Transforming Work Together

Our Mission
If you’re a Christian professional who’s ever wondered how your faith connects to your Monday-through-Friday life, you’re not alone. At the Austin Center for Faith and Work, our mission is to help people like you bridge the gap between your faith and your work.
Many of us have felt that tension: wanting to live authentically but not knowing how to bring our Gospel values into boardrooms, client meetings, or everyday workplace decisions. In the end, we end up compartmentalizing our lives, and everyone suffers. Companies lose leaders with real character, employees miss role models who show there’s another way to succeed, and our city misses the innovation that comes from people motivated by purpose, not just profit.
That’s why our mission is to gather, develop and empower people to engage work as God intended. With over two decades of experience in this area of ministry, we’re here to help you integrate your faith and work, so your work becomes a natural expression of your faith and a genuine blessing to everyone around you.

Meet Our Team
- Executive DirectorYou can often find Steve brainstorming and strategizing with Austin CFW members and local community leaders for redemptive work initiatives. His sense of vocation leads him to the intersection of faith, work, justice and mercy. He and his wife Anne have three children and count it a privilege to serve Austin.
Amy Palmer
Director of OperationsAmy has found her calling to include organizing, planning and directing all things in her life not just Austin Center for Faith & Work but also her life with her husband, 2 teenage daughters and 2 golden retrievers. She has held various operational jobs from music industry and events to health care and more recently Austin Young Life over her almost 30 years here in Austin. To relax she likes to read, cook, listen to music and see live music so you can definitely catch her at ACL Fest or the next closest music venue.Bill Walker
Director of Formation & TheologyBill has worked as both a pastor and professor, teaching in the areas of theology, business ethics, and spiritual formation. He loves seeing people discover their work as a means of worship and living out their faith. He now serves as the director of House Christian Study Center at UT-Austin. He is also a lecturer at Baylor University. Bill met his wife Whitney, in high school here in Austin and they have three children.Robby Moore
Director of Workplace FellowshipsRobby loves Austin and counts it an incredible privilege to serve the city and its people. He pastors Capitol City Church, with a passion for helping people figure out how to live all of life with the Lord, believing faith and work integration is a critical piece to the puzzle. Robby and his wife Kristin have 3 children and they enjoy being active outdoors.
Advisors in Residence
Emily Padula
Executive in ResidenceEric Grafstrom
Entrepreneur/Executive Coach in ResidenceTJ Morelli
Pastor in Residence
Board of Directors
Kimberly Deckel
Executive Pastor, Church of The CrossPatrick Farrell
Executive Director, Potomac Angel CapitalElizabeth Ledy
Civil Engineer, TDI EngineeringTJ Morelli
Founder, Pivot Leadership Group; Pastor, Austin Ridge Bible ChurchHoward Morrison
Chair of the Board; Partner, Morrison RanchReid Rutherford
CEO Melzi Corporation; Partner, 1Flourish Capital
Empowering Faith in Everyday Work
At Austin Center for Faith and Work, we believe that work is a vital expression of faith and purpose. Join us in transforming the workplace into a space for spiritual growth and community impact.