Christian Faith Center has put down deep roots in Nampa, Idaho, and from that home base it stretches across the Treasure Valley to four neighboring cities. Pastors Jordan and Amanda Hodges lead a Pentecostal church family whose simple motto - "Loving People to Life" - shows up everywhere from the parking lot to the kids wing, the youth room, the global mission field, and a long list of small groups meeting in living rooms all week long. What began as a single congregation has grown into five Sunday morning campuses serving thousands across Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton, and Emmett, plus a Spanish-language service, a midweek youth gathering, a college-style ministry school, and short-term mission trips that have carried the church's name as far as Africa and Israel.
One Church Across Five Campuses
The Nampa campus at 31 S Midland Boulevard is the flagship and central office, and it is where the weekend message is broadcast live each Sunday. Three Sunday services run there at 8:30 AM, 10:00 AM, and 11:45 AM, with the 10 AM hour shared by an English congregation and a Spanish-language congregation called Nampa Español that also meets at 11:45 AM. The other Treasure Valley campuses follow a similar rhythm of two Sunday morning services: Caldwell at 301 S 34th Avenue meets at 9:00 AM and 10:45 AM under Pastors Paul and Sasha Shulga, and Middleton at 303 S Hawthorne Avenue meets at the same 9:00 AM and 10:45 AM times under Pastors Paco and Sandra Ramirez. The newest campus in Emmett, meeting at 444 ID-16, holds a single Sunday service at 10:30 AM under Pastors Jerrad and Katya Vahsholtz.
Each campus has its own local pastoral team, but the weekend message is the same across all five locations because Lead Pastor Jordan Hodges preaches live from Nampa. The result is a church that feels both regional and local: a visitor walking into any CFC campus will hear the same sermon Pastor Jordan preached that morning, while being greeted by people who know their own neighborhood by name.
What a Sunday Morning Looks Like
Visitors are asked to arrive in whatever they would wear on a Saturday around town. The parking team meets cars at each location and points drivers to open spots, and a Guest Services area inside hands out a small gift to anyone visiting for the first time. Services run about 75 minutes and are built around three elements: passionate worship led by the CFC Worship Collective, a Bible-based message, and a welcoming atmosphere where no one is put on the spot. Children are checked in at a secure digital station, receive a name tag with a unique code that matches a parent sticker, and can only be picked up by an adult carrying that same code. Every volunteer who works with children has passed a background check.
For those who cannot be on campus, services also stream online at 10:00 AM, 11:45 AM, and 7:00 PM on Sundays, with a YouTube channel that keeps the full archive of messages. The same sermons are released as a podcast called Christian Faith Center on Apple Podcasts and Spotify, so the weekly teaching travels with anyone who wants to follow along on a commute.
CFC Kids: Nursery Through Fifth Grade
CFC Kids is built around a single conviction - that every child is a gift, and a child's first years of faith matter. The ministry serves newborns through fifth grade with three age-segregated environments: a nursery for babies and toddlers cared for by a trained team, a Pre-K Sunday school that uses Bible story videos, worship songs, crafts, and group play, and a K through 5th grade program designed to be high-energy, engaging, and Biblically grounded. Every volunteer in kids' ministry passes a background check, and a digital check-in system ensures that only the parent or guardian holding the matching tag can pick up a child after service.
Pastors Kevin and Asunda Andrews lead the kids' ministry team. Kevin has spent more than seventeen years in Next Gen ministry, and he and Asunda are committed to the idea of multi-generational discipleship, where one parent's "yes" to Jesus can shift the trajectory of an entire family line. Together they have built a program that the church describes as safe, fun, engaging, and organized around the idea that worship, Scripture memory, and prayer can be part of a child's earliest memories of church.
CFC YTH: Wednesday Nights Across the Valley
Middle schoolers and high schoolers gather on Wednesday nights at 6:30 PM for CFC YTH, meeting at the Nampa, Caldwell, Middleton, and Emmett campuses on the same night. The weekly gathering is built around three convictions that the youth team repeats often: community matters, one moment in God's presence can change everything, and youth are the generation of today, not just tomorrow. Programming is led by Central Youth Pastor Baldrich Rodriguez, who grew up in Boise, joined CFC in 2020, and stepped into the role in 2024. Pastor Baldrich is known for his energetic personality and for connecting easily with students from all walks of life. He also oversees CFC Young Adults, a ministry for people in their 18 to 30s that gathers throughout the year for nights of worship, teaching, hangouts, and community.
Rooted: A Ten-Week Discipleship Track
For adults who want to dig deeper, CFC runs a ten-week discipleship experience called Rooted. Modeled on the seven rhythms of a disciple found in Acts 2, Rooted meets in groups of about ten to fifteen people and uses a shared workbook, weekly questions, and a facilitator to walk through what it looks like to follow Jesus in everyday life. Groups are assigned by campus, age, marital status, and life stage, and friends can request to be placed together. The program is free, requires advance registration, and meets on Sunday nights. Sessions launch twice a year, with the next English and Spanish cohorts opening after a sign-up date the church publishes each season. Childcare is available for the Nampa location only.
Groups: Connect, Care, Women's, and Men's
Outside of Rooted, CFC's broader Groups ministry launches new small groups twice a year on a semester basis, though the Groups Directory is open year-round for people to browse and join anytime. Four flavors of groups are available:
- Connect Groups dig into the previous weekend's Sunday message with discussion questions and practical application, helping people live out the sermon in their Monday-through-Saturday lives.
