Our pastor, Todd Stevens, and his wife, Erin, both grew up in the Nashville area.  They originally met during their years at Tennessee Technological University.  They moved back to Nashville In March 2000 after living in Greenville, South Carolina for six years.  They now have three boys.  As you can imagine, there is never a dull moment at their home! 

Todd worked for thirteen years as an information technology project manager.  He served in bi-vocational positions in several churches in the Nashville area as associate pastor and interim pastor prior to the launch of Friendship Community Church.  He has received post-graduate degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Tennessee Technological University.  He says that he likes to read and exercise, but that he doesn't seem to do enough of either.

A note from Todd:
We named our church 'Friendship' for one simple reason: people aren't looking for a friendly church; they're looking for a friend.  Friends are people that you enjoy hanging out with. Friends will tell you the truth, but never stop loving you (even when they disagree with you).  Friends genuinely care about you.  And friends are always willing to give you a chance to start over.  I don't know about you, but I could use more friends like that.  I hope that our church will help you to make those kinds of friends as we grow together in our relationship with Jesus, the best Friend of all, who once said, "Greater love has no one than this: that one lay down his life for his friends. You are My friends if you do what I command you."  I hope that you'll consider joining us as we follow in His footsteps.

If you have a question for me or would like to talk, please let me know.  You can send me an e-mail give me a call at (615) 587-5735.