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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 invite you to join us for Sunday School, Worship, our Wednesday evening meal and programs, and other opportunities for study, fellowship and mission. No matter where you are on your faith journey, we would be honored to walk with you.

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This Week in Worship

The Second Sunday after Pentecost
June 23 at 11:00 a.m.

Injured Love as the Wrath of God
Sermon by Joel Snider

Scripture: I Thessalonians: 5:4-11

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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.

Latest News

Deacon Election Results

May 1, 2019 | Adults, Community, News, Women

Congratulations to our recently elected Deacons: Gary Blasingame, Tom Brown, Bob Cain, Carol Cofer, Richard Coleman, Andy Hogan, David Millians, Gayle Noblet, Robin O’Rear, Lori Ragsdale, Carol Reddish and Beth Sanders.

Paul Baxley Elected as Executive Coordinator of the CBF

Jan 21, 2019 | Adults, Community

On Tuesday, January 15, the governing board of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship voted unanimously to select our Senior Minister, Paul Baxley, to serve as the Executive Coordinator of the CBF. Paul has led First Baptist Church of Athens since 2010 and will begin his...

Mailing Address Change

Dec 19, 2018 | News

Effective immediately, First Baptist Church has opened a Post Office Box for mail delivery. We have taken this step because over the last year, and particularly in the last several weeks, we have experienced increasing unreliability in mail delivery at the church...