About us.

We are a church ready to welcome you no matter where you are on your spiritual journey. We are engaged in building bridges and removing walls. So we invite you to find a home for your soul among us as together we learn how best to follow Jesus.

Established in 1841.

Our church began as mission to promote the idea that God's love is accessible to all. Originally called Madison Missionary Baptist Church our attitude has remained the same. We highly value the work of the Gospel that reaches out and includes all people. We value an educated clergy and endeavor to follow Jesus in all we do.

Your kind Church

This is a church for everyone. From music ministry to ways we join together to help our neighbors, there is a meaningful place for you to serve. We want you to come among us and find a spiritual home. We are really much like a family that works together to love people into a strong and healthy relationship with God.   ​

Our Pastoral Team

Chuck McGathy
Pastor

Rev. Dr. Chuck McGathy has been the pastor since 2006. He came to Madison after serving 23 years as a Navy chaplain. Dr. McGathy has advanced degrees in Theology, Communications, and has studied extensively in both history and classical studies.  His post graduate studies were done through Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, The Naval War College, and Houston Graduate School of Theology.

Jan Walsh
Associate Pastor

Rev. Jan Walsh has served as Associate Pastor of FBC of Madison since 2013. Jan was ordained to the Gospel Ministry in February 2013 and graduated from Hood Theological Seminary in May 2015 with a Masters of Divinity degree.  She has 51 hours of studies in mental health counseling, a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education and a degree in elementary education.
Jan has taught elementary school for 25 years but her real calling and vocation is proclaiming the Good News of Jesus Christ to all.

Marcia McQueen (1954-2022)
Pastor for Spiritual Formation 

Rev. Marcia Jayne McQueen of Eden, NC died on Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at Gibson House.  She now resides with her Lord Jesus in that “place prepared” for her by Him, as promised in the fourteenth chapter of the Gospel of John. ​Born in Pinehurst, North Carolina to Rev. James Carl McQueen, Jr., and Juanita Martin McQueen, she lived her school years in North Wilkesboro, Mt. Airy, Angier and Wadesboro.  After graduation from Campbell University, she taught elementary school and served a two-year term with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in the Republic of Panama.  After completion of a Masters of Divinity degree with a Religious Education concentration, she served with Women’s Missionary Union of North Carolina for over nine years.  During that time, she (being an ordained woman) changed her denominational affiliation to the more moderate Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.  Continuing her education, she attended the School of Pastoral Care at the Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center completing a Chaplaincy Residency and earning the Richard K. Young Award for Outstanding Achievement in Ministry Formation in 1996. Ordained to ministry by Woodhaven Baptist Church, Apex, North Carolina in 1996, she served for eighteen years as a Healthcare chaplain in Rockingham County- four years at Hospice of Rockingham County, in Wentworth, fourteen years at Morehead Memorial Hospital (now UNC Rockingham) in Eden, and less than one year at Legacy Hospice of Danville, Regional Medical Center, Danville, Virginia.  In 2003 Rev. McQueen became a Board-Certified Chaplain, Association of Professional Chaplains and in 2013 was honored by colleagues as the North Carolina Chaplains Association Chaplain of the Year.  She was interim pastor of First Baptist Church of Madison, NC from February through August 2006.  In retirement, she served as Pastor for Spiritual Formation at First Baptist of Madison as she continued her ministry through retreat leadership, as a workshop leader, supply preacher and “community chaplain”.  She was a friend, mentor, life coach, and caregiver. 

We're Here for You 24/7

You are important to us. We believe that God has called us to be your servants as together we discover the liberation of the good news of our Lord. So please call upon us to help you in your spiritual quest.