About Us

Who We Are

Faith City Church is a Black-led, multi-ethnic congregation located in the Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood of St. Paul, Minnesota. Our mission is to bring the rescue plan of Jesus to change lives through accessible and affordable food, discipleship, and community engagement. We are committed to addressing food insecurity, fostering community development, and promoting human flourishing by operating initiatives such as Storehouse Grocers and Storehouse Coffee, providing job training programs, and creating spaces for authentic worship and connection



Carl Johnson

LEAD PASTOR
Pastor Carl Johnson is a visionary leader, community architect, and faith-driven change-maker rooted in the heart of St. Paul’s Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood. With an unwavering commitment to justice, compassion, and transformation, Pastor Carl shepherds Faith City Church as more than a place of worship—it’s a living, breathing engine for hope, healing, and human flourishing.

Since arriving in Minnesota in 2016 with his wife and three daughters, Pastor Carl has boldly redefined what it means to lead a church. His ministry is marked by radical proximity, cultural intelligence, and unshakable love for the people he serves. Whether in the pulpit, behind the counter at Storehouse Coffee, or walking the neighborhood with neighbors, he leads with humility, clarity, and relational depth.

Through Storehouse Grocers, a trailblazing micro-grocery, and Storehouse Coffee, a welcoming space for conversation and connection, Pastor Carl addresses food insecurity and economic disparity with innovative solutions and a deeply pastoral heart. He also champions youth empowerment through job training programs for young adults, equipping the next generation with skills and confidence to thrive.

At the core of his calling is the belief that the church should be embedded in everyday life, not isolated from it. Pastor Carl builds bridges between faith, food, culture, and leadership—creating multiple on-ramps to belonging for anyone seeking purpose, justice, or a seat at the table.
We Make Disciples of all Nations, including Dayton's Bluff

What is a black led Multi Ethnic Church?

Most frequent questions and answers

We are leaning into a shared spirituality of Worship. We are looking at a three cord strand for worship contextualization, commonality, and connectivity. We must find a shared worship experience that involves all cultural norms. This includes dancing, prophetic utterances, raised hands and lots of movement.

We will empower our creatives, architects, and theologians to build bridges in underserved and under resourced communities to innovate all around us. This is vital to the shifts in a way where everyone has place at the table. We will have to change to open table mindset. We value collaboration for unity sake. We will like to be decentralized in leadership creating unity in diversity.

We will express the historical identity of African to African American, Asian Pacific Islander, Latino as we expressed our historical Identity of Christianity in our communities. We will teach and admonish theologians from Africa and American.

We will create not only financial space for economy but a biblical one that ensures the biblical mandate for the Antioch Church to fund others in the community. Need based and future works. Finance comes with trust, we can start with nothing and see God move.

We will express the lifestyle of creating disciple making movements that create miraculous transformation in black, multi-ethnic and multicultural movements. We have black Americans fostering disciple making movements in north and west Africa. We will employ relationship of programs.

“It has to be said in all shifts that this is the most important” We will not worship separately but we endeavor to worship together constantly.

Lead Team

Our team of committed individuals are driven by the desire to make disciples and mentor leaders becoming more like Jesus.

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