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OUR MISSION

• To introduce non-believers to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.


• To Create an atmosphere of love and acceptance in the body of Christ.


• To enable believers to use their spiritual gifts to sow seed for the Kingdom of God.


• To bring up a generation of believers who will follow us in faith.

OUR VISION

• Reaching out to share the love of Jesus, we will be deliberate about planning events and opportunities which will bring healing and wholeness in Christ to the families of our greatly extended community.
• We will work to excite the children already in our care to love and serve the Lord, and also strive to reach unchurched children, to bring them into the joy of christian fellowship.
• We will provide opportunities for diverse worship styles.
• As a church, we will encourage each other to read scripture, pray, and seek God's face daily.

New homesteaders in 1801 held religious services in the homes of seven Baptist families on a rotational basis in the new town of Lawrenceburg, which was in the Northwest Territory.

Later a frame building was erected in Hardinsburg (now Hardintown) a part of Lawrenceburg. Services were held here for many years, once a month. Other churches shared the building.

In 1807, Dr. Ferris, who was also a state legislator, officially organized the First Baptist Church and remained as Senior Pastor until his death in 1857. Indiana became a state in 1816.

Our church shares the honor of the being the “oldest Baptist Church in Indiana”, along with Madison, whose church was also founded in 1807. The “church” refers to the body of believers who have walked together continuously in the LORD for over 200 years.

After more than 40 years without a permanent building to call its own, the church purchased a lot for $250 at 9 East Center Street, and a brick building was erected. The first services were held there in 1845. During this time baptism took place in the Ohio River.

The worst flood ever recorded of the Ohio River came on January 21, 1937. The river reached 82 feet 6 inches. The church building suffered great destruction, and so did all but 10 members’ homes. However, a few months later, a secret ballot was taken and the congregation voted to move to Greendale.

A beautiful new edifice in Greendale was erected and dedicated in a week long celebration. This part of the building is now known as “Martin Chapel”.

In 1972, the church voted to construct a new and larger sanctuary blending into the building then being used. The members hauled three hundred tons of rock for the outside structure so that it would match the original chapel. Much of the work was done by volunteering members such as laying the carpet and painting.

Along with a new century came the realization that a Life Center would provide space for our expanding youth organization, a Contemporary service, and for outreach opportunities. This dream became a reality when the Life Center was completed and dedicated in 2003.

Glances at history in our rear view mirror give us strength, but our unblinking gaze is set ahead, where our best buildings are yet to be built, our best songs are yet to be sung, and the greatest undertakings of God’s plan for this church are yet to be revealed.

We believe the Holy Bible (both Old and New Testaments) is given directly by God, written by holy men of God, who received the revelation from God and were inspired to write the Word of God. We believe the entire Bible is the record of God’s revelation of Himself to humanity (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; Psalm 119:89; Matthew 5:18).

We believe in one God eternally existing in three persons (God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit) who is perfect in wisdom, sovereignty, holiness, justice, mercy and love (Genesis 1:26; Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 44:6,8; Matthew 28:19; Hebrews 1:1-3).

The Father reigns with providential care over all life and history in the created universe. He hears and answers our prayers (1 Chronicles 29:11-13; Matthew 7:11). God the Father initiated salvation by sending His Son, and He is Father to those who by faith accept His Son as Lord and Savior (1 John 4:9,10; John 3:16; John 1:12; Acts 16:31).

The eternal Son of God (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1; Matthew 3:17), our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, became man without ceasing to be God (John 1:14; Hebrews 1:2,3), having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary (Matthew 1:18-25) in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful man (John 14:9; Matthew 1:21). He revealed God through His sinless life, miracles, and teaching (John 14:9; Hebrews 4:15; Matthew 4:23,24). He provided salvation through His atoning death in our place and by His bodily resurrection (I Corinthians 15:3,4; Romans 4:23-25). He ascended into heaven where He rules over all creation (Philippians 2:5-11). He intercedes for all believers and dwells in them as their ever-present Lord (Romans 8:34; John 14:23).

The Holy Spirit of God convicts the world of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:7-11). The Holy Spirit inspired men to write the Holy Scriptures. (2 Peter 1:21). The Holy Spirit indwells all believers giving them spiritual gifts for ministry and building up the body of Christ (1 Corinthians 12:13; Romans 8:9-11). He fills those who are yielded to Him (Acts 4:31; Romans 8:14; Ephesians 5:18; Galatians 5:16, 22-23).

