ABOUT TFC
WHY WE EXIST:
Building Lives, Families, and Futures by connecting people to Jesus Christ.
Whether you're new to church, have been a Christian for many years, or are looking for a fresh start, you're welcome here. Our hope is to give you a place where you experience a fresh, enjoyable connection to God and a community of people.
We keep our focus simple so we can have the biggest impact possible. Everything we do as a church is filtered through our focus on helping every person live the full life for which God created all of us.
OUR MISSION:
The mission of The Family Church is the same mission Jesus gave his followers: Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
OUR VISION:
The vision of The Family Church is create a community of authentic believers and to witness a city transformed by the life-changing reality of the gospel as people come to know Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
HOW WE BEGAN:
In 1973, Pastors Sterling and Jean Miller, with their two babies, sixty dollars in their pockets, and a burning desire for God in their hearts, came to Lafayette to build a church with a ministry for every member of the family.
The first service recorded only 13 people in attendance. Not long afterwards, in 1974, we celebrated the opening of Lafayette Christian Academy, which started as a one-room facility.
Through their persistence and trust in God, countless lives have been changed forever through the power of Jesus.
In 2002, Pastors Sterling & Jean passed the baton to Pastors Jay & Tessy Miller.
Now, more than 20 years later, Pastors Jay and Tessy Miller have continued the journey with an ever-increasing congregation to its present membership of approximately 1,200 people! The school has grown from a one-room facility to a campus of over 1,300 students from PreK to 12th grade.
What started out as approximately 2.5 acres of land and a two-room building has now grown to over 100 acres of land with new facilities, a gymnasium, a youth hall, and several other buildings… and we definitely aren’t done yet!
OUR PASTORS:
Pastor Jay Miller is the son of Sterling and Jean Miller, the founding pastors of Word of Faith Family Church.
Pastors Jay and Tessy Miller are the Lead Pastors of The Family Church based in Lafayette, LA since 2002. They were entrusted with The Family Church by founding pastors Sterling and Jean Miller after 29 years of operation. Their personal philosophy and driving passion is that the strength of a church is in the power of a God-ordained vision that exemplifies God’s love by reaching out to others. God has a plan, a purpose, and a destiny for each of our lives. Jesus came to give us life, and at that, life much more abundantly.
They prayerfully encourage members of The Family Church, through the powerful Word of God, to know their purpose, fulfill their destiny, and bring glory to God. They have been married since 1994. They have five sons, three daughters-in-law, and three grandchildren —Sterling, Hannah, Regan, Wendy, Jansen, Kaitlyn, Micah, Britt, Beckham, Callum, and Margaret.