This document presents a new adaptive algorithm for an adaptive decision feedback equalizer (ADFE) that has lower computational complexity than existing algorithms. The proposed block-based normalized least mean square (BBNLMS) algorithm with set-membership filtering for the ADFE achieves similar bit error rate performance and convergence speed as conventional algorithms like set-membership normalized least mean square (SM-NLMS), but with significantly fewer computations. Simulation results show the new algorithm provides comparable equalization performance to SM-NLMS while realizing about a 70% reduction in computational operations, especially at high signal-to-noise ratios, making it suitable for high-speed decision feedback equalization applications.