ABOUT US

OUR BELIEFS
THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS ARE THE FOUNDATIONAL BELIEFS OF FBC LEEDS. OUR PASTOR AND DEACONS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE ABOUT THESE STATEMENTS. VIEW OUR BELIEFS: CONSTITUTION AND BYLAWS DOCUMENT.
 
OUR AFFILIATION
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH LEEDS IS AFFILIATED WITH THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION.
OUR HISTORY | OUR FIRST 100 YEARS
  • APRIL 10, 1910 | 18 CHARTER MEMBERS | SERVICES HELD IN THE FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
  • DECEMBER 23, 1911 | PROPERTY PURCHASED AND CONSTRUCTION BEGAN
  • JULY 8, 1973 | FIRST WORSHIP SERVICE IN NEW BUILDING. BAPTISMS HELD IN LITTLE CAHABA. 
  • 1935 | REV. T.L. COLLINS CALLED TO PASTOR
  • 1937 | RECOMMENDATION FROM BOARD OF DEACONS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BUILDING.
  • OCTOBER 28, 1938 | NEW BUILDING FINISHED
  • SEPTEMBER 1941| CHURCH WAS DEBT FREE
  • AUGUST 9, 1950 | AUTHORITY GIVEN TO LAY FOUNDATION FOR A SUNDAY SCHOOL ANNEX BUILDING
  • APRIL 6, 1952 | OPEN HOUSE FOR NEW EDUCATION UNIT
  • JULY 6, 1955 | VOTE TO HIRE CHOIR DIRECTOR | REV. GENE HANNAH WAS CALLED TO MINISTER OF MUSIC AND EDUCATION
  • NOVEMBER 9, 1966 | PROPERTY PURCHASED ON HWY 78
  • FEBRUARY 1971| GROUND BREAKING FOR NEW CHURCH SITE
  • DECEMBER 3, 1972 | DEDICATION SERVICE OF NEW CHURCH
  • DECEMBER 3, 1989 | DEDICATION SERVICE OF NEW CHRISTIAN ACTIVITIES BUILDING
  • MARCH 16, 1994 | PERMISSION TO BUILD BIRD PARK
  • 2010 | CELEBRATION OF CENTENNIAL