Our Pastor

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Pastor Matt Farinella accepted Christ as his personal Savior in the winter of 1985. On October 9th of 1994, he felt the call of God upon his  life to preach the gospel and surrendered his life to serve the Lord. From there  he pursued his calling to Oklahoma City in 1999 where he attended Heartland  Baptist Bible College. He graduated with honors in 2003 receiving his Bachelors in Theology. It was there that he met his wife, Alyssa.  After they graduated, they married and moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma to train under the ministry of Pastor Wayne Hardy at Bible Baptist Church. Here they completed a two-year internship of practical, hands-on ministry training.  In June of 2006, Pastor Farinella moved his family to Washington to start a new church through the ministry of Woodin Valley  Baptist Church of Woodinville, WA. After settling in  Sammamish, Pastor Farinella began holding services on November 5th of 2006. Four years later on November 7th, 2010, Foundation Baptist Church held its charter service. After 17 years of setting up and tearing down for every service, in 2024 Foundation Baptist was invited to carry on the work of a historic baptist church started in 1900, located in Preston Washington. After a "passing the mantle" service in January of 2024, this beautiful church building in Preston became the permanent home of Foundation Baptist Church.