About Us
We invite you to Bible study and worship at Madison Avenue Baptist Church. You will receive Biblical teaching, enjoy great singing, hear challenging and relevant messages, and be a part of a warm and friendly fellowship. You will be blessed and we will be privileged when you attend MABC.Madison Avenue Baptist Church is a great church that has rendered valuable service for the Lord in Blount County, Tennessee, and the World. She seeks to meet the needs of and minister to the whole person. Madison Avenue is a church with a great heritage. She is very active at the present and has an unlimited future.
Our church structure is staff led, team driven, deacon served, and church approved.
What We Believe
Our Purposes
The purposes of this Church are to proclaim to all people the good news that Jesus Christ is the way of salvation; to magnify God through the preaching and teaching of the Holy Bible; to promote individual and collective divine worship; to provide opportunities for training, service, fellowship, and Christian growth; to administer the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper; to care for the physical and spiritual needs of people and to strengthen and uphold the moral fiber of its members and society in general.Statement of Faith
Our beliefs fall in line with the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message. This is simply a document that outlines what we believe on a variety of issues as a Southern Baptist Church. We hold to no creed but what the Bible teaches, so the Baptist Faith and Message is dependent on Holy Scripture, not the other way around. Feel free to click the link below and read through our convictions on matters of faith and life.Constitution and Bylaws
Baptist Faith & Message
Pastoral Staff
Dr. Greg Heisler, Senior Pastor
Dr. Greg Heisler is one of Madison Avenue's own, having been saved and called to the ministry and ordained through the ministry of Madison Avenue Baptist Church. Greg started attending Madison Avenue in 1990 and gave his life to Christ on January 20th, 1991 under the ministry of Pastor Glenn Grubb. A graduate of Maryville College, Greg also holds both a Master’s Degree and Doctor of Philosophy from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.Greg has served churches in Kentucky, Florida, and North Carolina. From 2005 to 2012, he served as the Johnny Hunt Chair of Expository Preaching at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest. Before coming to MABC he served as the senior pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist in Boone, NC, for the previous five years.
Greg is married to his high school sweetheart, Laura. They were married at Madison Avenue on January 9th, 1993. Laura loves to sew and quilt, and serve in the ladies and nursery ministries of the church. They have two sons: Andrew, who is 19, and a sophomore at Belmont University in Nashville majoring in Performance Guitar, and Ben, who is 18, works at Chick-fil-A, and attends Southeastern College online.
Brad Paradis, Children's Pastor
Brad was born into a loving and godly family in California. He trusted in Christ as Savior as a young child and was baptized at nine years old in a church member's swimming pool. While Brad was in High School, the Lord began to make it clear that He was calling Brad into vocational ministry. Brad attended California Baptist University and Boyce College earning a Bachelors of Arts degree and then attended Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary earning a Masters of Divinity. Brad has served churches in various pastoral roles since 2002 in California, North Carolina and now Tennessee.Brad is passionate about those far from God becoming followers of Jesus and growing into mature disciples of Christ! He has been blessed to have so many in the body of Christ invest their faith into him and he seeks to do the same for all those he has the opportunity to minister to. Brad has been married to Danielle since 2000 and in 2005 had twins named Abigail and Avery. Brad and Danielle are excited about the privilege of ministering to the children and families of Madison Avenue Baptist Church and the surrounding communities.
Kirk Yates, Worship Pastor
Kirk serves as our worship pastor. A Blount County native, his love for living in the Foothills of the Smokies is surpassed only by his passion for leading others in Christ-centered worship and making much of Jesus. Kirk had the benefit of growing up in a Christian home, and gave his life to Christ at a young age. He felt the call to ministry during his high school years, and attended Carson-Newman College where he received his Bachelor's degree in church music. He also attended Southern Seminary, receiving a Master's degree in Christian education.Kirk is married to Jennifer. She loves crafting and gardening, she has a heart for hospitality and truly partners alongside Kirk in the worship ministry. Together they have six children: Brianna, Robbie, Marissa, Sawyer, Lauren and Isaac. Their youngest child was named Isaac since they were old parents by the time he was born. When he's not doing worship and music stuff or spending time with family, Kirk works at Keurig Dr Pepper in Knoxville, where he's worked the past 7 years.
Kirk doesn't just love to lead in worship--he loves to bring in as many others as possible who want to use their musical talents in worship. If you would like to learn more about being involved in the MABC Worship Ministry, feel free to speak to him anytime at church or use the e-mail link below to send him a message.
Administrative Staff
Ann Frary, Financial Secretary
If you have any questions regarding the church's finances, budget, accounts payable/receivable, or forms, just email Ann.