Churches in Fleming Island

Active churches in Fleming Island

1859 Town Hall Circle, Fleming Island
5 sermons · 2 days ago
7100 US-17, Fleming Island
1 sermon
5101 Lakeshore Dr. W., Fleming Island
1 sermon
1567 County Road 220, Fleming Island
5 sermons
7170 Highway 17, Fleming Island
45 sermons

Types of churches in Fleming Island

Modern Fleming Island Churches

Many congregations around County Road 220 and the Town Center offer contemporary worship with live music, casual dress, and tech-forward services. These churches often draw young professionals and families from Eagle Harbor and Fleming Island Plantation who want practical teaching and weekday small groups.

Traditional and Liturgical

Reverent congregations along the St. Johns River and near the historic Hibernia area emphasize hymnody, creeds, and structured services. They appeal to long-time Clay County families and newcomers seeking a quieter, classic worship experience in chapel-like settings beneath live oaks.

Fleming Island Churches for Families

Family-focused churches emphasize robust kids’ ministries, safe check-in, and student programs that track with Clay County school calendars. Many are convenient to neighborhoods off US-17 and CR 220, making midweek activities and sports-friendly schedules easy for parents shuttling between practices and the Town Center.

Military Supportive Churches

With NAS Jacksonville just across the river, some congregations offer dedicated support for service members, veterans, and military spouses. Expect deployment care teams, flexible service times, and groups that also welcome local first responders with rotating shifts.

Sermon clips from Fleming Island churches

33s
#LivingFaith
“So, again, what's the quality of your faith? We talked about three truths that we learn in this passage of James. Number one is that inactive faith is useless and dead. Number two is that dead faith confuses thinking with trusting. It's not about having Bible knowledge. It's not be... It's not about being able to pass a test. It's about are you submitted to Jesus? Have you trusted him?”
46s
“And ultimately, through his death and resurrection, Jesus gives us what we could never create for ourselves, grace, forgiveness, and new life. And then what does Jesus do? He sends us. Right? He sends us. Says, alright. Now go. Right? The grace we receive becomes the grace we now carry into the world. So the question on our twenty fifth anniversary isn't how has God blessed Crossroad? It's who has been blessed because Crossroad is here.”
52s
“There's one servant, one occasion where a man might would say, you know what? I love my master so much that I want to be a servant for the rest of my life, And he could give himself in service that way and have his ear pierced by his master in the in in in front of judges to say, I love my master so much that I'm his servant for the rest of the life. The Bible likens the Lord Jesus Christ to a servant. The Bible tells us in the book of Psalms that the Messiah would come and have his ear pierced, showing us that he came to be a servant. He came to save us from our sin, to set us free from the slavery of iniquity and the bondage of all of our immorality. Our Lord Jesus Christ became a loving servant, all this pointing to the grace of God.”
44s
“Where you pause pursuing Jesus before because he pushed you past your point of pain. Like your gospel couldn't handle that level of suffering. Your gospel had a big gap in it. God, I'll I'll take a gospel, but with this much suffering. Maybe this much. But you can't do the worst thing to me. My gospel won't handle it. Some of us, we just were like, I'm never gonna follow a God who allows suffering in this world. How about this? You follow a God who would come here and suffer with you and for you.”
26s
“"So give us moments to love and to lift up and to be people of peace so that when we come back next week, we can do what we always do, which is worship you and just continue to be the light bringers in our world and share your joy with those we interact with." (”
43s
#FaithInAction
“James is not saying that Abraham's works justified him in the sight of God, meriting eternal life. He's not saying when when Abraham offered Isaac, God looked at that and said, Now you've done what I wanted. Now you are declared righteous in my sight. Now you are part of the kingdom. Now you are a child of God. That's not what James is saying here. What James is saying here is that this work that Abraham did, it vindicated or proved or demonstrated the faith that God already saw within Abraham. It demonstrated that living faith within Abraham.”
36s
#AuthenticFaith
“But we all need to ask the question, do I have a real living genuine faith or do I have dead faith? Because a lot of times, it's easy to want to fit into a tribe. It's easy to want to fit in with a group of people. And really, the under underside of it, you're like, I don't really believe like them. I just... Here's a here's a real example. I just send my kids to church and to Christian schools because I just want them to grow up conservative. I don't really believe in Jesus. I just think the morality is better on that side. That's not saving faith.”
35s
#TakeTheNextStep
“if you feel like you have gotten stale in your walk with Christ, I would challenge you, what is the thing he's asked you to do or not do that you're not currently following him in? If you feel like you've hit a roadblock in your walk with Christ, is there anything that you know he's asking you to either start doing or something that he's asking you to stop doing, that you can then have the faith to walk in and he will be there waiting for you.”
31s
#MercyInAction
“When you receive mercy from God, the expectation is that the mercy you've received is then going to start to come out of you toward others. That if you've received the mercy and grace of God, that you're gonna be merciful and gracious to other people. That's just kind of what James is painting here and it really tells us a lot about the next section. Right? If you've been impacted by the gospel, there's gonna be a sign, people are gonna see that there was an impact.”
28s
#FaithNotJustKnowledge
“So James is saying, Oh, you have the right thoughts about God. You have the right doctrine. That's great. Even demons have that. And it's almost like what he's insinuating is, and even the demons shudder at the truth of God. Whereas the person who says, I have faith but I don't have deeds, that person seems to not even shudder. That person doesn't seem to be fearful at all that God knows everything and that God knows their heart.”

Why Fleming Island churches are unique

Set along the St. Johns River with well-kept, master-planned neighborhoods and top-rated schools, churches in Fleming Island naturally lean into family rhythms. You’ll see an emphasis on midweek programs, safe check-in spaces, and community groups that meet right in the subdivisions—hallmarks of a suburban community where youth sports and school calendars shape weekly life. Many Fleming Island churches are known for strong kids programs for young families, student and youth discipleship, and a vibrant small group culture.
The area also includes many commuters to Jacksonville and a notable presence of active-duty and retired military from nearby NAS Jacksonville, which influences how congregations schedule and care for people. In response, Fleming Island churches often offer flexible gatherings and practical support, from counseling to meal trains, alongside faith practices that fit busy lives. Look for military family support ministries, multiple service times and livestream, and practical teaching for everyday life.
Waterfront access to the river, Doctors Lake, and nearby trails fosters an outdoorsy, service-minded ethos where congregations frequently rally around the community during storm season and environmental projects. That blend of coastal leisure and resilience shows up in outreach, as well as in worship that ranges from relaxed and modern to reverent and traditional. Many churches in Fleming Island prioritize community service and local outreach, host modern worship with contemporary band, and mobilize disaster relief and recovery teams.