The purpose of First Baptist Church is to maintain the worship of God, to study and practice the Christian life as found in the Scriptures; to seek to bring to bear upon the life of our society the teaching of Jesus, the Christ; and to promote and advance the kingdom of God throughout the earth.

The congregation began in 1829 as the Salem Regular Baptist Church with only fourteen members.  The first church building located on the east side of South High Street, was completed in 1833.  A membership of approximately 160 worshipped in that building for sixty years.

In 1899 members decided to erect a new edifice on the northeast corner of High and Walnut Streets.  The building was dedicated on July 14, 1901.  An educational unit was added in 1948.

The church is affiliated with the Bethel Baptist Association, the American Baptist Churches of Indiana and Kentucky and the American Baptist Churches USA.

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