Our Team

Received the call to ministry while serving as a Kansas City police officer. He briefly pastored churches in the Kansas City area before being called to Geneva, NY. He established Faith Community Church in 1978 in a garage, and eleven years later moved into the church’s current location at 90 Lewis Street.

Education:
Colgate Rochester Divinity School, D.Min.
Saint Bernard’s Institute, M.A.
Calvary Bible College and Theo. Seminary, B.S.
Harvard Medical School, Mind/Body Medical Institute
University of Rochester, Medical Family Therapy Institute
Central Missouri State University, Criminology

Before coming to FCC, Pastor Deb served as the Pastor of Reed Corners Federated Church in Canandaigua. Prior to that, Deb was the Pastor of Caring Ministries at Crosswinds Wesleyan Church in Canandaigua. For 34 years, Deb was a teacher in the Marcus Whitman Central School District. Her husband, Bill, is a retired Senior Tooling Design Engineer from The Gleason Works in Rochester. Together, they have four adult children. They reside in Stanley.

Education:
Wesleyan Church, B.S. in Ministry
State University of New York at Geneseo, B.S. in Education