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Stephen Childs
Lead Pastor
As lead Pastor for Faith Inc., Stephen Childs brings over 30 years experience in Christian ministry as well as music education and production to help build a church unique in its overall approach to Christian evangelism.
Pastor Steve started out as a creation science lecturer, teaching on the validity of the Judeo Christian Bible which led to his first ministry called “The Stephen J. Childs Christian Outreach Ministries” (CCOM), which was dedicated to uniting churches in Christian outreach events. At the same time he also started his successful music production company, “Musically Speaking Studios” where he has enjoyed teaching, recording and producing music for over 30 years.
Before the start of Faith Inc, he became a Young Adults Pastor and Creative Arts Director of his local church which opened the door to many ministry opportunities, all of which helped him on his journey to take the Lead Pastor position at Faith Inc. Pastor Steve is married to Dez Childs, who is the Creative Arts director of Faith Inc. and is an accomplished Christian singer/songwriter. They have 4 children and 4 grandchildren.
DESIREE CHILDS
Creative Arts Director
Desiree Childs is a Jersey-native singer, songwriter, and worship leader. At the age of 15, she accepted Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior and began leading worship at age 17 while working on writing original contemporary Christian music.
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Dez received a degree from Berkeley College in Music Business. She then attended Calvary Chapel Bible College, graduating with an associates degree in Theology. After Bible College, she married her long time best friend and fellow musician Stephen Childs and they now have 2 children, Tristan and Zoe.
She and Steve embarked on a dream to write and record her first album called Heart Cry, released in 2012. In 2016, Dez released her second album Work of Art. Since then she worked with Scotty Wilbanks (pianist and producer for NewSong, Third Day, Luke Bryant) on five new contemporary Christian songs.
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Dez is now solely focused on her calling as creative arts director for Faith Alive, the music ministry of Faith Inc., as well as overseeing the songwriting teams.
