Rev. Kirk Bottomly was called on July 28, 2008, to be the third lead pastor in FOPC's 56-year history.  Watch this space in coming weeks for a bio and more information about Kirk, wife Laila, and his family. In the meantime, if you'd like to read a letter of greeting from the Pastor, just click on "Read More" just below.

Retired Pastor

Dr. G. Henry Wells served as Senior Pastor of Fair Oaks Presbyterian Church from 1985-2008. Considered for years to be the unofficial pastor of Sacramento, Henry continues to have a passionate interest in the spiritual renewal of the region.

Henry’s long list of Christian service includes the boards of The Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Law Enforcement Chaplaincy, and Release Time Bible Class. During the Sacramento Kings' first 6 years in Sacramento, Dr. Wells served as Team Chaplain. He also served on the Board of Directors for Whitworth College in Spokane, Washington, and the Board of Directors for the Presbyterian Coalition. Dr. Wells has held numerous positions in the Sacramento Presbytery including Vice Moderator and Moderator, Committee Chairs of Stewardship, General Council, Nominations, and Committee on Ministry, and was the Commissioner from the Presbytery to the 208th General Assembly.

Worship Pastor
Email: CAlford@fopc.org
Ext. 829

We are saved to worship God. All that Christ has done for us in the past, and all that He is doing now, leads to this one end. –A. W. Tozer

Worship Pastor Chris Alford comes to us from the South. He completed undergraduate studies in music history/music literature at both the University of Tennessee and overseas at the Victoria University of Manchester, England. He later earned a Master’s Degree in Musicology from Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Chris was ordained and began a life of ministry in 1992.

While working toward an additional Master’s Degree in Church Music at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, he discovered a then brand-new doctoral degree program in worship offered by the Institute for Worship Studies (IWS) headed by the late Robert E. Webber. He considers Dr. Webber his greatest theological influence and mentor. Chris completed the program and graduated with the Institute’s inaugural “Alpha" class in the spring of 2002. His doctoral thesis focused on the church, worship, and the shift in culture from modernity to postmodernity. One of Webber's final projects was the "Call to An Ancient Evangelical Future", a document that is having far-reaching implications for worship and a lens through which Pastor Chris sees his ministry at Fair Oaks.

Chris has a personal worship e-newsletter that he'd be happy to have you subscribe to. Just drop him a note here and he'll add you to the list: E-Mail Chris