{"id":6036,"date":"2015-03-23T14:31:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T18:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/?p=6036"},"modified":"2015-08-11T08:35:09","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T12:35:09","slug":"dustin-foldens-journey-to-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.faithlafayette.org\/church\/dustin-foldens-journey-to-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"Dustin Folden’s Journey to Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following article by\u00a0Stacy Clardie<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>is the fifth in a series<\/a> that\u00a0shares our Pastors’ testimonies of how the Lord led them to serve at Faith Church.<\/em><\/p>\n

Dustin Folden\u2019s mother was getting annoying.<\/p>\n

LeeAnn Folden wasn\u2019t saved until later in life, in her 40s, but once she accepted Christ, she made it her mission to share the Gospel with the rest of her unsaved family.<\/p>\n

Dustin, then in college at Purdue, was tired of hearing it, so he went to church only to appease her.<\/p>\n

\"LeeAnn<\/a>
LeeAnn & Dustin Folden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He didn\u2019t really find a hold, though, not with his problem-solving heart driving his steps.<\/p>\n

Dustin Folden was an engineer, blissfully. It was an area he pursued to minimize the impact people had on his life. He liked the control he had over math, tolerances of designs, and, simply, just didn\u2019t trust people.<\/p>\n

Then God overwhelmed Folden\u2019s heart when he heard the Gospel after a play at Elliot Hall of Music. Folden felt the Holy Spirit work and decided to trust Christ as his savior.<\/p>\n

With that came a shift in purpose and goals.<\/p>\n

About a year after being saved, Mom encouraged Folden to attend an Answers in Genesis conference at Faith Church. Afterward, he was introduced to Pastor Steve Viars, who directed Folden to Pastor Brent Aucoin and the church\u2019s college ministries. Folden also took counseling training on Mondays.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what God used to develop in me a pastor\u2019s heart, seeing people helped by the Word of God,\u201d Folden said. \u201cI learned a lot about the Bible, being discipled, but I never really saw the Bible be used to help hurting people, and once I saw that, a pastor\u2019s heart was born. So God used that to draw me into pastoral ministry.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a considerable detour that included graduating from Purdue with that engineering degree, a stint of serious thinking about becoming a Christian film-maker and heading back to his home state of North Dakota to get married \u2014 Folden\u2019s desire took him to seminary school.<\/p>\n

\"Dustin<\/a>
Dustin & Trisha Folden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

While in school \u2014 with wife Trisha working to help support the family \u2014 Folden was able to continue to serve at Faith, helping Aucoin with the college ministry. After seminary, a position opened on Faith\u2019s staff as Pastor of Community Ministries and Executive Director of Community Ministries. Folden served in that role for two years but then felt led to use his seminary degree more, so when the Pastor of Discipleship & Extension Ministries position opened, he felt it was a natural transition.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the role he\u2019s held since.<\/p>\n

His main responsibilities are helping new people to the church get connected and, in turn, grow closer to the Lord, overseeing Adult Bible Fellowship and planning and executing regional counseling conferences as part of the \u201cextension\u201d ministry.<\/p>\n

Folden also is Faith\u2019s 9:30 a.m. service pastor and teaches an ABF class at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

In all those roles, Folden is able to see the Word change people, and that\u2019s what keeps Folden full.<\/p>\n

No math-heavy engineering required.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was problem-solving with math. Now we\u2019re just problem solving with people. It\u2019s easier and harder in some ways,\u201d Folden said. \u201cThere\u2019s no calculator now, but God\u2019s Word is more powerful than a graphing calculator.<\/p>\n

\u201cOftentimes, you just try to be faithful and you wait and you don\u2019t see a whole lot of change and then, all of a sudden, it\u2019s like, \u2018Oh, I didn\u2019t do anything, but God worked.\u2019 You have to remember, \u2018Wow, God just did something. I had a part in it, but he used small faithfulness and then I got to see the change.\u2019 I come back because I see people being changed by the Word of God. And I love studying the Word of God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Folden and wife Trisha have two children, daughter Mackenna and son Sawyer.<\/p>\n

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