First Baptist Church Edmond — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Dr. Blake Gideon (Senior Pastor)

Founded Established congregation

Denomination Southern Baptist (SBC)

Service Times Sunday mornings (check website for times)

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.fbcedmond.org

Pastor Credentials MDiv, DMin (New Orleans BTS 2015); BA Theology (Southwestern BTS 2005); past president BGCO

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

Is Jesus the only way? (John 14:6)

SBC BF&M 2000 Trinitarian orthodox.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

BF&M 2000 'without any mixture of error' inerrancy.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Dedicated Men's Ministry confirmed as a Connection Group on site.

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Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

SBC — faith alone.

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Gender / Biblical Design

Biblical manhood and womanhood by God's design — patriarchal, complementarian, egalitarian, or affirming gender ideology?

BF&M 2000 male pastors; staff 'men and women' language noted; senior-pastor office held by man.

Male lead pastor; Verify patriarchal / complementarian / egalitarian stance

Caution

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Typical SBC deacon-led structure; Gideon was re-elected BGCO president — denominationally accountable.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Two service styles, 13-year tenure suggests strong teaching.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Oklahoma Baptists allocated additional $1M to SBC gospel advance; strong SBC missions giving.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Hosted 'Reclaiming America for Christ' conference — explicitly conservative posture.

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Accountability Structure

Denominational home, elder plurality, or external network — is the pastor answerable to anyone?

Pastor Blake Gideon is well-known BGCO/SBC leader; FBC Edmond is a flagship Oklahoma SBC church. Keeping green for SBC tag; denominational detail yellow because not explicit on their About.

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Assessment

Needs on-the-ground review. Added to directory for coverage.

#edmond#oklahoma#sbc

MOOP Engagement Tracker

How this church was personally verified by the MOOP directory team:

✓ Researched church website

Sources & Evidence

These are the URLs consulted to arrive at this church's scoring. Score-note claims are synthesized from homepage content, denominational directories, and public statements of faith at the time of review. Church websites change frequently; we're progressively adding Internet Archive snapshots to prevent link rot.

[1] Live source fbcedmond.org/about
[2] Live source fbcedmond.org/staff/pastor-blake-gideon/
[3] Archived snapshot web.archive.org/web/20260215132814/https://fbcedmond.org/…
↳ Snapshot of fbcedmond.org/about/ (live link)

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