About

Serving the Fredericksburg area for 50 years
Meet our leadership team
Pastoral Team

Kurt Skelly
Senior Pastor
Kurt and Wanda were married in 1988 and have four adult married children and eight grandchildren! Kurt does the majority of our teaching and preaching on Sundays, leads our ministry team, and helps promote the vision of Faith. His passion is for people to learn about Jesus through carefully and passionately delivered messages. If you meet Kurt, you’ll soon discover his genuine love for people and his passion for Dunkin’ Donuts and Jif extra-crunchy peanut butter!

Josh Venable
Co-Pastor
Josh and his wife Danielle are the proud parents of four incredible boys – Brayden, Carter, Beckett, and Coby. Together, they have served here at Faith for over 15 years. Josh serves as the co-pastor giving specific attention to encouraging young adults and Primetimers to dive deep into their faith journey with Jesus. When he’s not preaching, you’ll find him with a cup of coffee in hand, cheering on his favorite Washington DC sports teams.

Adam Longo
Administative Pastor

Jonathan Raines
School Administrator

Omar Garcia
Spanish Pastor

Jeremiah Gillespie
Youth Pastor

Greg Smith
Children’s Pastor
Administrative and Support Team

James Pitts
Ministry Development and Worship

Erin Sigstad
Office Manager,
Assistant to Pastor Skelly,
Ladies Ministry

Jeff Murphy
Special Projects Director

Rob Stephens
Custodial Director

Mimi McDaniel
Administrative Assistant
Statement of Faith
Scripture
We accept fully the writings of the Old and New Testaments as the inerrant Word of God, verbally inspired in all parts and therefore altogether sufficient as our only infallible and authoritative rule of faith and practice.
God
We believe in the one true God: Who is an intelligent, sovereign, spiritual, and personal Being; perfect, infinite, and eternal in His being, holiness and love, wisdom and power; absolutely separate from and above the world as its Creator, yet everywhere present in the world as the Upholder of all things. He is revealed to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, three distinct persons but without division of nature, essence, or being, and each having a distinct ministry in God’s relation to His creation and people.
Jesus
We believe in the Lord Jesus Christ: Who is the second Person of the Triune God, the eternal Word and Only Begotten Son; that without any change in His divine Person, He became man by miracle of the virgin birth, thus to continue forever as both true God and true Man, one Person with two natures; that as Man He was tempted in all points as we are, yet without sin; that as the perfect Lamb of God He gave Himself in death by the shedding of His blood upon the cross, bearing there the sin of the world, and suffering its full penalty of divine wrath in our stead; that He arose from the grave in a glorified body; that as our great High Priest He ascended into Heaven, there to appear before the face of God as our Advocate and Intercessor.
The Holy Spirit
We believe in the Holy Spirit: Who is the Third Person of the Trinity and the divine Agent in nature, revelation, and redemption; that He convicts the world concerning sin, righteousness, and judgment; that He regenerates, indwells, baptizes, seals, and anoints all who become children of God through Christ; that He further empowers, guides, teaches, sanctifies, and fills believers who daily surrender to Him.
Sin
We believe all men are by nature and choice sinful and lost: that man was the direct creation of God, made in His image and likeness; that by personal disobedience to the revealed will of God, man became a sinful creature, the father of a fallen race which is universally sinful in nature and practice, thus alienated from the life and family of God, under the righteous judgment and wrath of God, and has within himself no possible means of salvation.
Salvation
We believe in salvation by grace through faith: that salvation is the free gift of God, neither merited nor secured in part or in whole by any virtue or work of man, but received only by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, through Whom all true believers have as a present possession the gift of eternal life, a perfect righteousness, sonship in the family of God, deliverance and security from all condemnation, every spiritual resource needed for life and godliness, and the divine guarantee that they shall never perish; that this salvation affects the whole man; that apart from Christ there is no possible salvation.
Satan
We believe in the existence of Satan: who originally was created a holy and perfect being, but through pride and wicked ambition rebelled against God, thus becoming utterly depraved in character; who is the great adversary of God and His people, leader of all other evil angels and wicked spirits; who is the deceiver and god of this present world; that his powers are vast, but strictly limited by the permissive will of God who overrules all his wicked devices for good; that he was defeated and judged at the cross, and therefore his final doom is certain; that we are able to resist and overcome him only in the armor of God, by the blood of the Lamb, and through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Eternal Judgment
We believe in future life, bodily resurrection, and eternal judgment: that the spirits of the saved at death go immediately to be with Christ in Heaven; that their works shall be brought before the Judgment Seat of Christ for the determination of rewards which will take place at the time when Christ comes for His own; that the spirits of the unsaved at death descend immediately into Hades where they are kept under punishment until the final day of judgment, at which time their bodies shall be raised from the grave; that they shall be judged and cast into Hell, the place of final and everlasting punishment.
The Home
We believe in the institution of the home as defined by Scripture: that it was divinely established in the beginning as the union by marriage of one naturally-born male and one naturally-born female and is the basic unit of society; that each family member—husband, wife, or child—has distinct duties and responsibilities; that it is the responsibility of parents to train up children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord and to provide for them godly instruction through Christian example and formal education. We believe that God has commanded that no intimate sexual activity be engaged in outside of a marriage between one naturally-born man and one naturally-born woman. We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery, and pornography are sinful perversions of God’s gift of sex. We believe that God disapproves of and forbids any attempt to alter one’s naturally born biological gender.
The Local Church
We believe in the importance of the local church: that all believers should assemble and identify themselves in local churches; that a New Testament church is a local assembly of born-again, baptized believers united in organization to practice New Testament ordinances; to meet together for worship, prayer, fellowship, teaching, and a united testimony; and to actively engage in carrying out the Great Commission.
Our Affiliated Ministries
Faith Baptist School
An accredited K-12 Christian School that is a ministry of Faith Baptist Church.
Veritas Baptist College
Founded by Faith and now an autonomous, accredited online Bible College.
Iglesia Bautista de la Fe
Our Spanish-speaking ministry that is an integral part of Faith Baptist Church.