First Baptist Church - Jefferson City, TN - Baptist Churches on Waymarking.com

Summarized from the church history webpage: The Black Oak Grove Church (1834) and Oakland Baptist Church (1837) merged in 1841 to become the Mossy Creek Baptist Church. (Mossy Creek was the original name for Jefferson City.) During 1861-1867, church meetings were few and erratic due to the Civil War. Union troops occupied the church building, which was almost destroyed. The congregation met in Mossy Creek Baptist College buildings following the war. In 1881, the congregation completed a new church building on George Street in Carsonville. The next year the church voted to change its name and became the First Baptist Church of Jefferson City. The George Street structure was sold to a Methodist congregation in 1907, and the congregation moved into a new building on the corner of Russell and King Streets. Growth of the church led to the construction of another new building in 1962. The congregation used both buildings until 1978, when the older building was torn down. A new educational building was dedicated in 1983. The 1962 structure burned in 1985, and the congregation had to meet in the Carson-Newman College auditorium until the present building was completed in 1988.

So growth, war, and fire has caused this congregation to rebuild several times over the years.

Date Built: 01/01/1988 Age of Church building determined by?: Church website Service Times: 8:30 am Contemporary Worship Service 9:30 am Sunday School 10:45 am Traditional Worship Service Website: [Web Link] Church Address: 1610 Russell Ave Jefferson City, TN USA 37660

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