About Us

About Us

We invite you to Bible study and worship at Madison Avenue Baptist Church. You will receive Biblical teaching, enjoy great singing, hear challenging and relevant messages, and be a part of a warm and friendly fellowship. You will be blessed and we will be privileged when you attend MABC.

Madison Avenue Baptist Church is a great church that has rendered valuable service for the Lord in Blount County, Tennessee, and the World. She seeks to meet the needs of and minister to the whole person. Madison Avenue is a church with a great heritage. She is very active at the present and has an unlimited future.

Our church structure is staff led, team driven, deacon served, and church approved.

What We Believe

What We Believe

Our Purposes

The purposes of this Church are to proclaim to all people the good news that Jesus Christ is the way of salvation; to magnify God through the preaching and teaching of the Holy Bible; to promote individual and collective divine worship; to provide opportunities for training, service, fellowship, and Christian growth; to administer the ordinances of Baptism and the Lord's Supper; to care for the physical and spiritual needs of people and to strengthen and uphold the moral fiber of its members and society in general.

Statement of Faith

Our beliefs fall in line with the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message. This is simply a document that outlines what we believe on a variety of issues as a Southern Baptist Church. We hold to no creed but what the Bible teaches, so the Baptist Faith and Message is dependent on Holy Scripture, not the other way around. Feel free to click the link below and read through our convictions on matters of faith and life.

Constitution and Bylaws

Baptist Faith & Message



Meet Our Staff

Pastoral Staff

Senior Pastor, Dr. Greg Heisler

Dr. Greg Heisler, Senior Pastor

Dr. Greg Heisler is one of Madison Avenue's own, having been saved and called to the ministry and ordained through the ministry of Madison Avenue Baptist Church. Greg started attending Madison Avenue in 1990 and gave his life to Christ on January 20th, 1991 under the ministry of Pastor Glenn Grubb. A graduate of Maryville College, Greg also holds both a Master’s Degree and Doctor of Philosophy from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Greg has served churches in Kentucky, Florida, and North Carolina. From 2005 to 2012, he served as the Johnny Hunt Chair of Expository Preaching at Southeastern Seminary in Wake Forest. Before coming to MABC he served as the senior pastor of Mt. Vernon Baptist in Boone, NC, for the previous five years.

Greg is married to his high school sweetheart, Laura. They were married at Madison Avenue on January 9th, 1993. Laura loves to sew and quilt, and serve in the ladies and nursery ministries of the church. They have two sons: Andrew, who is 19, and a sophomore at Belmont University in Nashville majoring in Performance Guitar, and Ben, who is 18, works at Chick-fil-A, and attends Southeastern College online.


Pastor Brad Paradis

Brad Paradis, Children's Pastor

Brad was born into a loving and godly family in California. He trusted in Christ as Savior as a young child and was baptized at nine years old in a church member's swimming pool. While Brad was in High School, the Lord began to make it clear that He was calling Brad into vocational ministry. Brad attended California Baptist University and Boyce College earning a Bachelors of Arts degree and then attended Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary earning a Masters of Divinity. Brad has served churches in various pastoral roles since 2002 in California, North Carolina and now Tennessee.

Brad is passionate about those far from God becoming followers of Jesus and growing into mature disciples of Christ! He has been blessed to have so many in the body of Christ invest their faith into him and he seeks to do the same for all those he has the opportunity to minister to. Brad has been married to Danielle since 2000 and in 2005 had twins named Abigail and Avery. Brad and Danielle are excited about the privilege of ministering to the children and families of Madison Avenue Baptist Church and the surrounding communities.


Administrative Staff

Ann Frary

Ann Frary, Financial Secretary

If you have any questions regarding the church's finances, budget, accounts payable/receivable, or forms, just email Ann.


Trish Jenkins

Trish Jenkins, Church Secretary

Trish is the friendly voice you hear on the line when you call the office.


Samantha Smith, Madison Avenue Preschool Director

Samantha serves as the director of our preschool program, Madison Avenue Preschool. She works alongside several teachers to ensure the safety and efficiency of our ministry to children.


Jonathan & Heather Ridenour, Student Ministry

Jonathan and Heather lead our youth program which includes our middle school and high school students.