Matt Angell
Lead Pastor
After serving as a Pastoral Resident and Campus Pastor at Fellowship for the past 4 years, Matt was called to the role of Lead Pastor in the spring of 2026. He loves teaching and helping people understand the message of the gospel.
He has a Master's in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary. Matt served with FamilyLife (a ministry of CRU) for seven years before spending four years in Uganda as a pastor and Bible teacher. Matt has been married to Tory since 2004, and they have three children, Zach, Jake, and Abby. Matt and his family are long-time members and missionaries of Fellowship.
Matt does not like coffee but enjoys a good cup of tea. He also enjoys spending time with Tory and his kids, hiking, movies, traveling, and Boston sports.
Dawn Barrett
Administrative Assistant
Dawn grew up in eastern Pennsylvania at the base of the Blue Mountains. She graduated from Thiel Lutheran College in 1989 with a degree in Business Administration and a minor in Philosophy. During college, Dawn was involved with Chi Omega sorority and served on the Panhellenic Council. After college, she worked as an auditor for a hotel chain and in childcare for 13 years before joining the team at Fellowship Bible Church.
Dawn met her husband Bobby in 1989 and moved to Murfreesboro before they were married in 1990. They have three children—Gabrielle, Aaron, and Grant—and three grandchildren. She enjoys family time and reading.
Rob Bloss
Executive Pastor
Rob’s role brings together executive leadership and pastoral ministry. He helps turn vision into action in such areas as strategic planning, staff support, finances, facilities, communications, leadership development, and organizational health.
Rob has a business degree from Colorado State University (1986) and received a Master of Divinity after completing his studies at Denver Theological Seminary and North Park Seminary (1990). He served as a lead pastor for 17 years and for 14 years as a senior-level leader for non-profit ministries, a small groups pastor and as an executive pastor.
Rob and his wife, Darci, moved from Pennsylvania early in 2022 to join the FBC family. Darci works as a licensed professional counselor. They have four grown children–and 5 grandchildren!
Rob grew up in Colorado and misses the ‘real’ mountains. He enjoys cooking (and eating), hiking, tennis, pickleball, trying new things, doing anything or nothing with his wife, and has a deep passion for helping things and people grow.
DeAnn Clum
Operations Administrative Assistant
DeAnn provides support for the day-to-day operational functions of the church, including accounting and website maintenance.
She is a Nashville native and earned her Bachelor of Science degree from Middle Tennessee State University. Before joining the FBC staff, she owned a small business for 25 years, primarily in commercial real estate. She and her husband, Drew, have been married since 1996 and have one son, Dace.
DeAnn loves spending time with family and friends on their small farm, gardening, hiking, and boating. When she is indoors, she enjoys reading, writing, Bible study, and researching her family's ancestry.
Emily Mullins
Children's Ministry Director
Emily is a native of Middle Tennessee, born and raised in Woodbury. She graduated from Union University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education and Special Education. She has been married to Phillip since 2015, and together they are raising 3 energetic boys- Grayson, Maddox, and Banks. After teaching 4th grade for six years in the Cannon County school system, she transitioned to being a stay-at-home homeschool mom to her boys. In her free time, Emily enjoys spending time outdoors with family and friends, taking walks, watching her boys play baseball, and drinking a good cup of coffee.
Emily is responsible for executing and overseeing the Boro at our Siegel Campus. She is passionate about helping children discover the joy of learning about Jesus and considers it a great privilege to play a role in equipping the next generation of our church.
Hadley Patton
Next Gen Ministry Associate
Hadley is a native of Middle Tennessee, earning a degree at MTSU in Behavior Therapy with a minor in Special Education. She has spent several years working with children and families through childcare, behavioral support, and family-centered services. Her experience has given her a deep appreciation for the unique ways God has gifted each child and the importance of supporting families well.
Hadley and her husband have been blessed with their son, Gideon. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with family and friends, taking walks, interior design, and studying World War II history.
In her role, Hadley provides support to both Children and Student Ministries.
Jeff Patton
Men's Ministry Pastor
Jeff serves as Men’s Pastor at Fellowship Bible Church, providing encouragement, discipleship, biblical teaching, pastoral care, and leadership development.
Jeff and Jenna Patton met while attending East Carolina University (ECU), where they both graduated in 1986 and married shortly after college. While at ECU, Jeff played football and came to Christ through CRU. (Campus Crusade for Christ)
From 1986 to 2004, Jeff served with Athletes in Action, the sports ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. His ministry assignments included Clemson University, serving as chaplain for the Cincinnati Bengals and Cincinnati Reds, and eventually leading Athletes in Action’s national campus ministry for six years.
During the summers of 1998-2004, Jeff attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, where God cultivated in him a growing passion for the local church. That passion led him to Fellowship Bible Church in 2004, where he joined the staff as one of two Teaching Pastors for the next 22 years.
From 2004 to 2020, Jeff and Jenna also served on the national speaker team for FamilyLife, teaching biblical principles for marriage and family at Weekend to Remember conferences across the country.
Jenna works part-time as a nurse in Murfreesboro, and together they have four children and 6 grandchildren. Jenna loves her coffee and curling up with a good book, and Jeff is never happier than when he’s chasing spring gobblers in the turkey woods.
During the summers of 1993-1999, Jeff attended Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, which gave him a growing passion for the local church. In 2004, that passion found an outlet. Jeff accepted the invitation to join the staff of Fellowship Bible Church as one of two teaching pastors and moved his family that summer.
