Pastor Craig W. Garriott has been with FCF since the beginning, first as a pastoral intern then as organizing pastor in 1980. Born and raised in Granite, Md., he received a bachelor's in architecture from Virginia Tech in 1976 before entering the ministry. Pastor Craig also holds a 1982 master's of divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary and a 1996 doctor of ministry in urban missions from Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia. He and his wife Maria have been married since 1980 and have five children.

Co-Pastor Stanley J. Long joined the FCF staff March 1, 2000 after serving as solo pastor of Forest Park Reformed Presbyterian Church, an African American PCA congregation in West Baltimore, for almost nine years. After his 1976 graduation from Frostburg (Md.) State College with a bachelor's in history, Pastor Stan served university students in Maryland through InterVarsity Christian Fellowship Black Campus Ministry for 11 years. He then went on to Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Ill., where he earned a master's of divinity in 1989. Married to Terri since 1981, the couple have five children.

Minister for Youth Eli Foster joined the FCF staff in June 2003. A May 2003 graduatee of Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, with an emphasis in Urban Ministry, Eli completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Tennessee with a degree in History. He grew up in Chattanooga, Tenn., where he met his wife, Carmen. Eli is excited about the incorporating the vision of the church for reaching Pen Lucy through the youth ministry.