Grace Baptist Church Knoxville — Church Directory

Quick Facts

Pastor — the shepherd God holds accountable Dr. Bobby Lewis

Founded Unknown

Denomination Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)

Service Times Check website for current times

Men's Ministry Yes

Kids Ministry Yes

Website www.gracebc.org

Pastor Credentials Senior Pastor

10-Point Theological Scorecard

Christology

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

SBC BFM2000 Trinitarian.

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Scripture

Inerrancy affirmed? Final authority?

Homepage core values affirm 'God's Word is entirely true and trustworthy' + BFM2000 inerrancy.

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Men's Discipleship

Intentional formation for men?

Men's ministry exists; not distinctively emphasized.

Caution

Soteriology

Faith alone? How is salvation presented?

SBC sola fide per BFM2000.

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Gender / Biblical Design

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

Website explicit: 'office of pastor is limited to men as qualified by Scripture' — complementarian (yellow per MOOP role-based framing).

Website explicitly: male-only pastors per Scripture. Nashville Statement also affirmed.

Caution

Leadership Structure

Male elders/pastors? Accountability?

Dr. Bobby Lewis senior pastor since Jan 2019; two-campus 'one church' model.

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Preaching Style

Expository or topical/therapeutic?

Biblical/Missional/Intentional/Charitable core values; expositional emphasis.

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Mission Clarity

Great Commission central?

Missional-framed Great Commission focus; 'intentional' discipleship.

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Cultural Alignment

DEI/CRT language? Social justice crowding out gospel?

Nashville Statement affirmation = strong conservative stance on sexuality/gender.

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Accountability Structure

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

SBC — BFM2000 + Nashville Statement both explicitly affirmed on What We Believe page.

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Assessment

Grace Baptist Church in the Karns community of Knoxville, TN. Led by Dr. Bobby Lewis. Note: the batch address (3920 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, TN 37919) may differ from actual location in Karns. Active social media presence. SBC affiliation. Verify details.

#sbc#knoxville#tennessee

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] Archived snapshot web.archive.org/web/20260124204258/https://www.gracebc.or…
↳ Snapshot of gracebc.org/whatwebelieve/ (live link)
[2] Live source gracebc.org

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