OUR PASTOR

Bruce Goddard

At the age of eighteen, Pastor Goddard was led to the Lord by one of his teenage friends in the city park near his home. The young man gave him a King James Bible, and three days later, Pastor Goddard packed that Bible with his belongings and headed to college. After a year and a half of playing college basketball and reading his Bible, he came to the conclusion that learning the Bible and telling others what God was teaching him was more fulfilling and satisfying than his life-long dream of playing college basketball.

Two years after Pastor Goddard received Christ as his Saviour, he enrolled in Bible college to train for the ministry. Pastor Goddard had known Mrs. Goddard since the eighth grade and started dating her while she finished her senior year of high school. In 1981 (five years later) they were married. In July of 1982, they both graduated from Bible college, moved to southern California, knocked on the first door to start Faith Baptist Church, and held the first service that August.

 Pastoral Staff

  • Brett Beil

    Brett and his wife, Jennifer, served as missionaries in Ghana, West Africa, for five years. They have three sons and a daughter. He has served on our church staff since 2018.

  • Greg Beil

    Greg Beil is our Christian School Administrator. He and his wife Kathy have raised their five children at FBC. Two of them are missionaries and the other three are in full-time ministry.

  • Joshua Goddard

    Since 2008, Josh has been serving the youth department he attended when he was a teenager. He and his wife, Carly, have three children.

  • Ken Peterson

    Ken Peterson and his wife Karen have devoted decades of service to our church. Joining our staff in January 2026, we are grateful to now have him working full time.

  • Matt Peterson

    Matt grew up at Faith Baptist Church and has worked as the children’s pastor since 2015. He and his wife, Esther are honored to give back to the church where they were raised.

  • Mike Valdez

    Pastor Valdez has ministered to our Spanish community for decades. He and his wife Linda are invaluable assets to our ministry.

 Office Staff

  • Jennifer Beil

    Health Insurance / Website

  • Tammy Goddard

    Secretary

  • Chandra Grisson

    Finance / Missions / Bus

  • Rachel McDowell

    Secretary / Receptionist

  • Esther Peterson

    Graphic Design / Secretary

  • Kathy Strickland

    Secretary Assistant

  • Heather Young

    Secretary / Receptionist / Attendance

Faith Baptist Academy Staff & Faculty

  • Pastor Bruce Goddard

    Chancellor

  • Trent Bailey

    Science / Geography / Computer / P.E. / Yearbook

  • Brett Beil

    Substitute Teacher / Chapel Preacher

  • Greg Beil

    Administrator

  • Jennifer Beil

    Personal Finance

  • Kathy Beil

    Kindergarten

  • Evangelina Figueroa

    A.M. Monitor

  • Carly Goddard

    3rd & 4th Grade

  • Josh Goddard

    Bible / Chapel Preacher

  • Tammy Goddard

    Christian Womanhood

  • Tim Grisson

    Orchestra

  • Connie Marrujo

    Spanish

  • Jeannie Pattison

    1st, 2nd & 3rd Grade

  • Misty Payne

    School Office Administrator

  • Matt Peterson

    Bible / Chapel Preacher

  • Emily Roe

    English / P.E. / Typing

  • Theresa Ryan

    4th, 5th & 6th Grade