First Baptist Church

Baptist worship building

First Baptist Church is a common name for Protestant congregations belonging to Baptist denominations, typically indicating the first or oldest Baptist church established in a particular town or city.

The name appears across thousands of independent churches in the United States: We got married at First Baptist Church on Main Street.

Despite sharing the name, these are separate congregations with no central organization.

Related

choir · praise the Lord · Sunday · Sunday school · Wednesday night · worship · pulpit · revival · fellowship · sanctuary · deacon · pastor · Protestant · evangelical · potluck · altar · altar call · born again

Opposites
denominational opposition

First Baptist ChurchCatholic Church

Pope-led Christian denomination

Eastern Orthodox Church · Greek Orthodox Church · Church of England · Quaker meeting

religious tradition

First Baptist Churchmosque

Islamic house of worship

synagogue · Buddhist temple · Hindu temple · Shinto shrine · gurdwara

institutional formality

First Baptist ChurchSt. Peter's Basilica

Rome's principal Catholic church

Vatican · Canterbury Cathedral · Notre-Dame Cathedral · high church · home church

Family

first, church, Baptist, baptism, baptize, baptized, baptizing, baptismal, Anabaptist

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G