Jeff is the youngest of three boys. He grew up attending church, but came to a saving knowledge of Christ as a young adult. Jeff earned an M.S. in Direct Marketing at Northwestern and worked in marketing management for several years before following a call to vocational ministry. After finishing M.Div. studies at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, he served in pastoral positions at EFCA churches in the St. Louis area. Jeff also taught Homiletics at Covenant and served on the board of Thrive St. Louis, a life-affirming ministry. Jeff has been married to Amelia since 1991, and they are parents to four awesome and funny kids. Jeff enjoys music, tennis, reading, coffee, and being outdoors. His desire is to help more people experience the transforming power of Christ, and equip them to use their gifts to impact the world with God’s grace.
Pastors
Joey joined Faith Church staff in July 2010. He and his wife, Jenna, moved from Dallas, TX, where Joey completed his Th.M at Dallas Theological Seminary. Joey enjoys puns, dad jokes, and starting new hobbies. He runs a couple of times a week to ward off the specter of becoming substantial. He is both book smart and accident-prone, which, according to Jenna, is a winning combination. She sticks around because she sees “potential.” He likes reading theology and philosophy books written by dead guys and is often found thinking about how the church should relate to the culture. He loves eating legit Mexican food and going on adventures with Jenna and their daughter Analie. He has three cats, six chickens, an ever-changing variety of foster kittens, every hobby he can convince his wife to allow him to spend money on, and a pathetically large number of unread books on his shelves.
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 attended graduate school in Illinois while living in Wisconsin. He’s been married to his beautiful wife, Claire, since 2015, and they welcomed their daughter, Hazel, into the world in 2018. 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.
A farm boy from Kansas, Tom is the middle of five children and has been a believer since age eleven. He has a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy (Friends University), 1973 and a Master of Divinity (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), 1976. He and Linda were married in 1972 and have four adult children and thirteen grandchildren. Tom has been a local church pastor since 1976, serving in Nebraska and Kansas prior to coming to Faith in 2004. He stepped down as Lead Pastor in 2017, now serving halftime in addition to homeschooling their eldest grandson through high school. He has served on numerous boards and committees with the Evangelical Free Church of America, currently on the Spiritual Heritage Committee. His passions are family, church family, preaching, writing and championing global missions. He enjoys travel, reading, being with people, watching sports and riding his 1974 Schwinn Continental bicycle.
Jeff is the youngest of three boys. He grew up attending church, but came to a saving knowledge of Christ as a young adult. Jeff earned an M.S. in Direct Marketing at Northwestern and worked in marketing management for several years before following a call to vocational ministry. After finishing M.Div. studies at Covenant Seminary in St. Louis, he served in pastoral positions at EFCA churches in the St. Louis area. Jeff also taught Homiletics at Covenant and served on the board of Thrive St. Louis, a life-affirming ministry. Jeff has been married to Amelia since 1991, and they are parents to four awesome and funny kids. Jeff enjoys music, tennis, reading, coffee, and being outdoors. His desire is to help more people experience the transforming power of Christ, and equip them to use their gifts to impact the world with God’s grace.
Joey joined Faith Church staff in July 2010. He and his wife, Jenna, moved from Dallas, TX, where Joey completed his Th.M at Dallas Theological Seminary. Joey enjoys puns, dad jokes, and starting new hobbies. He runs a couple of times a week to ward off the specter of becoming substantial. He is both book smart and accident-prone, which, according to Jenna, is a winning combination. She sticks around because she sees “potential.” He likes reading theology and philosophy books written by dead guys and is often found thinking about how the church should relate to the culture. He loves eating legit Mexican food and going on adventures with Jenna and their daughter Analie. He has three cats, six chickens, an ever-changing variety of foster kittens, every hobby he can convince his wife to allow him to spend money on, and a pathetically large number of unread books on his shelves.
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 attended graduate school in Illinois while living in Wisconsin. He’s been married to his beautiful wife, Claire, since 2015, and they welcomed their daughter, Hazel, into the world in 2018. 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.
A farm boy from Kansas, Tom is the middle of five children and has been a believer since age eleven. He has a B.A. in Religion and Philosophy (Friends University), 1973 and a Master of Divinity (Trinity Evangelical Divinity School), 1976. He and Linda were married in 1972 and have four adult children and thirteen grandchildren. Tom has been a local church pastor since 1976, serving in Nebraska and Kansas prior to coming to Faith in 2004. He stepped down as Lead Pastor in 2017, now serving halftime in addition to homeschooling their eldest grandson through high school. He has served on numerous boards and committees with the Evangelical Free Church of America, currently on the Spiritual Heritage Committee. His passions are family, church family, preaching, writing and championing global missions. He enjoys travel, reading, being with people, watching sports and riding his 1974 Schwinn Continental bicycle.
Ministry Staff
Abigail has attended Faith her entire life (working with toddlers for WOF was her first job!). She has also lived in Indy her entire life and got her degrees in English and TESOL from IUPUI. She taught middle school and college level ENL courses before training as a tailor. So I guess you could say she has many interests. She has been married to her ridiculously tall husband (well, tall to her. . .), Daniel, since 2019. In her free time, you’ll find her taking long walks, reading classic literature, petting her cats, or baking bread. She is very excited to join Faith staff and serve in the children’s ministry!
Bethany is passionate about helping churches thrive. She and her husband currently reside just outside of Nashville, TN. Bethany is excited to partner with Faith Church, by offering assistance to pastoral staff, and to see God’s kingdom grow. When she isn’t working she enjoys baking, cooking, and being outside with her husband and dog.
Kendra Carter started attending Faith Church in the 2ndgrade 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.
Steve serves full-time with EFCA ReachGlobal and works in partnership with Faith Church. After serving in Germany and Turkey for 17 years, he enjoys using his cross-cultural skills to give guidance to the international ministries at Faith. Steve has a B.S.W from Indiana University and an M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. In his free time, Steve enjoys table tennis, railroading (model and real), exploring used book stores, and spending time with his wife, Joan, and 4 adult children.
Chris brings solid experience in finance and business leadership in both for-profit and parachurch settings, and skills in analysis, operations, strategy, branding, and marketing. Chris also holds an MBA from Kelley School of Business. Chris, his wife, Anne, and their boys have been part of Faith Church since 2014.
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).
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 manager 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 hates talking about herself, so she phoned a friend who said: “Claire likes to sit outside by the fire, make delicious food, eat stale candy, and hang out with Nathan and Hazel. She does not like building trampolines.”
Amy graduated from the University of Cincinnati with a B.A. in Spanish. She is married to Andy and they have four children.
Johnny is passionate about bringing the church to the feet of God in authentic worship. He holds a B.A. in Communications and Graphic Design from Texas State University. As a songwriter and worship leader, Johnny is proud of his family heritage in music. His great-grandfather, John A. McClung, is in the Gospel Music Hall of fame as a hymn writer. He and his wife, Scotia, have three daughters, Teilah, Selah, and Amariah.
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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).
Elders
- Jonathan Baker
- Lee Christenson
- Brian Clarke
- Dennis Dawes
- Terry Fleck
- Scott Freeman
- Phil Johnston
- David Kenley
- Nathan Kingsley
- Doug Leatherman
- Tom Macy
- Greg Needham
- James Nussbaum
- Larry Reed
- Fred Rescorla
- Jerry Risser
- Nathan Roth
- Jeff Schultz
- Tom Waltz
- Marc West
- Joey Woestman
- Mike Zumbrun