First Baptist Church

Bethlehem Missionary Church was established on March 12, 1825, with twenty charter members and Rev. E.W. Hallway as pastor. Landowners, slaves, and the poor were all in the fellowship of the church. In 1826, ten acres of land were bought for $50 to build a church and a public school. The first meeting house was a log building, and the present wooden building was built in 1858. Bethlehem Church was the first Baptist church in Florida to have a Women's Missionary Society. In 1859, the name was changed to Campbellton Baptist Church and later to First Baptist Church of Campbellton. Full-time services began in 1954. The church has been in existence longer than any Baptist church in Florida.

Campbellton, Florida · United States