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About Us

We're a community of ordinary people following Jesus together in Northern Colorado. Here's our story, what we're about and the team we'd love for you to meet.

Charlie Sandberg, Lead Pastor of Faith Church
Charlie and Liz Sandberg
Meet Our Pastor

Charlie Sandberg

Lead Pastor

Charlie Sandberg has been part of Faith Church since 2006, when he and his wife, Liz, moved to Fort Collins from Rochester, Minnesota. He spent 12 years leading Faith's college ministry before serving as Teaching Pastor and eventually stepping into the role of Lead Pastor in 2023.

Charlie loves God's Word, the local church, and helping people discover who they are in Christ. He's passionate about making the truth of Scripture come alive in everyday life and leading Faith to be a church that loves God, loves one another, and loves the yet to believe.

Our Leadership

Meet Our Lead Team

Ben Patella

Ben Patella

Executive Director of Ministry

Ben has lived in Fort Collins with his family for over 20 years now and been on staff at Faith for 10. He oversees our ministry teams and leads them with a wisdom and excitement to see what God will do in our community.

Valerie Robison

Valerie Robison

Creative Director

Valerie has filled a variety of staff roles at Faith Church since 2015 and now oversees communication, worship and tech teams. She is passionate about developing and releasing creatives to lead others into a deeper love of Jesus. Her prayer for Faith Church is to see a people wholeheartedly worshiping and living on everyday mission for Jesus.

Bob Vikse

Bob Vikse

Executive Director of Operations

Bob and his family have been attending Faith for over 20 years, and his influence over everything we do here is tangible. From accounting and budgeting, to maintenance and facilities, Bob is the glue that binds all of our ministries together.

Our Team

Our Staff

Jeff Daley

Jeff Daley

Associate Pastor
Connor Bond

Connor Bond

Director of Student Ministries
Grant Pahlau

Grant Pahlau

Pastor of Care Ministries
Austin Henckel

Austin Henckel

Children's Ministry Director
Tommy Howe

Tommy Howe

College Ministry Director
Elizabeth Smith

Elizabeth Smith

Mobilization Director
Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan

Tech Director
Daniel VanFarowe

Daniel VanFarowe

Worship and Tech Coordinator
McKey Ritsema

McKey Ritsema

Children's Ministry Coordinator
Miki Wick

Miki Wick

Office Manager
Andrew Daharsh

Andrew Daharsh

Facilities Manager
Rachel Bond

Rachel Bond

Communication Coordinator
Marci Conradson

Marci Conradson

Print Room Lead
Tracy Guest

Tracy Guest

Accounting Technician
Hayley Henckel

Hayley Henckel

Lead Team Assistant
Mark Kubichek

Mark Kubichek

Choir and Orchestra Director
Kitty Moore

Kitty Moore

Care Ministry Coordinator
Nancy VanFarowe

Nancy VanFarowe

Worship Ministry Assistant
Ryan McMillin

Ryan McMillin

Facilities Technician
Joshua Daharsh

Joshua Daharsh

Facilities Technician
Gavin Ritsema

Gavin Ritsema

Facilities Technician
Travis Jarvie

Travis Jarvie

Facilities Technician
Rayna Vikse

Rayna Vikse

Hospitality Coordinator
Saylor Szymanski

Saylor Szymanski

College Intern
Our Elders

Meet Our Elders

The men who provide spiritual oversight and shepherd the direction of Faith Church.

Charlie Sandberg

Charlie Sandberg

Elder
Randy Henckel

Randy Henckel

Elder
Pete Peterson

Pete Peterson

Elder
Jon Rentfrow

Jon Rentfrow

Elder Chairman
Mike Faucett

Mike Faucett

Elder
Rich Simmons

Rich Simmons

Elder
Steve Pinks

Steve Pinks

Elder
Jeff Burleson

Jeff Burleson

Elder
Tyler Murray

Tyler Murray

Elder
Our Mission

We exist to help people know, love and follow Jesus.

Everything we do flows out of one simple mission: to help people take their next step toward Jesus — wherever they're starting from. We believe knowing Jesus leads to loving Him, and loving Him leads to following Him with our whole lives.

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Our Foundation

What We Believe

Our faith is rooted in the Bible and expressed in a community that welcomes everyone. Here are the core beliefs that shape everything we do.

God

We believe in one God, Creator of all things, holy, infinitely perfect and eternally existing in a loving unity of three equally divine Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

The Bible

God has spoken in the Scriptures, through the words of human authors in the collection of 66 books that make up the Old and New Testaments. As the verbally inspired Word of God, the Bible is to be believed in all that it teaches, obeyed in all that it requires and trusted in all that it promises.

The Human Condition

God created Adam and Eve in His image, but they sinned when tempted by Satan. In union with Adam, human beings are sinners by nature and by choice. Only through God's saving work in Jesus Christ can we be rescued, reconciled and renewed.

Jesus Christ

Jesus Christ is God incarnate, fully God and fully man, one Person in two natures. He lived a sinless life, was crucified under Pontius Pilate, arose bodily from the dead, ascended into heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father.

The Work of Christ

As our perfect representative and substitute, Jesus shed His blood on the cross as the perfect, all-sufficient sacrifice for our sins. His atoning death and victorious resurrection constitute the only ground for salvation.

The Holy Spirit

The Holy Spirit glorifies Jesus Christ in all that He does. He convicts the world of its guilt, and regenerates sinners. In Him they are baptized into union with Christ and adopted as heirs in the family of God. He indwells, illuminates, guides, equips and empowers believers for Christ-like living and service.

The Church

The true Church is comprised of all who have been justified by God's grace through faith. They are united by the Holy Spirit in the body of Christ, of which He is the Head.

Christian Living

God commands us to love Him supremely and others sacrificially, and to live out our faith with care for one another, compassion toward the poor and justice for the oppressed. In obedience to Christ's commission, we are to make disciples among all people, always bearing witness to the gospel in word and deed.

Christ's Return

We believe in the personal, bodily and glorious return of our Lord Jesus Christ. The coming of Christ, at a time known only to God, demands constant expectancy and motivates us to godly living, sacrificial service and energetic mission.

Response and Eternal Destiny

We believe that God commands everyone everywhere to believe the gospel by turning to Him in repentance and receiving the Lord Jesus Christ. We believe that God will raise the dead bodily and judge the world, assigning the unbeliever to condemnation and the believer to eternal blessedness with the Lord in the new heaven and the new earth.

Our Story

How Faith Church
Began

Our story goes back nearly a hundred years, to a faithful group of believers who gathered to worship as the Full Gospel Peoples' Tabernacle. In 1930, they began meeting on Whedbee Street — ordinary people with a simple desire to know God and make Him known.

In January of 1958, five families led the congregation to affiliate with the Evangelical Free Church of America, and Faith Evangelical Free Church of Fort Collins was born. Over the decades that followed, under the faithful leadership of Ernest Streed, Leroy Grimm and Jim Olsen, the church saw remarkable growth — so much so that in 2002 the congregation purchased land and built our current home at 3920 S Shields Street.

Nearly a century later, that same heart still beats at the center of who we are. From our earliest days to today, Faith Church has held fast to the preaching of God's Word, a passion for sharing the gospel and a commitment to helping people discover their calling in Christ within the warmth of real, everyday community.

The congregation gathered as the cross was raised on the new building
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