Taylors First Baptist Church began during the American Civil War, organizing as Chick Springs Church on August 28, 1864, at the conclusion of a week of camp meetings. The congregation first met near the Chick Springs area, with Alfred Taylor serving as the first clerk. Dr. James C. Furman, first president of Furman University, was pastor from 1867 to 1870. In 1873 the Atlanta & Richmond Air-Line Railway completed a new line that included a depot on land owned by Alfred Taylor. In 1884 the congregation voted to move the church to a new location nearer the depot, and in 1885 the original building was deconstructed and rebuilt there under the new name Taylors Church. The oldest extant building on the current campus was built in 1922.