A church in Cookeville
devoted to following
Jesus together.

We are going to temporarily be located at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry on Tennessee Tech's campus. We have access to this location up to a year, beginning in March 2025.

While there, we will be searching for a permanent home in the Cookeville community. We might purchase and renovate a property, build a new building on some land, or move into another church facility. The future is not known to us, but wherever we land, we want it to be for the long haul.

Kid's Ministry is going to be a place of safe fun, fellowship, and learning about Jesus. During Sunday School hour, our kids will work through the Gospel Project curriculum. Starting in January, 2026, we will also have gathered times to learn the question and answer of the New City Catechism for that week. This will be a tool for parents to connect Sunday mornings to the rest of the week, as they seek to disciple their children in the faith.

During worship, we will have childcare available for babies, toddlers, and pre-k. We want our kindergarteners and up to worship with their families.

You can read more about our family ministry philosophy here.

There will be two hours on a regular Sunday morning. Sunday School will begin at 9:00 am. During Sunday School there will be spaces for pre-school, kids, and youth to fellowship and work through our curriculum. At the same time, there will be various seminars that adults can participate in. At 10:30 we will gather for worship. If desired, we will have childcare available for babies through 5 years old. Sunday morning worship will look familiar. We will sing the Word, pray the Word, preach the Word, and observe the Word through the ordinances of baptism and the Lord's Supper.

On Sunday mornings we will have two hours. The first hour will be age segregated groups, and adult seminars that vary by topic. These seminars will foster community, but will primarily be educational in nature. Eventually, on Wednesday nights we will have groups meeting in homes throughout our community. The primary purpose of these home groups is fellowship and mission. These will roll out periodically as we progress throughout the year. 

Kingdom Community Church is a part of the Southern Baptist Convention. We associate and partner with like-minded churches for the purpose of missions. To learn more about what we believe, visit our beliefs page.

Kingdom Community Church will be an elder lead, deacon served, and congregationally governed church. Our first elder, appointed by Stevens Street, is Jesse Haywood. Our church will be overseen by three additional elders until our church affirms elders from within. These elders will be Scott Parkison, Lee Bailey, and Rick Lowhorn from Stevens Street. In time, Jesse will identify qualified and called men to be presented before the congregation to be voted on as our elders. Once our elders are established, they will then identify and call out qualified men to be deacons. These deacons will be brought before the church to be voted on. You can read more about our church structure HERE.