Our Vision
Worship. Our worship will combine the rich Anglican heritage with the present movement of the Holy Spirit. In response to God's giving of His best, we commit to returning excellence in our service to him.
Authority. We recognize the authority and application of scripture as the standard for living. Seeking the mind of Christ, we value consensus in decisions.
Ministry. We will seek, serve and disciple children, youth, and adults because they are of equal value to God. Believers will minister out of their God-given gifts and passions.
Mission. We are devoted to reaching the lost and broken with the care and love of Christ. We rely on the transforming power of the Holy Spirit to change lives.
Notes on our Services
We offer both regular and non-alcoholic wine at Communion. The first chalice is for intinction only, and the last chalice is non-alcoholic.
We have prayer teams who would love to pray with you during communion or following the service in the conference room off the Narthex.
All Baptized Christians are welcome to participate in the
Communion.
It is the responsibility of the parents to determine whether
their child is ready to participate in Communion or not.
We do not pass an offering plate.
As you enter, there are 4 round baskets for your offering which will be
blessed by the priest during the service. You may make checks payable
to Faith Church.
Our History
Faith Church began as a mission church in March of 1996. The Episcopal Diocese of Dallas, Christ Church - Plano and the North American Missionary Society formed a partnership to begin this new mission. A search of church planter candidates concluded that Rev. John and Nancy Clifford were called to be the church planters of this Allen mission. Christ Episcopal Church provided the start-up families and a place to begin the process of forming a church.
The Dallas Diocese contributed $200,000 spread over the first three years, to help defray start-up costs and the North American Missionary Society contributed in the areas of supervision and vision casting.
"The Mission Church" moved its services to the Allen area in August 1996. Christ the Servant Lutheran Church was very gracious in allowing The Mission Church to use its facilities on Saturday nights for both worship and Christian education. Soon after the move to Allen, the Dallas Diocese gave us our official name of Faith Church.
As Saturday nights did not prove to be the best time to build a church family, Faith began to look at other facilities for Sunday worship. Beginning in 1997, Faith Church was allowed to use Boyd Elementary School in Allen for both worship and Christian Education. Due to renovations planned at Boyd in 1998, Faith moved to Norton Elementary School until construction of it's permanent home at Alma and McDermott in Allen was completed in April 2000.