Impacting lives by proclaiming the Word of God to make Christ known throughout the Seattle area.

Rich Farinella Senior Pastor

Pastor Rich Farinella was born in Chicago, in 1958 to Italian immigrants from Sicily. Raised Catholic, he became born again January 10, 1974.  He went on to graduate from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri in 1980 with a Th.G. (Graduate of Theology), and later a Bachelor of Science degree in Bible. He served as music director, assistant pastor, youth director and principal of a Christian school for churches in Missouri and Mississippi before establishing Woodin Valley Baptist Church in Woodinville, Washington in 1985. Aside from currently pastoring the church he founded over twenty years ago, he has served as Washington State Representative for the Baptist Bible Fellowship International, as vice president of the Western States Baptist Bible Fellowship and also as a member of the board of directors at Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College and then Heartland Baptist Bible College from 1996 to 2001. He was the editor of the Global Baptist Times, official publication of the Global Independent Baptist Fellowship from 2001 to 2006. Bro. Farinella was married nearly 25 years to Kathy, who four years ago was promoted to her heavenly home. She authored several popular inspirational novels. They have been blessed with four children: Matthew, Luke, John and Rebekah. All three boys have surrendered to a call to the ministry and are serving the Lord in one way or another. Of all the blessings pastor Farinella has been privileged to experience, one of the greatest is pastoring Woodin Valley Baptist Church. He believes that he pastors one of the greatest churches on earth!

                         

                         Tim Shellenberger Assiociate Pastor
Tim and his wife Christie both accepted Christ as children and met during their high school years at Yakima Bible Baptist Church. They attended Heartland Baptist Bible College and graduated in 2000. They moved to the Woodinville area to serve at Woodin Valley Baptist Church after graduating. They now have two great children and absolutely love the life and ministry God has given them. Tim graduated from Heartland Baptist Bible College with a B.A. in Pastoral Theology. He graduated                                                   in 2006 with his MBA from Liberty University.




Matt Farinella Church Planter

Matt and his wife Alyssa met at Heartland Baptist Bible college and both graduated with B.A.s while Majoring in Missions. They married in November of 2003, and began working an internship at Bible Baptist Church in Stillwater, OK under Pastor Wayne Hardy. In June of 2006 they moved to Washington where Matt assumed the newly formed staff position of Church Planter at Woodin Valley Baptist Church. On November 5, 2007, they started the Foundation Baptist Church in Sammamish, WA. On May 7, Woodin Valley Baptist was able to ordain Matt to Pastor.