The Pattons have served on the national speaker team of FamilyLife since 2004, sharing biblical marriage principles at “Weekend to Remember” marriage conferences across the United States. Jenna also works part-time as a nurse in Murfreesboro, and the Pattons have four children—Josh, Jess, Jay, and Joelle—and four grandchildren.
Kevin Perry
Teaching Pastor
Kevin has been married to his wife, Alicia, since 2000. They have three daughters: Karleigh, Ella Lynd, and Aliza Joy.
He earned his undergraduate degree from Middle Tennessee State University and his master’s degree from Dallas Theological Seminary.
Before entering full-time pastoral ministry, he spent many years working as a musician, singer, and producer in the Christian music and worship industry. For over 25 years, he has also traveled with and served in Beth Moore’s ministry, participating in live events and teaching as part of the worship team.
Kevin came to Fellowship Bible Church in Murfreesboro in 2005, when it was a church plant of 20 people meeting in the cafeteria of Blackman Middle School. He served as Worship Arts Pastor for 21 years before transitioning into the role of teaching pastor in 2026.
Chris Rainwater
Technical Director
Chris oversees the tech team, attentive to various audiovisual elements, for a focused worship experience.
Chris grew up in Oklahoma and moved to Tennessee in 1998 to attend Middle Tennessee State University. He graduated from MTSU in 2002 with a degree in Recording Industry- Production Tech.
Since then, he has worked in studio recording and live sound, live event production, and commercial A/V. In addition to working around the Nashville area, he has also toured the US and UK as AV director with multiple artists.
Chris’ passion is to help the Church use technology in creative and effective ways to reach people with the message of the Gospel.
Chris and his wife, Rachael, married in 2005 and have two daughters- Francesca and Colette.
Melissa Riggs
Children's Ministry Pastor
Melissa trains and resources coordinators and volunteers to provide an ongoing equipping environment on Sunday mornings in “The Boro.” Melissa also offers gospel resources to parents and families and directs our annual VBS.
Melissa Riggs grew up in the small town of Jamestown, New York, where she and her husband, Jim, met at age three in their local preschool class. Melissa and Jim went on to become high school sweethearts, and they married in 2000.
Melissa holds a degree in elementary education from Grove City College in Pennsylvania. She taught fourth and fifth grades in Richardson, Texas, for several years before becoming a full-time mom with the arrival of her first son, Brennan, in 2006. The Riggs family moved to middle Tennessee in 2008, adding daughter Cora in 2009 and son Seth in 2012.
When her children were young, Melissa started a small business designing and producing custom gifts and decor. In 2018, she jumped at the opportunity to start a preschool at her church, and she served as director of the preschool until transitioning to a role as Director of Ministries for the church.
Melissa has a passion for the local church, especially seeing children know and love God while getting excited about His Word. In her free time, she can be found enjoying a cup of creamy coffee; decorating, crafting, or organizing; spending time in the woods or mountains; sampling Jim's famous cakes and other baked goods; or researching her next trip or family outing.
Sammy Rios
Student Ministry Pastor
Sammy has a deep love for the students and families God has entrusted to his care. While he is passionate about student ministry, he often says there are only three more important relationships to him than his students — his relationship with the Lord, his relationship with his wife, and his relationship with his children. His heart is to see students know who God has called them to be, understand who God says they are, and grow in a vibrant, personal relationship with their Creator. Sammy believes that when a student has a right understanding of God, it transforms every other area of their life.
As a pastor’s kid, Sammy feels like ministry has been part of his life for as long as he can remember. He has faithfully served in student ministries for over twenty years — first as a volunteer, then leading junior high, and later high school ministry. He is currently pursuing his Master of Divinity in Biblical Counseling at Gateway Seminary and plans to complete his degree within the next two years.
Sammy grew up in Upland, California, and lived in Chino Hills for two decades. He’s been married to his wife, Alex, for 11 years, and together they have two children, Olivia and Daniel. When he isn’t spending time with students, Sammy enjoys woodworking, camping, and time at the gym — but nothing compares to the joy of simply being with his family.
James Robinson
Siegel Worship Leader
James was born and raised in the corn fields of Indiana. After his family moved to the Florida Keys he suffered in ministry for five years at his father’s church while getting his Bachelor of Science in Church Ministry at Trinity Baptist College. He has been married to Jessica since 2015. They started their life together in Texas where he served as a youth pastor for another five years. After their first son was born, they moved back to Jessica’s stomping grounds, Murfreesboro, TN. He served in a non-profit for 5 years while getting his Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Liberty University. He is now working as a counselor in the Murfreesboro area. They have 3 children, Paxton, Titus, and Princess Norah, and 13 chickens.
James leads the worship and coordinates the worship ministry for the Siegel campus. His interests span from music to woodworking to riveting conversations about conspiracy theories and space travel.
Chad Vinson
Siegel Campus Pastor
Chad serves as the primary shepherd and community builder at our Siegel Campus. He is passionate about helping people connect deeply to God in the context of relationships.
Chad has served in a variety of areas at Fellowship Bible Church since 2004. He was the student pastor from 2004 to 2014 and the Community Groups Pastor for 12 years.
Chad grew up in the great state of North Carolina. He has earned an undergraduate degree from Appalachian State University, a master’s degree from Dallas Seminary, and a doctorate from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has been married to his college sweetheart, Laurie, since 2000. They have three boys: Owen, Griffin, and Tate.