Leadership

Pastor Bill Henry came to know Jesus through repentance of his sins and believing on Jesus Christ to be his Lord and Savior at the age of 19, in 1982. He was heavily into the surfer lifestyle- including an addiction to pot and alcohol.  He was invited to attend a charismatic Catholic retreat, that was designed to bring young Catholics into a personal relationship with Jesus Christ. It was there that he was born again in Jesus Christ - and that repentance and salvation truly took place in his life.
 
During the eight years to follow, he grew in the Lord, becoming a leader and teacher, yet he found that the ground he had been building his foundation upon was not the Solid Rock of the Word of God and he found his Christian life was built upon sand.

During this time he had also been attending Calvary Chapel in Costa Mesa, California. He started reading his Bible through for the first time in his life, which gave him the solid rock to build upon.

In 1992 he was accepted into Calvary Chapel of Cost Mesa's School Of Ministry, or SOM, as it is fondly called. While attending there he served as the leader of a Christian praise and worship band, he also began teaching again and eventually the Lord raised him up to take over and teach the Musician's Fellowship. He also began teaching at that same Rescue Mission he had led worship at, as well as at rest homes. After two years he left the Musician's Fellowship to take over the High School Ministries Home Fellowship. He graduated from the School of Ministry in 1994.

He had also met his future wife, Talia, while being on-staff and serving at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa and they were married in July of 1995.
 
The Lord later called Bill and Talia up the Pacific Northwest where he served as an Assistant Pastor at a large Calvary Chapel affiliate for two years, while living in Battle Ground, WA.
 
Bill left there in 2004 and they started an new work in Battle Ground called Simple Faith Calvary Chapel. After meeting in schools mostly for 6 years, they finally found a building to lease in Brush Prairie, WA and are extremely blessed.

Bill and Talia have also been blessed with three wonderful girls in their family too!

The heart here is to love the Lord our God with all we are, to love each other as we love ourselves, and to love the lost for Jesus Christ...

To "equip the saints for the work of the minsitry" - through the teaching/preaching of God's powerful and perfect Word; verse-by-verse and chapter-by-chapter, learning to walk ever deeper in the Spirit of our God.

"Taste and see that the Lord is good!"

Assistant Pastor Jay Allen came to Christ late in life, in his fifties. While attending Harvest Christian Fellowship, in Riverside, California, he was led to service with the Billy Graham Telephone Ministry and to travel with the Harvest Crusade. Jay moved to Battle Ground in 2009 and began worshiping at Simple Faith. He was called to the ministry in 2014.
 
Principal among his duties are the Men’s Ministry and Helps Ministry.
 
The Men’s Ministry offers a venue where the men of Simple Faith can come together in fellowship, focusing on the living and powerful Word of God.
 
In addition to furnishing food, clothing and transportation to those in need, the Helps Ministry gives those who serve an opportunity to labor in Christ’s will to bring Him glory.
 
Pastor Jay and his wife Lee have been married 44 years. They have three children and four grandchildren.
 
To God be the glory.

Luke was raised in a non-Christian home with little, to no exposure to the gospel. After being married for a couple of years and with two young kids, he bent the knee and gave his life to Christ at 21 years old. The Holy Spirit came in and completely changed every aspect of his life, making him a new man with a new mind and new desires.

Having served in a variety of ministry roles over the course of his walk with the Lord, Luke currently serves as Assistant Pastor, leads the small group home fellowship ministry, and serves in various other ministries as the Lord leads.

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Michaiah grew up in the church majority of her life and has had a heart to serve Jesus from a young age.
At the age of 19, she chose for herself to fully surrender to Christ and walk after Him in Word and in deed. She has been serving on staff here at Simple Faith now for 7 years, and is truly blessed by all that the Lord is doing in the body here.

Her heart is to see the gospel of Jesus Christ reach the lost both here in the greater Portland/Vancouver area as well as to all the nations.

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My name is Daniel Hood. I have been blessed by this fellowship, which I have been attending for about 15 years, as the head over the Greeter and Usher Ministry. My journey began at a young age with Sunday School, but it did not come to fruition until God used my beloved wife as His hand to bring me into a true relationship with Him. I can truthfully say that my life would be in complete disaster, if it were not for the grafting of my life to God's, through Jesus Christ. In a brief synopsis, I am the youngest of 3, with now a family of 4 of my own. Each one is a new adventure and a complete blessing. I look forward to the path that God has readied for me and my family.

If you would like to serve in the ushering or greeting ministry, please feel free to contact Dan by clicking the contact button below.

Talia Henry is currently the leader of the Women's Ministry here at Simple Faith Calvary Chapel. She and her husband, Pastor Bill Henry, moved out to Battle Ground Washington back in 2002 as the Lord had placed a burden upon Pastor Bill's heart for the PNW. Together, in 2004, by the calling, provision, and grace of God, they planted Simple Faith Calvary Chapel in a small elementary school.

Talia has been faithfully serving in the ministry since she was 19 years old. From her beginnings at The Word for Today in Costa Mesa, CA to now leading the women of Simple Faith for the last 14 years.
She has raised 3 beautiful young women, homeschooled  them all K-12, and has been a wife and homemaker for over 26 years.
The Lord is surely working in her life, and we are blessed to have her as the leader for Women Sitting at the Feet of Jesus.

If you would like to contact Talia about the Women's Ministry, please feel free to click the contact button below

My name is Kristy McCartney.  I grew up in northern California and came to know Jesus as a young girl while attending Sunday School.  After moving to the beautiful Pacific Northwest, the Lord blessed me with great coffee (right?!) and a great church family! I joined the Simple Faith family in 2010 along with my husband Dave, and two sons, Devin and Logan. Here, I am privileged to serve in the All4Jesus Sewing and Craft ministry.

The heart of this ministry is to serve and share the Love of Jesus to those in need. We want to make a difference in the lives of others by blessing them with both useful and comfortable items.

If you would like more info about the sewing ministry, please feel free to contact Kristy by clicking the contact button below.

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My heart for this ministry is for families to be able to bless other families with clothes.  Kids grow so fast and it can be expensive to buy clothes.  My heart is to have a revolving closet where clothes are being given and received.  There will be a donation box downstairs by the kids classes to bring like-new clothes to drop off anytime.  You can come the first Sunday of each month to pick out clothes you need for your little ones.  The closet will be open between 1st & 2nd service and between 2nd & 3rd service, but is closed before 1st service and closes for the day at the beginning of 3rd service.  Little Blessings Closet is located upstairs west of the sanctuary.  Please ask an usher for directions if you need help finding it.  Clothes sizes range from newborn to size 14.

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