About

North Gainesville Baptist Church is an independent, fundamental, Baptist church. Our philosophy of ministry is very simple. We want to see the lost saved and the saved growing spiritually and serving Christ.

What you will experience:

If you have ever been away from home for a long time and  finally walk through the front door and feel that sense of belonging and peace, then that is what you will feel when you walk through the doors at North Gainesville Baptist Church.
We are a local New Testament church reaching out to the community with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Don’t expect anything contemporary or new-age. We are an old-fashioned, independent, fundamental, King James Bible, soul-winning, family-oriented Baptist church.

Pastor Gary Manning

Pastor Gary Manning was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and grew up in nearby Hilliard. He and his wife Pat were married in 1972. In 1975, a Christian friend led both Pastor and his wife to Christ. Pastor Manning graduated from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri (BBC) in 1979 with both a B.A. in Bible and a Graduate of Theology degree.

After seminary, he immediately began to minister in Baptist churches in Jacksonville, Florida and Waycross, Georgia. He went on to start and pastor the First Coast Baptist Church in Fernandina Beach for over three years. God then led Pastor Manning, to start and pastor First Avenue Baptist Church in Hilliard, Florida, where he pastored for eight years. God called him to NGBC to be our pastor in mid-December 2002. The Mannings have two grown sons, Matt and Micah.