Meredith McLendon
Women's Minister
Meredith McLendon grew up in Ocala, Florida until 1991 when she moved to Birmingham, Alabama to attend Samford University. There she received a degree in Mathematics, a Secondary Education certification, and a minor in Ministry.
Called to ministry as a senior in high school, Meredith immediately began in a ministry training program at her church. Once in college, she served in numerous ministry positions in and around the Birmingham area for 23 years including youth ministry, drama ministry, Christian event planning, speaking, campus ministry, marketplace chaplaincy, military chaplaincy, and teaching college ministry courses.
Meredith has served in leadership with FBC’s women’s ministry since its relaunch in 2019, heading up the mentor ministry and leading Women’s Bible studies. The ministerial staff have called on her for counseling the women of our church for years and she and Mark have also done a great deal of pre-marital and marriage counseling.
She has a Masters in Religious Education and one in Pastoral Counseling both from Liberty University. She has been married to her husband Mark since 2014. Her favorite hobbies are being outside, kayaking, working in the yard and playing pickleball.