Late 1960s
Several students at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville are inspired with a vision for a “new kind of church” based on the influence of University Baptist in Fayetteville, Fellowship Bible Church in Dallas, and Campus Crusade for Christ, an interdenominational Christian organization that focuses college students on discipleship and evangelism.
1977
Fewer than 30 worshippers begin meeting in a home in Little Rock. On Aug. 21, its first official service draws 58 people to the Anthony School.
1980
Services move to the Pulaski Academy gymnasium.
1983
Services move to Breckenridge Theatre.
1985
Fellowship builds its own “worship center” on Hinson Road immediately east of Pulaski Academy.
1990s
The campus, with five unattached buildings, straddles Hinson Road. It meets the needs of explosive growth but makes it difficult to navigate for the elderly and for families with children of varying ages.
2004
Benton campus opens.
2006
Fellowship elders inform the congregation of plans to sell the campus to Pulaski Academy and build on a new location to be determined. Fellowship receives $17.7 million from the sale of the church campus to Pulaski Academy.
2007
Cabot campus opens.
2008
Fellowship opens its new $54 million campus at 1401 Kirk Road. The church has about 100 full-time employees and 25 part-time employees, and more than 500 volunteers serve each Sunday as ushers, greeters and different capacities in the church.