WHO WE ARE

WE ARE A FAMILY LIKE NO OTHER

IN FEBRUARY 1989, OUR FOUNDING PASTOR, LEE SIMONS, RESIGNED FROM HIS PASTORAL ROLE AT IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH TO START HIS OWN NON-DENOMINATIONAL CHURCH…FAITH CHAPEL!
FAITH CHAPEL RECEIVED ITS NAME FROM THE STEP OF FAITH IT TOOK TO START THE CHURCH!
OUR FIRST SUNDAY SERVICE TOOK PLACE ON JUNE 4TH, 1989 AT ONONDAGA HILL CLUB. AS OUR BODY GREW, WE EVENTUALLY MOVED TO THE READY SET GROW DAY CARE CENTER, AND THEN THE AUDITORIUM OF FAITH HERITAGE!
IN 1992, WE PURCHASED OUR FIRST BUILDING ON GILLESPIE AVE IN CAMILLUS!
IN THE SPRING OF 1994, WE BEGAN LOOKING FOR A NEW PROPERTY. AT THAT POINT, WE WERE HOLDING 4 WEEKLY SERVICES, BUT WE NEEDED MORE ROOM!
IN THE SPRING OF 1995, FAITH CHAPEL PURCHASED 79 ACRES OF PROPERTY ON ONONDAGA HILL.
BY THE SPRING OF 1997, THE ENTIRE 7-YEAR LOAN WAS PAID OFF BY THE FINANCIAL SACRIFICES OF THE CONGREGATION!
THE GROUND WAS BROKEN IN JUNE OF 1997. GOD’S PEOPLE DID ALL THE WORK; THEY HAD COMMITTED TO BUILD WITHOUT BORROWING.
OUR CURRENT BUILDING IS THE BUILDING WE BUILT BACK IN 1997.
DOZENS OF BIBLES WERE PLACED IN THE FOUNDATION BEFORE THE CEMENT WAS POURED.
SCRIPTURE VERSES WERE WRITTEN ON THE CONCRETE FLOORS AND SHEET ROCKED WALLS.
OUR BUILDING WAS LITERALLY FOUNDED ON THE WORD OF GOD!
OUR FIRST SERVICE AT 4113 W. SENECA TURNPIKE SYRACUSE, NY TOOK PLACE ON THE EASTER SUNDAY OF 1999.

IN JANUARY OF 2009, OUR CURRENT PASTORS JIM AND KELLY TUTTLE BECAME THE LEAD PASTORS.
THEIR MISSION IS TO RAISE UP DISCIPLES TO IMPACT THEIR WORLD! THEY BELIEVE THAT EVERY BELIEVER IS TO BECOME “EVERYDAY MISSIONARIES” TO THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR WORK PLACES, THEIR SCHOOLS, AND NEIGHBORHOODS.
TO THIS DAY, PASTORS JIM & KELLY CONTINUE TO LEAD GROUPS OF DISCIPLESHIP (THE GROWTH TRACK), FEED THE CITY, IMPACT SCHOOL OF MINISTRY AND SERVICES.
PASTORS JIM AND KELLY TUTTLE CREATED OUR FEED THE CITY MINISTRY IN 2010 WITH THEIR MISSION IN MIND!
IT IS OUR HEART TO TAKE CARE OF THE POOR, THE NEEDY, AND THE HUNGRY—BOTH IN SPIRIT AND THE NATURAL. ANYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US ON THIS OUTREACH TO THE CITY.
IN 2021, WE PURCHASED A HOUSE ON MIDLAND AVE CALLED THE TRANSFORMATION HOUSE WHICH WILL OPERATE AS OUR CITY MINISTRY HEADQUARTERS!
OUR FOUR CORE VALUES LISTED ABOVE GIVE AN IDEA OF WHAT WE AIM TO DO EACH AND EVERY DAY. WE WANT EACH ONE IN OUR BODY TO KNOW GOD DEEPLY AND TO LOVE EACH OTHER WELL.
WHEN WE MEET FOR TEACHING, WHEN WE GATHER FOR COMMUNITY, WHEN WE UNITE IN WORSHIP, AND WHEN WE COME TOGETHER FOR FUN, IT’S ALL TO FULFILL OUR VALUES THAT WE WOULD MAKE AN IMPACT TO THE WORLD AROUND US FOR THE LORD.
AT FAITH CHAPEL, WE ARE CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR WAYS TO INNOVATE WHILE KEEPING THE MAIN THING THE MAIN THING. WE WANT MORE OF GOD NO MATTER WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. EVERYTHING OUR TEAM DOES IS WITH THE PURPOSE IN MIND TO BUILD UP JESUS’ CHURCH THAT WE WOULD BE READY WHEN HE RETURNS.