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Welcome Back, College Students!

Aug 11, 2025 | College, Community, News

On Sunday, August 17, all visiting College Students are invited to lunch with Emily Glass. The group will meet in the Branyon Foyer and walk to Poquitos. If you know of a visiting student or see them in worship, please invite them to the lunch! Questions? Contact...

Children’s Choir and Mission Kids 2025-2026

Jul 16, 2025 | Children, Community, Missions, Music, News

Join us for our Children’s Choirs/ Missions Kids Kick- Off Event on Sunday, August 24 from 4:30-6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Our fall theme for Children’s Choir this fall is “Finding Your Voice” to be like Jesus. This curriculum theme is based on Ephesians 4:15,...

First Baptist Church Foundation

May 28, 2025 | Adults, College, Community, Men, Missions, News, Seniors, Uncategorized, Women, Worship, Youth

The mission of the Foundation of the First Baptist Church of Athens, Georgia is to: provide well-managed stewardship of funds in order to responsibly execute charitable distributions of funds with special attention to donors’ wishes. fund additional charitable...

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Whether you have just moved to Athens or have lived here all your life, we’d love to have you in our community. We worship each Sunday at 11:00 a.m. in our Sanctuary and online. If you’re joining us online, please let us know you are here by filling out our contact form. We’d love to have you join us for Sunday School, Worship, our Wednesday evening meal and Bible Studies. No matter where you are on your faith journey, we would be honored to walk with you.

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2 Timothy 1:3-14

Paul Baxley, Preaching

Missions

First Baptist Church of Athens shows Jesus Christ’s love by engaging in transformational ministry in relationship with its neighbors both locally and globally in the community spirit of Matthew 25:34-40.

Community

First Baptist Church of Athens thrives as a powerful, beautiful, charismatic and intergenerational community of believers who take action in building up one another in Christ and equipping one another for ministry and mission with ourselves and our neighbors.

Worship

First Baptist Church of Athens believes worship pleasing to God occurs when all members of our congregation – young and old, male and female, unhindered by status, race or national origin – make regular worship participation a high priority; endeavor to discover their unique God-given gifts; and offer those gifts in community to Father, Son and Holy Spirit as acts of adoration, praise and commitment. We gather each Sunday morning at 11:00 a.m. for worship.