- Care Groups provide Christ-centered support for people walking through specific seasons - grief, recovery, illness, divorce, or other challenges that call for sustained encouragement.
- Women's Groups use a Bible study written by Pastor Amanda Hodges each season, combining Scripture study with authentic friendship.
- Men's Groups work through a Bible study written by Pastor Jordan Hodges, focused on helping men grow in their relationship with Jesus while building honest community.
Group leaders complete First Step, attend a launch party, and are encouraged to have gone through a CFC group themselves before leading one. The church posts an open application for both English and Spanish-speaking leaders, and downloadable leader guides are available online.
What CFC Believes
CFC's statement of faith is detailed and unapologetically Pentecostal. The Bible is the inspired, infallible Word of God and the church's authority for doctrine and practice. The church teaches one true God, eternally self-existent, who has revealed Himself as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The statement affirms the virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death, bodily resurrection, and glorious return of Jesus Christ, and teaches that salvation comes only through the shed blood of Jesus.
Two distinct practices are central to the church's life together. Baptism in water is by immersion and symbolizes the believer's identification with Christ's death, burial, and resurrection. Baptism in the Holy Spirit is taught as a separate empowering event grounded in Acts 2:4, evidenced by the gifts of the Holy Spirit at work in believers. Divine healing is taught as an integral part of the gospel and the privilege of all believers, and Holy Communion - bread and the fruit of the vine - is observed as a memorial of Christ's suffering and a prophecy of His return. The statement also affirms the imminent return of Christ, the centrality of the local church as the body of Christ, and a biblical view of marriage as a covenant union of one man and one woman reflecting Christ's relationship with the church.
The Tithe Challenge and Kingdom Builders
Generosity is a recurring theme at CFC. The church runs a 90-day Tithe Challenge, a guided journey through the practice of giving ten percent of one's income to the local church, anchored in Malachi 3:10 and supported by an online group where participants share stories and accountability. A partnership with Ramsey+ gives members access to a free financial course built on Dave Ramsey's budgeting tools.
Beyond the tithe, CFC runs a separate generosity initiative called Kingdom Builders, which funds local partnerships, global missions, and growth initiatives like new campuses. Kingdom Builders has set a goal of raising $950,000 above and beyond the tithe to expand the church's reach, and the church publishes a Kingdom Builders magazine in English, Spanish, and Slavic (Russian) to keep givers connected to the projects their giving makes possible.
Giving itself is offered through online giving on the church's Church Center platform, Venmo at @ChristianFaithCenter, text-to-give by texting an amount to (844) 922-0332, and cash or check dropped at secure giving stations in the back of each sanctuary or mailed to the central office in Nampa.
Going Global: Mission Trips
Global Teams is CFC's short-term missions program, funded through Kingdom Builders, and it sends groups around the world each year. Upcoming trips have been announced to Mexico, Colombia, Israel, Africa, and Kansas City, with application links and a mandatory informational meeting that covers travel logistics, costs, and fundraising ideas. Each trip is led by a CFC team, partnered with a local church or ministry on the ground, and built around a mix of outreach, service projects, and disciple-making. The church publishes a Global Team Policy and Guidelines document for anyone considering a trip.
CFC School of Ministry and Forward Network
One of CFC's most distinctive ministries is the CFC School of Ministry, a nine-month certificate program that pairs Bible study through Berean School of the Bible with weekly Monday night lectures, a church internship, and personal mentorship. A second track offers a fully accredited degree through Northwest University, available both on campus and online, for high school graduates and adults preparing for ministry or other careers. Scholarships are available, including an Outstanding Leadership Scholarship for current Dream Team members and tuition assistance for CFC staff.
Pastor Jordan Hodges is also the founder of the Forward Ministry Network, a coaching and consulting network that walks alongside other pastors and church teams through events, resources, one-on-one coaching, and a conference launching in 2026. Forward Network churches include congregations in Idaho, Uganda, and beyond, and the network supports planting new churches as well as strengthening established ones. A companion podcast, the Forward Podcast, extends that coaching conversation to a wider audience.
Radiant Women's Conference and Church Online
Each year, Christian Faith Center hosts the Radiant Women's Conference, a two-day gathering founded in 2021 by Pastor Amanda Hodges out of Psalm 34:5. The conference features high-energy worship, breakout sessions in English and Spanish, childcare by registration, and a panel of speakers that has included Pastor Jordan and Amanda Hodges, Legacy Pastor Kelli Sears, and guest ministers. Both evening sessions are translated live into Spanish, and Saturday day sessions are offered in both English and Spanish. The next conference, themed around John 1:5, will be held at the Nampa campus.
For those who connect best from a living room or a coffee shop, the Church Center app brings giving, event registration, group sign-ups, and pre-check-in for kids all into one place, available on iOS and Android. A digital connect card, online prayer request, and the full messages archive round out the digital front door.
A Family That Travels Together
Christian Faith Center is a family-shaped church with the reach of a regional network. From a five-year-old in the Pre-K room to a missionary on a plane to Africa, from a first-time guest in the parking lot to a long-time member hosting a Care Group in a living room, the church's name - "Loving People to Life" - is less a slogan than a working description of how the place is built. Each campus has its own pastoral team, each ministry has its own rhythm, and each Sunday ends with the same simple invitation: come back, bring someone, and find your place in the family.