Fellowship Free Will Baptist Church
2313 Portland Avenue
Kingsport, TN 37660
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423-288-5835
Schedule of Services:
Sunday Mornings:
Sunday School - 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service - 10:30 a.m.
Children's Church - 10:30 a.m. on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sundays in each month
Staffed nursery available each week
Wednesday Evenings: 6:30 p.m.
Welcome to the Fellowship Free Will Baptist Church web site.
If you are looking for a friendly, Bible-believing church in the Kingsport, Tennessee, area, we would be excited to see you visiting in our services. We are conveniently located in the Bloomingdale area just one block from John B. Dennis Highway.
Pastor Josh McKinney and Family
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News:
Trunk or Treat
We will be having Trunk or Treat on Thursday, October 31, beginning at 6:00 p.m. We are collecting candy donations now, so anyone who wants to donate candy may bring it to the church and put it in the coat area. Please do NOT put it in the large barrels, as they will be for Second Harvest Food Bank. There will be a sign up sheet in the church foyer for those who plan to bring a “trunk” so we can get an idea of how many will be participating.
All neighborhood kids are invited to join us for the Trunk or Treat!
Food Drive
Our ladies group is once again sponsoring a drive for Second Harvest Food Bank. Barrels will be placed in the coat area next to the church foyer. Please bring donations of non-perishable food items and help fill the barrels! They will be there through the end of October.
Homecoming Service – October 27
We will be celebrating our church’s 75th anniversary during our annual homecoming service this year! The service will be on October 27 at our normal service times, with a special Sunday school service at 9:30 a.m. and a special worship service at 10:30 a.m.
During the Sunday school hour at 9:30, our Free Will Baptist Tennessee state director, Rev. Chris Dotson, will be speaking to our adult classes about “The History and Ministry of Tennessee Free Will Baptists. All of our adults will be in one combined class for this special presentation.
For our 10:30 a.m. worship service, we will be having Rev. Steve Lytle preaching for us. Brother Lytle is a former Free Will Baptist missionary. He and his family were a part of our church many years ago, when he and his family lived in our mission house during a stateside term. We are excited to have him and his wife Judy back for this special service! Also during the service, our own Pastor Josh McKinney will be singing and providing us with some special music.
After the service, we will be having a meal and fellowship time in the activities building. Our church will be providing a selection of meats as well as bread and drinks. Everyone attending is asked to please bring a side dish or dessert. If you can, please sign up on the sheet in the church foyer and let us know what you plan to bring. This will be a delicious meal and a fun time together!
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October Is Pastor Appreciation Month
October Video of the Month
Upcoming Craft Fair and Bake Sale
5th Sunday Night Singing – September 29
September has five Sundays, so we will be having another 5th Sunday night singing on Sunday evening, September 29, at 6:00 p.m. A special offering will be taken to benefit Free Will Baptist North American Ministries (formerly known as Home Missions). Our choir will be singing as well as several of our soloists.
UPDATE: Due to the massive flooding and destruction caused by Hurricane Helene in our neighboring counties, we made a last-minute change to the beneficiary of the offering. We were able to raise over $3,200 for the Free Will Baptist disaster relief fund. THANK YOU!
Fellowship Church Celebrating 75 Years!
Fellowship Free Will Baptist Church is celebrating our 75th Anniversary this year! Our church was organized in August of 1949. We will be having some events in October to celebrate this milestone anniversary.
Church Picnic – Our church picnic will be Saturday, October 5, at the Eastman Cabins picnic area. More details will be provided later, but please save the date on your calendar.
Homecoming – We will be having our annual homecoming service on Sunday, October 27. Former FWB missionary Steve Lytle will be preaching for us. Brother Lytle and his family were a part of our church many years ago when he and his family lived in our mission house during a stateside term, and we are excited to have him back for this special service. More details about homecoming will also be announced later, but please also save this date on your calendar.
Welcome New Pastor Rev. Josh McKinney!
Fellowship Church would like to extend a warm welcome to our new pastor, Rev. Josh McKinney. Pastor Josh grew up in our church and eventually felt the call to ministry. He left us to become pastor at another church, where he served faithfully for the past nine years. Now he is coming home to lead us here at Fellowship! We are excited to have him back and are looking forward to seeing how the Lord will use Josh as he leads us!
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