As early as 1933, an attempt was made to organize an LCMS congregation in Georgetown. Back then, Zion Lutheran Church in Walburg was the closest Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod parish. Though that initial effort was abandoned, the seed had been planted.

Nearly half-century later, a group of local residents approached the Texas District’s Board of Mission Administration with the prospect of planting a mission in this Central Texas community. This time, by God’s good grace, the effort succeeded.

Pastor Gerald Kieschnick was called as mission planter and developer. On Valentine’s Day, 1982 the congregation was officially chartered as a member-parish of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod.

In as little as three years, the church was off subsidy and standing on its own two feet without District assistance. With a loan from the Church Extension Fund, the present sanctuary was erected and worship services began in November, 1985.

After Pastor Kieschnick accepted a call to serve at the Texas District Office in Austin, Dr. Luther Koepke provided pastoral care during the short six-month vacancy. In June, 1986, Pastor John Selle, serving a congregation in Magnolia, TX accepted the call to Faith’s pastorate. He served as the sole shepherd until Rev. Bill Lowrey accepted the call as Associate Pastor in 1999. Previously, Becky Krentz began work on-site in March, 1996 as Faith’s first Director of Christian Education.

Over the years, God has blessed Faith with continual growth, opportunities for Christian service, and outreach into the community. After the shell of the Activity Center was erected in the early 90’s, members, over the course of two years, completed the interior of this multi-use facility. It provided much-needed Sunday School/Parish Fellowship space.

In the year 2000, the Education/Administrative wing adjacent to the original structure was completed, housing a beautiful Nursery, Choir practice room, Classrooms, Restroom, Kitchenette, and new Office space. Here again, member-labor helped out and brought a significant savings toward the overall cost of the project. Before long, the classroom space was filled to capacity.

After six years, Pastor Lowrey accepted a call to Arlington, TX in the fall of 2005. Happily, Pastor Walt Pohland, the pastor of Mt. Calvary in Raymondville, TX for eighteen years, accepted Faith’s divine call and was installed on July 23, 2006 as the second full-time Associate Pastor. Becky Krentz received the title of Director of Youth and Discipleship, when Jonathan Loesch of Rancho Cucamonga, CA accepted the call to serve as Director of Child and Family Ministry in December, 2006! Faith has had a number of her members go to Concordia University Texas to study for the DCE ministry.

As the congregation continued to grow and flourish, there was also the reality of the need to expand her initial five-acre site. An addition five acres were purchased several years ago at the cost of $200,000. After several years of work, the Long Range Planning Committee brought a Master Site Plan before the congregation in July, 2006. It was unanimously adopted. Faith, having grown to over 1,000 members, and having gone from one, to two, to three worship services weekly, saw the need to expand once more.

A new sanctuary and a remodeled old sanctuary provided much-needed space. It was with great excitement that this $5 million project, completed over a two-year period, was dedicated to the glory of God on November 22, 2009! Over 700 people were in attendance for this dedicatory celebration. Simultaneously, Faith began its second three-year capital fund drive called “4 Those 2 Come.” The first effort, Forward in Faith, raised $1.75 million in pledges and memorials, while the second campaign already has pledges of over $1.5 million. God is good – all the time!

One highlight to note is that Faith contributes 20% of its general fund offerings to state, national, and global missions. This is the first check written by the Treasurer each month. In 2009, the total dollars given is expected to reach nearly $200,000.

Also, for the past ten years, our church has sent teams of youth and adults on mission trips to Mexico, Alaska, Colorado, Wisconsin, South Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Guyana, and other sites. We continue to focus on our overall Mission Statement:

Faith also has an early childhood development center for 2, 3, and 4 year old children four days a week. Footsteps of Faith began in 1997. Hundreds of little children have received Christian training in these formative years through this outreach effort.

The congregation is also excited to be a Stephen Ministry Congregation, with over 100 members trained in this one-on-one care-giving ministry to those who are hurting due to illness, job loss, depression, unemployment, etc.! After receiving 50 hours of training, these men and women commit to at least two years of ministry. However, the fact remains that once you’re a Stephen Ministry, you’re always a Stephen Minister

In recent years, Faith has added several new boards, too: Board of Assimilation, Board of Information Technology, Board of Parish Fellowship and the Board of Human Care. God is so kind in affording Faith the opportunity to touch of lives of God’s people in so many different ways. The harvest here in Georgetown is ripe, as statistics have revealed that 60% of our community is un-churched or de-churched.

Faith’s people earnestly seek to be a warm, inviting, care-giving fellowship of Christians! God has truly smiled upon this fellowship of believers. As new chapters will continue to be written in the history of this congregation, we must always remember that Faith’s history is HIStory! Faith wishes to ‘dare to be different’ from most churches that either plateau or decline after twenty years of history. As we approach thirty in the next few years, we pray that God would help us to be a ‘shining light’ in this community reaching out with the Gospel of our crucified and risen Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.