OUR FOUNDER

Reverend Christopher Banks was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. He is married to his best friend Katy, and has a beautiful daughter that thinks she’s in charge.

Growing up in one of the roughest parts of Chicago, he quickly found the arts as a positive escape from the gangs and drugs. After giving his life to Jesus at 19 years of age, he wondered how he could bridge the freedom that the arts provided with his new found love for God. It was this desire that birthed his vision for the Fine Arts Mission Foundation.

Pastor Chris (as he is commonly called) has dedicated his life to bringing the gospel truth to youth through the Arts, Preaching, Worship, and Discipleship Groups of their peers. 

WHO WE ARE