Our Team

Joel loves investing in and developing leaders. It’s something he has had the privilege to do wherever he has worked, as a 7th-grade teacher, missionary with CRU, discipleship pastor, and most recently, a corporate leadership coach and consultant. Ultimately, his passion is to help leaders identify their unique calling in God’s kingdom and develop the faith, skill, and character to fulfill their calling. Joel comes from a seven-generation farm family east of Indianapolis, is a Butler University graduate, and is pursuing his Master’s at the Townsend Institute at Concordia University Irvine. He also cherishes his lovely wife Shelbe and his two children, Graham and Joy. Together, they love hiking, camping, learning, and talking about life. Joel is excited to serve on the Faith Church staff and to trust the Lord to multiply disciple-making leaders at Faith.

Kendra Carter started attending Faith Church in the 2^ndgrade when her parents, Doug & Robyn Thornton first moved to Indianapolis.  She met and married her husband Nick at Faith Church, and the two of them led our “20-Somethings” ministry until they left to plant Village Life Church.  At Village Life, Kendra developed and led the children’s ministry.  Over the last 15 years, she has held teaching and program development roles for students from preschool through high school in various Christian educational settings.  In every setting, her goal is to direct children to the glory of God, call them to repentance, and teach them to worship Him.

Jane comes to the Faith office team with a BA in Christian Education, a Masters Degree in Human Resources, and experience in a Christian school, a Christian bookstore, and home daycare. Jane and her husband, Brian, came to Faith in 2021 after a long stint in Arkansas where Brian taught at John Brown University. They have one son, one daughter, one grandson, and several grand-pets. Jane and Brian are avid Green Bay Packers fans, and one of Jane’s greatest joys is regular “reunions” with her seven sisters.

Anna is the Administrator for Faith International English Classes (FIEC). She is passionate about empowering others through learning. Her favorite part of FIEC is getting to see students get excited about doing things for themselves that they had previously relied on others to do for them. She has been at Faith Church since 1993. Anna and her husband Brian have twin daughters, Audrey and Natalie (’03).

Hannah was born in Honduras but grew up in Brown County, Indiana. She spent much of her free time from middle school on up volunteering with the youth at Center Grove Church in Greenwood, Indiana. She graduated from Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion Indiana with a degree in Social Work. While in her junior year, she felt God call her into ministry. She feels blessed and humbled to be in this position and is excited about the calling to serve and love the youth of our community.

Brittany supports staff IT needs and manages sound, light and technology ministries. Brittany graduated from Huntington University with a B.A. in Broadcast Communications and in her spare time enjoys crafts, being part of a community group, and staying up to date on the latest technology.

Claire is our director of communications and design. Though she has a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from the University of Wisconsin Eau Claire (no relation), she has always had a passion for graphic design. Claire likes to sit outside by the fire, make delicious food, eat stale candy, and hang out with Nathan and her three kiddos.

Nathan has banked his fair share of miles. He was born in Tennessee, raised in Ohio, attended college in Pennsylvania, met his wife in South Dakota, and earned an MDiv at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (in Illinois) while living in Wisconsin. He and his beautiful wife, Claire, are grateful parents to two daughters, Hazel and Adalie, and two sons, John Mark and Arthur. Nathan loves opportunities to work with students, feeding his goofy and fun nature, but also being able to see them grow in their faith and ultimately become fully-formed and functioning members of the Body of Christ. When not working, he’s doing fun home projects or playing and watching sports.

Alex Miles has been going to Faith Church for his entire life, at least, the entire part of his life that he was sentient for. He is spending his summer slinging coffees and creative team residenting while waiting to resume his previous life: working and commuting to IU Indianapolis to earn a degree in Video Production and Sound Design with a minor in Business. Alex loves his family and disc golfing, and sometimes disc golfing with his family. He also loves the family cats, all three of them, even Smokey.

Amy graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a B.A. in Spanish. She is married to Andy and they have four children.

Pat comes to us with a wealth of experience in carpentry and building/property maintenance. He has lived in the Indy area his whole life, and attended Pike HS and IUPUI. He now runs his own business, and resides right in the Nora neighborhood.

Pat greatly enjoys spending time with his close-knit family and his dog. He takes much joy and satisfaction in helping others, keeping busy at all times, and being in the center of the action. He admits to being compulsively organized – as in: “You should see my sock drawer!”

Jeff is the youngest of three boys. He grew up attending church, but came to faith in Christ as a young adult. Jeff worked in marketing management for several years before entering vocational ministry. He earned an M.Div. at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, served as a pastor in St. Louis for 16 years, and taught Homiletics at Covenant. Jeff met his wife Amelia when they were college students in Paris. They have been married 34 years and have four awesome and funny kids. Jeff enjoys music, tennis, coffee, and being outdoors. His desire is to help more people know the transforming love of Christ and equip them to use their gifts to impact the world by God’s grace. He has been known to sing Elvis Presley songs wearing a costume made by Amelia. They are grateful their rescue cat allows them to live in her house.

Julie coordinates the traditional worship gathering and directs the adult choir at Faith. She has a Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati and many years of experience in music education, directing choirs, and teaching piano. She is married to Nate and they have three daughters, Kara (’02), Natalie (’05) and Rachel (’05).

Audri and her family have attended Faith Church since 2008. She is married to Matt, and they have 4 kids — Max, Rowan, Cooper, and Reagan. Audri is passionate about serving the church, especially families and young kids. She is excited about partnering with Kendra Carter in a supportive role for FaithKids. When she’s not working, Audri is busy being a stay-at-home mom to her kids, making weekly Target pick-up orders (a true blessing), and building friendships with everyone she meets.