They devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.    Acts 2:42

Faith Church is served by the following men, who are faithful in sharing God's Word.

jim murphy, senior pastor

jim and his wife, barbie, came to Loveland in 1978, from Los Angeles. they have two grown children, heather and todd.

jim has a D.Min. from Fuller Seminary, where he learned that "God the Father wants more children." his exposure to the School of World Missions at Fuller has instilled in him a deep desire to see more and more people all over the world come to saving faith in Jesus Christ.

jim is jealous for the glory of God and is longing for another great spiritual revival to sweep the United States. his passion is to build a church that will glorify God by being biblically healthy; God gives the growth.

bill ackerman, youth pastor

bill and his family came to Faith Church in 2007.  he and his wife, kim, have been married for over 20 years and have an eight year-old son, alex. 

bill has been serving in youth ministry in various capacities for over 25 years in a variety of settings, most recently serving for 13 years as the assoc. pastor for youth in a Presbyterian church in New Hampshire.  he has had the privilege of directing PFR’s Great Escape Conference in New England, and leading youth events for other renewal organizations such as PRRMI.  he has D.Min. and M.Div. degrees from Gordon-Conwell Seminary, and a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Penn State Univ.  he has worked as an ordained youth pastor, design engineer, general contractor/developer, and owned his own business.  an outdoorsman, bill loves to backpack, ski, and do all things fun. 

his vision for youth ministry is to lead kids to Christ, disciple them, and turn them loose to evangelize and make disciples among their peers.  to accomplish this goal at Faith bill has assembled a team of adults who work closely with the teens on a weekly basis.  concurrently, he and the youth staff work with a team of student leaders who take the initiative to help their peers to grow in their relationship with Jesus.  bill desires to see a new generation of Spirit-filled believers arise who will wholeheartedly follow Christ and turn the world upside down once again.

chris perciante, outreach director

chris perciante has been on staff for over six years. he's held a variety of positions including children's ministry director, college and career director, and now is the director of outreach. in his current position chris is responsible for helping the church to be externally focused to the community of loveland. his passion is helping each church member find ways to sow seeds of Christ's love in their workplace and neighborhoods. he also serves the church as the administrator through his supervision of the administrative assistants, custodian, children's ministry director, and college and career director. chris is married to linda, has four daughters, and two sons-in-law.

sandy dykstra, children's ministry director

sandy came to Loveland in 1977 with her husband rich who was employed with Hewlett Packard.  together they began their family of three sons and volunteered in a local Presbyterian church, teaching Sunday School, serving as elder and deacon and wherever else they could help.  mr. Dykstra passed away in 1996.

sandy has attended college at Black Hills State University, the University of Northern Colorado, Aims Community College and Colorado Christian University, with credits in Elementary Education, Early Childhood Education, Reading and Biblical Studies.

she has taught Sunday School, Vacation Bible School and directed many other childhood activities, including homeschooling and daycare.

she came to Faith Church as Director of Children’s Ministry in January of 2007 after serving as director at another Presbyterian church in Loveland for three years.

now the proud grandmother of 10 year old and 8 year old granddaughters, she still loves working with children.

she says, “what children teach me about God is truly remarkable.  they strip away all of my sophistication and knowledge and help me remember that the unconditional love of God is the most important thing in life”.

lorie trich, administrative assistant

sharon boerger, office staff