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 serves as our Associate Pastor, focusing on outreach and discipleship.  Rev. David Fischler became our Pastor for Church Planting in March 2006 to oversee the work of the Church of the Occoquan Valley ("The Cove"), our mission church in the Lorton-Woodbridge area. Adam Rice joined the church staff in 2006 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.