Our Story

September 1st, 1980 Spirit & Truth Foursquare Church was started by Pastor Steve Martin. He and his wife moved from California to Washington following the call of ministry on their lives. In 1992 the church bought the current property they meet on and began building, moving into the building in November 1993. Having faithfully served as a minister for over four decades Steve retired and passed the torch to Pastor Josh Simon in November of 2021.

Pastor Nate Henry with his wife Rose had been faithfully pastoring Living Faith Foursquare Church in Kent for many years. During the transition of pastors at Spirit & Truth, Nate met Josh and a decision was made for Living Faith to join Spirit & Truth.

On Sunday November 14th, 2021 Living Faith and Spirit & Truth came together under their new pastor Josh Simon.

Pastors Steve and Nate stewarded their resources well and discipled an amazing group of people and Our Church is thriving because of it.

As a church we are committed to grassroots evangelism, through the process of discipleship and community.

Jesus stated "By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another."

We put a premium on the love that we show to one another at Covington Foursquare as we invite others into our family, that they might experience that love as well.

As a denomination, The Foursquare Church has a unique history that stems from missions and evangelism. It began as a powerful evangelistic movement and spread throughout the nations to become the global family it is today.


Our Founding Timeline

• Nov. 1910 — Our founder, Aimee Semple McPherson, returns from a mission in China as a 20-year-old widow and single mother.
• Oct. 1918 — Aimee starts cross-country evangelism, traveling by car.
• Dec. 1918 — Aimee establishes Los Angeles as her home base.
• Aug. 1921 — Aimee’s prayers to God lead to many miraculous healings, verified by an American Medical Association report.
• Jan. 1923 — First Foursquare church, Angelus Temple, opens its doors in Los Angeles, and soon hosts services in five languages.
• Feb. 1923 — First Foursquare Bible institute (known today as Life Pacific University) opens to train men and women alike and send them out as ministers.
• Oct. 1923 — The first Foursquare church plant kickstarts in Long Beach, Calif.
• Feb. 1924 — Aimee becomes the first woman to own a major radio station and uses it to preach the gospel.
• Feb. 1924 — The first Foursquare missionaries are sent to India to reach people who’ve never before heard about Jesus.
• Dec. 1927 — After Foursquare established 100 churches, steps are taken to incorporate what would become the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel (ICFG).
• Aug. 1928 — Angelus Temple commissary opens, which would feed and clothe more than 1.5 million people during the Great Depression.
• Fast Forward to Today – ICFG, known casually as Foursquare, has over 8.8 million members in over 100,000 churches across more than 150 nations.

We’re thankful for the men and woman who have led our movement, including Foursquare U.S. presidents Aimee Semple McPherson (1923-1944), Rolf K. McPherson (1944-1988), John Holland (1988-1997), Harold Helms (1997-1998, interim), Paul Risser (1998-2004), Jared Roth (2004, interim), Jack Hayford (2004-2009), Glenn Burris Jr. (2009-2020) and Randy Remington (2020-present).