In the summer of 1872, a few residents in the village of Youngsville gathered for a revival on the hill later occupied by Mistletoe Bough, and Alexander City’s First Baptist Church and First United Methodist Church trace their origins to that union revival held under a bush arbor. On August 3, 1872, eleven men and women guided by Rev. A. K. Tribble met under the bush arbor and organized the Youngsville Baptist Church. J. T. P. Christian and B. B. Reams were elected deacons, and T. S. Christian, Sr. was elected clerk. After the town’s name changed the next year, the church became the Alexander City Baptist Church. Sunday services were held once a month until 1879. In 1877, the congregation erected its first house of worship on this site, a wood-frame structure valued at $1000. New sanctuaries were erected on this site in 1906 and 1967.