Faith Evangelical Free Church in Dix Hills is part of the Evangelical Free Church of America, which is an association of some 1,250 autonomous churches united by a mutual commitment to serve Jesus Christ with the guidance of the Holy Spirit and obedience to the word of God. The growing ministry of the EFCA currently extends to some 40 countries of the world. They describe the term "Evangelical" as their commitment to the proclamation of the Gospel and to the authority of Scriptures as being inerrant in the original autographs and the only safe and sufficient guide to faith and practice.