In November 1977, Faith Baptist purchased the Lutheran Church on Beebe Avenue for the miraculous price of $25,000. They were asking $64,500. The congregation grew from 6 families in ‘75 to average attendance of 105. Rev. David Bergstrom became the 1^st pastor, with his wife, Jeanette and 3 children; beginning January 1977 & concluded his ministry July 31, 1979. Interim pastor, Fred Miller & his wife came in January 1980.

October 1980, Rev. Terry Martell accepted the call as pastor along with his wife Susan, and 3 children. Services were 9:30am & 10:45am, with Sunday school also at 10:45am. The Evening service was 6:30pm. Successful Wednesday night clubs were started & became known as Family Nite. June 23, 1985 Pastor Terry was ordained. June 1984 - April 1986 Kevin Johnson served as assistant pastor of youth, music & discipleship. Leadership of the church was led to consider a larger facility as the Beebe Avenue church was bursting at the seams. At the Annual Meeting of January 24, 1988, the members voted to accept the recommendation of the Deacon Board for construction of our present facility. Ground was broken May 1988 & the congregation was off & working feverishly to erect the present structure. This was a great bonding experience for the body. The 1^st service was held in the new church November 20, 1988. After 13 years, Pastor Terry concluded in September 1993 to accept a calling as Church Planter in Green Bay. Our Associate, Ralph Larimer was called in 1989 & finished in September 1994. Pastor Delmar Dahl & Pastor Don Madvig were interim pastors during 1994 & 1995.

August 1, 1995 Dr. David Selness came to start his ministry with his wife Patty and their 4 children. Dave & Patty were born & raised in Minneapolis, but spent 20 years serving in Canada. He was installed on September 17, 1995. The church felt a deep need to develop ministry to youth & was led to Dave Wolfe from Iron Mountain, Michigan. Dave began ministry part-time as Associate Pastor of Youth Ministries on January 21, 1997 while he finished his teaching & coaching commitments, & moved to full-time March 1, 1997. He & Jessica Dixon were married July 12, 1997. They served in this role until October 3, 1999.

Little Hands Pre-school began in September, 1999, & was open to 4-year-olds 3 days per week with Susan Gross as the teacher. This ministry expanded to include a 3-year-old program 2 days per week as well. Shelly Majewski joined this ministry as an assistant in September 2002. God then called Jesse Selness to serve as Associate Pastor of Youth Ministries at Faith, and his ministry began on April 1, 2000. The son of Pastor & Patty Selness, he moved from St. Paul, MN to Peshtigo to carry on the church’s vision for youth in the region. Jesse served until August, 2003 when he began graduate studies at Wheaton College near Chicago, IL. As the church experienced God’s blessing, the need for additional staff became apparent, & the church blazed new territory by creating the position of Associate Pastor of Discipleship and Christian Education. The very 1^st person to fill that role was Greg Williamson, with his wife Leta and family. Greg moved from being an elder in the church & a dairy farmer in the area, to part-time ministry in mid-July & full time ministry August 1, 2000. Greg served until April, 2006, when he felt called to return to farming.

The church took another step of faith in 2003, voting to create a full-time staff position for Associate Pastor of Music & Worship, bringing the number of ministry staff to 4 for the 1^st time. Kevin Grenier served as interim Music Director from May 2004 until October 2005. Kevin was hired as permanent Director of Worship Ministries October 16, 2005. Kevin & his wife Angie & family came to us from Marinette. Chris Nadolny served as summer interim Youth Director, 2004, during the search for a youth Pastor. We concluded our search for a Youth Pastor in November 2004 when we hired Tim Harwell to serve as Associate Pastor of Youth Ministries. Tim came on board January 9, 2005. Tim came to us from Abilene, Texas, with 10 years of experience in Youth Ministry.

Archer Leupp, Associate Pastor of Adult Ministries, is another great addition to the church family. He, his wife, Donna, & their daughter Kira have come from Prineville, OR. Archer desire to help lead others into a deeper community with one another & with God, so that others will know Christ through our actions & our testimony (John 17). He started his ministry here January 31, 2007.