Sara Bentley currently serves as the VFC Co-Lead/Mission, Teaching and Adult Ministries.

For over 20 years, Sara has worked at various other churches across the country—teaching, leading staff teams, providing pastoral care and writing. Sara is also a CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) certified Hospital Chaplain. Most recently Sara served as the Associate Care Pastor and Adult Team Leader at Twin Lakes Church in Aptos, CA.

Sara is a graduate of the University of California, Davis (BS in Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior) and Fuller Theological Seminary (Masters of Divinity).

While Sara initially planned to attend medical school after completing undergraduate education, God rerouted her towards seminary during her senior year of college—giving her a specific desire to help “heal souls, not just physical bodies”. She is passionate about people understanding the Bible and discovering how God has uniquely gifted and called them to live on mission.

Sara is married to Jeremy, has two sons, and loves traveling with her husband, adventuring with her boys, walking in the redwoods or at the beach, speaking at conferences, writing and singing. In her free time, you’ll catch Sara sitting with a good friend, a cup of coffee (or better yet, chai latte) and a piece of dark chocolate in her hands, diving into the deep spaces of life and musing at how—by grace—we are all a beautiful work in progress.