Pastor Matt Farinella accepted Christ as his personal Savior in the winter of 1985. Years later on October 9th of 1994, Pastor Matt felt the call of God upon his life to preach the gospel and surrendered his life to serve the Lord. From there he pursued his calling to Oklahoma City in 1999 where he attended Heartland Baptist Bible College. He graduated with honors in 2003 receiving his Bachelors in Theology, majoring in missions. It was there that he met his future wife, Alyssa.  After they graduated, they married and moved to Stillwater, Oklahoma to train under the ministry of Pastor Wayne Hardy at Bible Baptist Church. Here they completed a two-year internship of practical, hands-on ministry training. Finally, in June of 2006, Pastor Farinella moved his wife and son to Washington to start a new church through the ministry of the Woodin Valley Baptist Church of Woodinville and Pastor Rich Farinella. After settling in Sammamish, Pastor Farinella established Foundation Baptist Church, under the authority of his sending Church, on November 5th of 2006.