Pastor Phil & Kari Vance are the senior pastors of Living Faith Fellowship. They are committed to see our communities be changed for Christ, and committed to help college students in any way that they can.

Pastor Phil studied Civil Engineering at the University of Idaho, and played as a defensive end for Vandal football. In 1980, a friend invited him to Living Faith Fellowship, where he got saved and felt the call of God on his life. He became a full-time campus minister in 1986. Pastor Phil is a gifted preacher, councilor, and mentor of leaders, and has a passionate drive to see the presence of God invade our communities.

Pastor Kari Vance is the daughter of our founding pastors, Dr. & Mrs. Karl Barden. She was raised in Pullman, WA, and has been there for every step of Living Faith Fellowship’s growth as a church. Pastor Kari is passionate about mentoring, and seeing the principals of spiritual leadership imparted to the next generation.

Pastors Phil and Kari Vance became the Senior Pastors of Living Faith Fellowship in 2001. They have three children (Katania, Christian, and Craighton) and two grandchildren (Kaylee and Karlee).