About

Love God, Love People and Connecting Families to Faith

FBC DeKalb is a Biblical community of believers doing life together.
Our mission is to Love God, Love People, and Connecting families to faith. This mission statement is taken directly from God's Word, the Bible, using three critical passages:

The Great Commandment: Matthew 22:37-39
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the great and first commandment. And the second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The Great Commission: Matthew 28:19-20
Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you.
The Sh'ma: Deuteronomy 6:4-9
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is One. You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and all your soul and with all your might. And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates

Worship and Discipleship Opportunities

Sundays:
Sunday Bible Study: 9:30am
Worship:             10:45am
Youth:                  5:30pm
Adult Choir:         5:00pm
Evening Worship: 6:00pm
Wednesdays:
Family Bible Study at the FLC:                                6:15pm
Student Ministry at the main campus:                     5:45pm
AWANA(children) at the main campus:                    5:45pm

*Our AWANA ministry generally follows the school calendar.

T H E T E A M

Our Staff

James Sparks - Pastor

Russell Kersey - Minister of Music

David Briggs - Student Minister

Bro. James has been the pastor at FBC DeKalb since January 2013. James is from Hooks, TX, and has served in churches in Texas & Arkansas since 1999. James has a bachelors degree from Texas A&M University, Texarkana, and a Master's Degree from Liberty Theological Seminary in Lychburg, VA. He is married to his high school sweetheart, Mindy who is a teacher at DeKalb ISD, and together they have three children: Whitt (15), Presley (10), and Harper (7)

Bro. Russell has been the Music Minister at FBC DeKlb since May 2007. He likes to say he is from “all over Texas” since he moved frequently during his childhood, from Houston to Lubbock, from Pecos to Paris. Russell has served on staff in several churches in the north east Texas area for over 24 years. He has a bachelor’s degree in counseling from Texas A&M, Commerce Tx. Singing in his church youth group is where he believes God first started working on him to be in ministry.

Bro. David has been the Minister To Students at FBC, DeKalb since January 1st of 2018. David is from Hooks, TX and has served at churches in Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, and Pennsylvania since 1998. David is married to his wife Jessica who is currently a teacher at Dekalb High School. Jessica and David have 3 children - Reshawn (20), Jonathan, (16), and Bethany (14).