT WE ARE ABOUT
OUR MISSION
We seek to know and show the enduring truth and love of Jesus Christ, by being a disciple-making family for Loveland and the world.
OUR VALUES
We stand on God's truth in dependence on His Spirit, reading, studying, teaching, and obeying the Bible as our foundation.
We have made teaching the Bible and teaching people how to study the Bible a focal point of our ministries. Our Women In The Word program is an example of a community-wide Bible study that meets women where they are at in their understanding of the Bible and walks with them toward personal growth and Christian maturity.
We grow in our devotion to God, exalting and enjoying Him with heartfelt adoration.
Both our choir and worship teams view themselves as servants leading the congregation in worship. We seek to provide space and opportunities for all experience and skill levels because we believe worship is not a performance.
We mentor and care for one another by age groups, by families, and intergenerationally to reach our full potential in Christ.
We believe each generation has something to teach the other generations and that we need one another. We strive to break down the barriers between the different age groups and facilitate life-giving conversations between people of different backgrounds and life experiences. We believe life is best lived in community with one another and seek to support relationships and community whenever possible.
We partner as a team, ministering with the attitude of servants in all we do.
We believe we are stronger when we work together. We value teamwork and strive to build strong servant-hearted teams in all areas of church life.
We engage our neighbors, the under-served around us, and the nations, sharing the truth of the gospel with love in action.
Since our beginning, we have made supporting world missions a primary emphasis. We provide financial support to over 30 missionaries out of a passionate commitment to sharing the love of Jesus with the world.
OUR HISTORY
SMALL BEGINNINGS
OUR STAFF TEAM
David Hoffelmeyer (Lead Pastor)
Laura Harris (Director of Worship Arts)
Adam Bohlmeyer (Director of Family Ministry)
Geoff Geoffrion (Director of Senior Adult Ministry)
Gerry Hernblom (Executive Director)
Greg Parets (Director of Finance)
Jim Murphy (Pastor Emeritus)
Kay Broughton (Choir Director)
Dolly Shuler (Children's Ministry Coordinator)
Ashley Bohlmeyer (Assistant Youth Group Leader)
Becky Warner (Administrative Assistant)
Linda Perciante (Finance Assistant)
Jacqueline Rozum (Communications Assistant)
Patti Leach (Resource Coordinator)
WHAT WE BELIEVE
ESSENTIALS OF THE EVANGELICAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
1. We believe in one God, the sovereign Creator and Sustainer of all things, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. To Him be all honor, glory and praise forever!
2. Jesus Christ, the living Word, became flesh through His miraculous conception by the Holy Spirit and His virgin birth. He who is true God became true man united in one Person forever. He died on the cross as a sacrifice for our sins according to the Scriptures. On the third day He arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven where, at the right hand of the Majesty on High, He now is our High Priest and Mediator.
3. The Holy Spirit has come to glorify Christ and to apply the saving work of Christ to our hearts. He convicts us of sin and draws us to the Savior, indwelling our hearts. He gives new life to us, empowers and imparts gifts to us for service. He instructs and guides us into all truth, and seals us for the day of redemption.
4. Being estranged from God and condemned by our sinfulness, our salvation is wholly dependent upon the work of God’s free grace. God credits His righteousness to those who put their faith in Christ alone for their salvation, and thereby justifies them in His sight. Only such as are born of the Holy Spirit and receive Jesus Christ become children of God and heirs of eternal life.
5. The true Church is composed of all persons who through saving faith in Jesus Christ and the sanctifying work of the Holy Spirit are united together in the body of Christ. The Church finds her visible yet imperfect expression in local congregations where the Word of God is preached in its purity and the sacraments are administered in their integrity, where scriptural discipline is practiced, and where loving fellowship is maintained. For her perfecting she awaits the return of her Lord.
6. Jesus Christ will come again to the earth personally, visibly, and bodily—to judge the living and the dead, and to consummate history and the eternal plan of God. “Even so, come, Lord Jesus” (Revelation 22:20).
7. The Lord Jesus Christ commands all believers to proclaim the gospel throughout the world and to make disciples of all nations. Obedience to the Great Commission requires total commitment to “Him who loved us and gave Himself for us.” He calls us to a life of self-denying love and service. “For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them” (Ephesians 2:10).
HELPING PEOPLE FIND AND FOLLOW JESUS