On Sunday, April 28, 1912, Baptists of Odem organized their own congregation with the assistance of Rev. R.A. Cohran, General Missionary of the Blanco Association. With J.F. Janicke as clerk and W.B. Jones as moderator, Rev. Cohran read the Articles of Faith and Church Covenant, which the church adopted. Without a building of its own, the congregation met once a month at the Methodist Church until the Odem Town Site Company donated land at Kline and Sellers streets and a frame sanctuary was completed. In the 1930s, baptisms were performed at Sinton and Sodville. The church later moved to Turner Street, where several members contributed labor and materials for a new building. R.G. McDaniel, superintendent of Odem schools, chaired the Building Committee and painted the new church, which was built for $15,000, and the first services in the new sanctuary were held in May 1935. A two-bedroom parsonage was completed in 1941, when membership numbered 160 and the Sunday school was growing. During World War II, the church was unable to secure building materials, and a 1943 candlelight service honored members serving in the war; Bill Spradley was the church’s only World War II casualty. In the late 1940s, a farmhouse was moved to the campus for an education building. In Sep. 1950, the church celebrated Builders Day, later Harvest Day, benefiting a building fund and beginning a tradition that continues. A new brick sanctuary was dedicated in July 1951, and new education buildings were added in 1955 and 1969. For a century, the church has encouraged its neighbors and community through missions, charity, and outreach.