From Broadway to Franklin to Hendersonville to Bellevue, Nashville is recognized as a cultural hub. It is famously known as Music City, USA, where country, rock’ n’ roll, pop, Americana, folk, hip-hop, and various other music genres are created and recorded.

The city hosts 500 healthcare companies, numerous universities, and a vibrant downtown boasting a stunning skyline. It has the highest concentration of music industry jobs in the U.S., serves as a national transportation hub, offers extensive rail and highway networks, and a rapidly expanding international airport. The thriving information and technology sectors benefit from Oracle's relocation to East Bank, near the new $2.2 billion Titans Stadium.

The greater Nashville area has a population of over 2 million, with census data projecting a 56.1% increase over the next thirty years. As we grow, we are also becoming more diverse. Nashville is home to the largest population of Kurdish nationals, along with a growing number of Spanish and Pan-Asian residents. We are truly an international city.

While Nashville is a growing, vibrant, and creative metropolitan area, research indicates that:

75% of Nashville's residents are not engaged with any local church.
The number of residents participating in faith communities has also declined by 10% over the last decade.
The growing population increasingly consists of individuals with no church background.
However, people have a real spiritual hunger and a deep desire for community, which fosters openness to invitations to church.

These factors highlight the critical necessity to establish a diverse range of church plants in the urban core, neighborhoods, and communities across greater Nashville.

In the scriptures, Jesus said, “The fields are white to harvest.” As we look at Nashville's landscape, we can also see that the fields of Nashville are white to harvest.

“For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life.” -- John 3:16

The Nashville Baptist Association is prepared to walk alongside you in this transformative journey. Contact us today to learn more about church planting, and let’s initiate the Church Planting conversation.

Gary Morgan
Church Planting Strategist
gmorgan@nashvillebaptists.com