First Baptist Church Fisherville on Macon Road in Eads, Tennessee, is known for a full rhythm of worship and ministry: a traditional early service, a blended morning service, Sunday school, and a Wednesday schedule that brings together Bible study, music, children, and students. Its Great Commission emphasis pairs making and growing disciples with practical service in the greater Memphis area, across the world, and through disaster response. At the center is a friendly, family-like congregation that greets visitors with a warm hello.
Sunday's Traditional, Blended, and Evening Gatherings
Sunday's rhythm begins at 8:30 a.m. with Early Service, a traditional worship gathering. Sunday School follows at 9:45 a.m., with classes meeting in the gym. Morning Service begins at 11:00 a.m. and is blended in style. At 6:00 p.m., the congregation gathers for Evening Service, with Fisherville University named as the alternative evening gathering. Preschool, children's, and youth choirs also form part of the Sunday rhythm.
Visitors are greeted with a big smile and a warm hello. The sanctuary offers opportunities to participate in worship, followed by a sound biblical message. For those unable to be present in person, the church makes worship available through a live worship stream.
Wednesday: Study, Music, Mission, and Students
Wednesday evening brings together the church's ministries, with activities beginning at 6:30 p.m. The evening is designed to offer something concrete for every part of the congregation:
- Pastor's Bible Study and Prayer Service in Room E104.
- Choir and Band Rehearsal in the Sanctuary.
- Mission Friends in the Children's Building.
- Royal Ambassadors and Girls in Action in the Children's Building.
- Student Ministry Worship in the gym.
The student gathering includes games, community, worship, and biblical teaching intended to help students refresh and recharge spiritually in the middle of the week. For younger children and their families, the Wednesday activities create another regular point of connection alongside the church's primary children's ministry.
Children from Two Months Through Sixth Grade
Preschool and children's ministry at FBC Fisherville seeks to lead children to Christ so they will come to know, worship, love, and serve Him. The ministry also hopes to equip families to raise Christ-like children. Weekly programs and special activities are designed to demonstrate Christ's love in creative and compelling ways.
Mother's Day Out
Mother's Day Out serves children from two months through five years. The two-day program meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. during the school year, which runs from mid-August to mid-May. When class size permits, a separate Monday Fun Day is offered during the same hours. This gives families with young children a regular weekday opportunity to participate in the life of the church.
Royal Ambassadors and Girls in Action
Royal Ambassadors is a church-based mission education organization for boys in grades one through six. The group meets every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. during the school year on the second floor of the children's building in Rooms C202 and C203. Girls in Action has the same weekly schedule for girls in grades one through six and meets in Room C206.
Family and children's activities include Daddy/Daughter Date Night, Mother/Son Date Night, Vacation Bible School, Wacky Wednesdays, Centrikid Children's Camp, family picnics, a fall festival, and children's escape rooms. These activities extend the church's teaching and mission emphasis into shared experiences for children and families.
Students and Adults Learning Across Generations
Students
Every student is encouraged to participate in Sunday School, where the aim is for young people to learn alongside others in a setting that feels welcoming and accepted and where they can encounter Christ and His Word. The 9:45 a.m. classes meet in the gym. On Wednesday at 6:30 p.m., students also have a gathering built around games, community, worship, and sound biblical teaching that applies to students' lives.
Senior Adults
The Senior Adults ministry seeks to exemplify Christ by loving one another, leading by example, and lighting the world with the Gospel of Christ. Its mission is expressed through prayer, encouragement, mutual accountability, practical ministry, mentoring, encouragement, and serving alongside the next generation.
The group normally gathers for a monthly luncheon on the first Thursday. Its service also includes ministry at Calvary Rescue Mission and a retirement home, sharing the good news of Jesus Christ while encouraging older adults to remain active in spiritual life and fellowship.
Men and Women
The Men's Ministry seeks to meet the spiritual and social needs of men at every age and stage. Its regular activities include Bible studies and prayer breakfasts, along with other special gatherings. The Women's Ministry has a similar focus on women at every stage of life, with Bible studies, luncheons, and special events throughout the year.
Service That Reaches Past the Church Building
FBC Fisherville calls itself first and foremost a Great Commission church, seeking to make and grow disciples of Jesus Christ locally and internationally. That commitment includes the practical and spiritual needs of the greater Memphis community and the world. The church pairs its local congregational life with service during disasters and other needs that extend beyond its own walls.
A certified volunteer team participates with Tennessee Baptist Disaster Relief. Its emergency service can include mass feeding, shower trailers, debris removal, and roof tarping for disaster survivors. The aim is to bring both physical help and spiritual hope to affected communities. Chain saw teams can also clear trees from roads, roofs, driveways, and yards so emergency response and utility work can proceed.
Ramp-building work coordinated with agencies in West Tennessee helps people with disabilities gain access to their homes. Together, the disaster relief team and ramp effort show how the church's missions emphasis combines spiritual concern with practical assistance.
Baptist Faith and Message 2000
First Baptist Church Fisherville summarizes its beliefs through the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. Its convictions cover Scripture, God, salvation, baptism, the Lord's Supper, and the life of the church.
- Scripture: The Holy Bible is held to be divinely inspired and God's revelation of himself. It is described as a perfect treasure of divine instruction, wholly true and trustworthy, with Christ at its center.
- God: There is one living and true God, revealed as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ is fully God and fully man and serves as the one mediator. The Holy Spirit illuminates truth, exalts Christ, convicts concerning sin, comforts believers, and empowers the church for worship, evangelism, and service.
- Salvation: Salvation is the redemption of the whole person and is offered freely to all who accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. There is no salvation apart from personal faith in Jesus Christ.
- Baptism and the Lord's Supper: Baptism is immersion of a believer in water in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. It symbolizes faith in Christ's death, burial, and resurrection and is a church ordinance. The Lord's Supper is a symbolic act of obedience in which members remember the Redeemer's death and anticipate his second coming.
- The church: The church is described as an autonomous local congregation of baptized believers associated by covenant in the faith and fellowship of the gospel. It operates under the lordship of Christ through democratic processes, with pastors and deacons as its scriptural officers. Both men and women are gifted for service, while the office of pastor is limited to men as defined by Scripture. The church is also understood as the body of Christ, including the redeemed from every tribe, tongue, people, and nation.
Worship Teams, Stephen Ministry, and Giving
The Music Ministry offers several opportunities to serve. Choir and band rehearsal takes place each Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in the Sanctuary, while preschool, children's, and youth choirs contribute to the Sunday schedule. The ministry's guiding text is Mark 10:45: “For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve.”
FBC Fisherville also has a volunteer team of Stephen Ministers trained to provide one-to-one, Christ-centered care for people experiencing life difficulties. Their work includes listening, praying, and helping bear the burdens of those they serve. Training is available for church members who want to join the team, with Pastor Jeff James serving as the contact.
Financial support for the church's work is available through online giving.
Arriving at 11893 Macon Road
The main entrance to the church is off Macon Road. Guest parking is immediately to the left of the sanctuary as visitors enter, and the church invites visitors to park anywhere they like. The atmosphere is intentionally family-like, with a warm greeting and a worship gathering that includes opportunities to participate and hear a biblical message.
First-time guests can use the church's Plan Your Visit option for practical arrival information. The church office can be reached at (901) 853-4253. First Baptist Church Fisherville gathers at 11893 Macon Road in Eads, with worship, study, family ministries, care, and service woven throughout its week.