Church History:

The First Baptist Church in Atlanta, Texas began in a very small way. In the fall of the year 1874, Mr. Aquilla Miles, who had moved from Jefferson, organized a union Sunday School of ten pupils in the one-room school house that also served as the village meeting place. Mr. Miles was Superintendent and taught the older children. Mrs. John A. Odell, a Methodist, taught the younger ones.

Until his death in October, 1927 Mr. Miles was Superintendent of the Baptist Sunday School. In his later years, as he became feeble, he was given an assistant and finally was made Honorary Superintendent.

In February 1875, Mr. Miles was instrumental in calling together a group of nine people of the Baptist faith and organized the First Baptist Church. The group called the Rev. M. Lambright to be their Pastor. He met with them every fourth Sunday.

Mission:

As part of the ongoing body of Christ, empowered by the Holy Spirit and having inherited from the faithful believers of the past the privilege and responsibility of doing God's Will on earth - we seek to evangelize, disciple, and nurture those who will carry on the work of the church until the Lord returns.