History:
Since August 4th, 1963 First Baptist Church has been ministering to the needs of Walkerton.  Our desire and vision is to be used of God to reach all of Michiana with the Gospel and develop people to be committed disciples of Christ.
In 2008 FBC began major renovations to her facilities.  In the very near future a fellowship hall will be built next to our existing building.

First Baptist Church is an Independent, Fundamental, Baptist church.
By that we mean the following:

Independent:
First Baptist Church is an autonomous (self-governing) body of baptized (immersed) believers in the Lord Jesus Christ.
We are not part of any denomination, conference or hierarchy. We do have a "loose-knit" fellowship with thousands of independent Baptist churches across America and around the world.

Fundamental:
That is, we believe the Bible is God's Holy Word and is the only authority for faith and practice. We also believe in separation from unscriptural doctrine and movements such as the ecumenical, neo-evangelical, charismatic and pseudo-fundamentalist movements.

Baptist:
We are Baptist because we hold to the historic Baptist position or Baptist distinctive. We are not Protestants, as church history reveals a perpetuity of New Testament doctrine outside the church of Rome since the time of Christ.