Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church

Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church was founded in the fall of 1987 by a group of committed followers of Christ who sensed that God was leading them to withdraw from a congregation affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA), because of that denomination’s increasing theological liberalism. They did so only after a lengthy period of prayer and study, and they did so in order to be true to their biblical convictions. The newly-formed church, which met for worship the first time on Sunday, October 4, 1987, at Key Middle School in Springfield, Virginia, was chartered as a congregation of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church (EPC) in 1988

Rev. Dr. Neil D. Smith (no relation to Dr. Graham Smith) was called in 1997 and has served as Faith’s pastor since July of that year.  Rev. Robert Barnett joined our ministry team in August 2005 and was ordained and installed as our Assistant Pastor for Outreach and and Discipleship in June 2006.  Rev. David Fischler became our Assistant Pastor for Church Planting in March 2006 to oversee the work of the Redeemer mission and plant a church in the greater Lorton area. In 2007, Nathanael de Poix came on board as our Youth Director.  Adam Rice joined us in 2007 as our part-time Music Director and Julie Cloutier in 2008 as our part-time Children's Ministry Director.

In 2002, God blessed us with additions to our church building.  These include a classroom wing that we call the "W. Graham Smith Discipleship Center" (named in memory of our founding pastor), the "William C. Shirey Library" (named in memory of a founding member and ruling elder), and on-site church offices for our pastors and staff.