First Baptist Church Wichita Falls — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Bob McCartney

Founded Unknown

Denomination Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)

Service Times Sunday Worship 9:30 AM & 11:00 AM (Downtown); additional campuses: Sheppard (11 AM), West Campus (9:30 & 11 AM)

Men's Ministry No

Kids Ministry Yes

Website fbcwf.org

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

Affirms Trinity, biblical authority explicitly.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

'We are a church that believes the Bible' + Baptist Faith & Message referenced — BFM 2000 aligned.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Dedicated men's ministry including subgroup '4KK.'

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Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

Implied via BFM 2000 alignment; not quoted directly.

Caution

Gender / Biblical Design

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

Executive Team of six named men (Jerry Royal, Rod Payne, Lewis Howard, Michael Reeder, David Scherler, Randy Wood); no female pastors; 'marriage is for life and between one man and one woman.'

All-male Executive Team (6 men named); women's ministry director Jayme Wood (female, director role not pastoral); marriage defined as one man/one woman

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Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

R39 confirmed: Senior Pastor Bob McCartney leads Downtown Campus; Campus Pastors Mark Mackey (Sheppard) and Larry Mauldin (West) — plural male pastoral team across three campuses.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

R39: Homepage emphasizes 'Jesus Focus' and 'Biblical Truth'; sermon titles address scripture passages directly — expository-leaning. Upgrade candidate on further verification.

Caution

Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

R39: Mission 'Leading people from lifeless religion to passionately pursue Jesus' — Great Commission consistent.

Caution

Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Explicit affirmation of male-female marriage; no DEI/CRT vocabulary.

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Accountability Structure

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

SBC via BFM reference.

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Assessment

First Baptist Wichita Falls is a large multisite SBC church with three campuses (Downtown, Sheppard with Campus Pastor Mark Mackey, West Campus with Campus Pastor Larry Mauldin). Pastor Bob McCartney has served since 2008. Multiple services across campuses. Verify men's ministry, doctrinal positions, and women's roles across campuses.

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MOOP Engagement Tracker

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

✓ Researched church website

Pastor Signatures & Affiliations [Orthodox-aligned signatures]

Public statement signatures and organizational affiliations of this church's named pastors. "People is policy" — these are evidence-weighted signals about doctrinal trajectory, not the sole determinant of any rating.

Nashville Statement

Bob McCartney

Source: cbmw.org — hover for details

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] Archived snapshot web.archive.org/web/20260322034004/https://fbcwf.org/about
↳ Snapshot of fbcwf.org/about (live link)

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