First Baptist Church Lima

On January 26, 1834, a group of twenty-six men and women met to found this ministry and within a year, a small frame building was constructed on South Union Street as our first church home. In 1853 property was purchased on what is now Central Avenue and a new brick building was constructed and dedicated for service in June of 1856. On January 10,... 1909, the last service was held in this facility and the congregation moved to a new building on the corner of High and McDonel Streets. This would be our home for fifty-one years. The first service in our present facility was held on May 1, 1960 with the building dedication following in September of the same year. Just over five years later, in September 1965, the mortgage on this facility was burned. Since 1988, we have been led by five Senior Pastors: Dr. Kenneth E. Swenson 1988-1995 Rev. Kenneth R. Fey 1995-2001 Rev. Richard Cook 2003-2008 Rev. Robert White 2009-2017 Dr. David Brown 2017-2018 Rev. Ellen Brown 2017-2018 Rev. Andrew Shields 2018- Present Interim and Associate Pastors have also served during this period including Rev. Cynthia White who served during the tenure of Rev. Kenneth Fey and returned to serve with her husband, Rev. Robert White, from 2009 until their return to their home state of Iowa in 2017. We were also blessed to have Dr. David Brown & Rev. Ellen Brown, as our interim pastorial team. We currently are blessed to be served by , Rev. Andrew Shields,Read More