Enter the building and proceed to Starting Point. A volunteer will assist you in finding our children's ministry area where you can sign your children in and drop them off.

Classes are 1 hour and 15 minutes in length. All children are picked up and dropped off in their regular classrooms each week. During each class, preschool through fifth graders learn a Bible Story (click here to read about our curriculum) and engage in small group discussion and age-appropriate activities that help reinforce the Biblical truths they have been taught.

Prayerfully, as we looked at the changing demographics of our county through the rapid influx of people moving into the area, it made the most strategic sense to establish a second campus as our next step to reach as many as possible for Christ.  We used four primary criteria to select the location of the second campus ... population density, FBC member concentration, existing church presence, and distance from our current campus. While we looked at several areas within Rutherford County, Siegel High stuck out as the location that most clearly checked all the boxes. There is a significant population in north Murfreesboro with substantial growth plans in and around Siegel High. Yet, there is a relatively small church presence in the area. Outside of Blackman, it is the highest concentration area of FBC members, and it is in the “sweet spot” for an additional campus, 25-35 minutes from where we are now.  

The opportunity to serve in any church is ever present. Regardless of how many campuses we have, the need for people to serve the church and the community exists. Adding a second campus increases the roles available for volunteers, but it does not double them. The increased roles provide increased opportunities for all our members to engage in our mutual commitment of “faithful service.” To operate as a church and fulfill that which God has called us, takes everyone. We have the number of people needed to fill every volunteer opening at FBC, but not everyone has stepped into their place of service. We are asking everyone, from members to staff to elders, to prayerfully consider how God wants each of us to use the gifts, experiences, and passions he has given us in service of his kingdom through the local church.  

Our Blackman and Siegel campuses have live teaching each Sunday, as well as Spirit led worship and a children’s ministry where our kids can grow in Christ. Our teaching team works closely together so that each campus can expect biblically sound and personally relevant messages. This collaborative approach will also allow members from either campus to stay up on missed messages through the Blackman livestream. 

We seek to be good stewards of all the resources the Lord has given us by living within our means. The plan developed for a second campus is within our means and does not tax our general fund. The capital giving campaign last year, and the extension of it this year allows us to move forward while maintaining a strong and healthy financial position. As a donation supported, non-profit church we are always moving forward in faith. We seek to make wise financial decisions bathed in prayer, with full knowledge that our complete dependency is on God and his provision.  We fully believe that God has led us down this path thus far, and therefore trust he will provide. 

Ministry has always been most effective when it is incarnational; personal presence in close proximity to those God has called us to love and serve. FBC has an incarnational presence in Blackman, where many of our members reside. However, we also have many members who live in the Siegel High area. Launching a second campus in that part of our community allows us to be incarnational there as well. One church in two locations helps us to leverage our shared vision, leadership, experience and resources (people, financial, facility) in a larger portion of Rutherford County than ever before. It also promotes continuity and collaboration in an age of autonomy, because we are better together. It strategically mobilizes a portion of our congregation in their immediate context with sustained support while effectively maintaining and extending our community of faith.