We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, in righteousness and holiness (Genesis 1:26-28). When Adam sinned the whole human race sinned in Adam. Adam chose to disobey God; this brought sin and death to the human race and suffering to all creation (Genesis 3; Romans 5:12-21). Man became spiritually dead and alienated from God so that man is a sinner by both nature and practice (Romans 3:10-18; Ephesians 2:1-3; Mark 7:20-23). Man, of himself, is incapable of remedying his lost and depraved condition (Galatians 2:16).

We believe that salvation is the gift of God’s grace given to all who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ (John 3:16, 36; Ephesians 2:8; Acts 16:3). Through repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ, the believer is acquitted of all guilt and brought into a new relationship of peace with God (Romans 15:1). Christians grow as the Holy Spirit enables them to understand and obey the Word of God (2 Peter 3:18; Ephesians 4:15; 1 Thessalonians 3:12).

We believe in the universal church. The church of Jesus Christ is a living spiritual body of which Christ is the head. All who have believed in the atoning work of the cross and received the forgiveness offered by Christ are members of His church, regardless of denominational affiliation (Ephesians 1:22-23; Romans 12:4-5).

We believe the local church is a community of faith, believers in Jesus Christ, associated for worship, work and fellowship. We believe that in and through the local church, God will continue to advance His kingdom, perform wonders and miraculous signs, and fulfill the Great Commission as we live and minister in obedience to the Great Commandment (Jesus teaches us to go and make disciples and commands us to love the Lord with all our heart and to love our neighbor as we love ourselves). Our church will continue to seek relevant and creative ways to create an inviting climate of warmth and hospitality that welcomes all to come and hear about the love of Jesus.

Each church is a self-governing body under the lordship of Christ with all members sharing responsibility (Acts 13:1-3; 14:26-28). The form of government is understood to be congregational (Matthew 18:17; Acts 6:3-6; 15:22-23).

We believe religious liberty, rooted in Scripture, is the inalienable right of all individuals to freedom of conscience with ultimate accountability to God (Genesis 1:27; John 8:32; Romans 8:21; Acts 5:29). Church and state exist by the will of God. Each has distinctive concerns and responsibilities, free from control by the other (Matthew 22:21).

We believe in the ordinances of Baptism and Communion. Baptism is the immersion of a believer in the water in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 28:18-20). It is an act of obedience symbolizing the believer’s identification with the death, burial and resurrection of the Savior Jesus Christ (Romans 6:3-5). The Lord’s Supper is the partaking of the bread and of the cup by believers, together, as a continuing memorial of the broken body and shed blood of Christ. It is an act of thankful dedication to Him and serves to unite His people until He returns (1 Corinthians 11:23-26).

We believe Christians, individually and collectively, are salt and light in society (Matthew 5:13-16). In a Christlike spirit, they oppose greed, selfishness and vice; they promote truth, justice and peace; they aid the needy and preserve the dignity of people of all races and conditions (Hebrews 13:5; Luke 9:23; Titus 2:12; Philippians 4:8-9; 1 John 3:16-17; James 2:1-4). We further affirm the family as the basic unit of society and seek to preserve its integrity and stability (Genesis 2:21-125; Ephesians 6:1-4). We believe the covenant of marriage is between one man and one woman.

We believe God, in His own time and in His own way, will bring all things to their appropriate end and establish the new heaven and the new earth (Ephesians 1:9-10; Revelation 21:1). The certain hope of the Christian is that Jesus Christ will return to the earth suddenly, personally and visibly, in glory, according to His promise (Titus 2:13; Revelation 1:7; John 14:1-3). The dead will be raised, and Christ will judge mankind in righteousness (John 5:28-29). The unrighteous will be consigned to the everlasting punishment prepared for the devil and his angels (Matthew 25:41, 46; Revelation 20:10). The righteous, in their resurrected and glorified bodies, will receive their reward and dwell forever with the Lord (Philippians 3:20-21; 2 Corinthians 5:10; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).

We believe that, in essentials, we should have unity (Ephesians 4:4-6). In non-essentials, we should have liberty (Romans 14:1, 4, 12, 22). In all our beliefs, we should demonstrate charity (1 Corinthians 13:2).