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Building Lives Family Church

Building Lives & Families through Revelation Knowledge, Relationships, Resources, and being Relevant.

Our Ministry

  • Our church vision is to reconcile people to God in order to fulfill their highest purpose in life. | [See The Vision]

  • Our church mission is to build people by proclaiming the Word of God in order to change the world through Jesus Christ. | [Access to Living the High Life]


Service Times

  • Sundays at 10:00 am EST Virtually on Zoom

  • Tuesday Evening Bible Study at 7:00pm EST Virtually on Zoom
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Corporate Prayer

Prayer Times Monday thru Friday

6:00 am - 6:15 am EST and 6:00 pm - 6:15 pm EST

Men’s Prayer: (please refer to our events schedule)

Sunday Pre-Service Prayer 9:00 am on Zoom, 9:30 am Outdoor Service

Ministry Resources

Pastor Rodney E. Barlow

Our Prophetic Visionary Leader

Dr. Rodney E. Barlow is God’s visionary for Building Lives Family Church (B.L.F.C.), located in Brown Summit, NC. Dr. Barlow’s uncompromising and bold teaching of God’s Word has changed the lives of people at B.L.F.C. and surrounding cities.

Educationally, he has earned a Bachelor of Social Work degree from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. Also, he has earned a Doctorate of Theology degree from Jacksonville Theological Seminary.

He is married to Va-Lencia Barlow since 1992. Rodney Barlow is a dedicated family man. He is the father of one daughter, Victoria Barlow.

Va-Lencia M. Barlow

Our First Lady

Va-Lencia Barlow, graduated with honors from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Early Childhood Education. She worked in the Wilson County Public Schools System, as the Director of Evangel Fellowship Daycare Academy, founded the Little Children’s Learning Lab and is currently the principal of Building Lives Christian Academy.

Va-Lencia assists her husband in many different areas of ministry: Administration, Children’s Ministry, Intercessory Prayer ministry, and the ministry of the Word of God. Her greatest accomplishments are being a born again believer, a wife to pastor Barlow and mother to their daughter Victoria.

What We Believe ...

The fundamental teachings of this congregation are reflected in the following clear statements of faith below:

in the inspiration of the accepted canon of scriptures (The Holy Bible) are the sole and final authority for all matters of faith and conduct. - (II Timothy 3:16; I Cor. 2:13)

in the Eternal Godhead who has revealed Himself as One God existing in three Persons. Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, distinguishable but invisible. - (Matt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14)

in the creation, test, and fall of humanity as recorded in Genesis; our total spiritual depravity and inability to attain Divine Righteousness. - (Romans 5:12-18)

in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of all humankind, conceived of the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, very God and very Man. - (Luke 1:26-36; John 1:14-19; Isaiah 7:14; 9:6)

Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again the third day and personally appeared unto the disciples. - (I Cor. 15:1-4; Romans 4:25)

to the bodily ascension of Jesus into Heaven, His exaltation and personal, literal and bodily coming again the second time for His church. - (John 14:2-3; I Thess. 4:13-18)

in the salvation of sinners saved by grave through repentance and faith in the perfect sufficient work of the cross of Calvary by which we obtain remission of sins. - (Ephesian 2:8-9;Heb. 9:12, 22; Romans 5:11)

in the necessity of water baptism by immersion to fulfill the command of the Lord Jesus Christ. - (Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:34-36; 19:1-6)

in the baptism of the Holy Spirit as a real experience at/or subsequent to salvation. - (Acts 2:104; 8:14-17; 10:44-46; Gal. 3:14-15)

in the operation of the gifts of the Holy Spirit as enumerated in II Corinthians 12:14 and Romans 12 as manifested in the early church.

in the spirit-filled life, a life innocent of worldliness and ever perfecting holiness in the fear of God as expressing the true Christian faith.- (Ephesian 5:18; II Cor. 6:14;7:1)

in the table of the Lord, commonly called the Holy Communion. The Lord's Supper or the Eucharist for believers. - (I Cor. 11:28-31; Matt. 26:26-28).

that there is one true universal church made up of genuine believers, but this one universal church is also composed of many local churches in given localities. These churches are under the sovereign headship of Christ, administering all its local affairs and ministry, as well as the propagation of the Gospel. - (Acts 15:22; Matt. 16:18; 18:15-20)

in the divinely appointed and affirmed ministry gifts and offices for the equipped of the saints and the maturation of the church. I.e., Bishop, Pastor, and the Diaconate, etc. - ( I Peter 5:1-4, I Tim. 3:1-13; Ephes. 4:11-12; Acts 6:3-6; Romans 16:1-2)