About

We are a church family that seeks to be found faithful as God's people. We come from all over the area and from many different walks of life. Although we are diverse in backgrounds, we share a very strong common bond with our faith in our Lord and Savior, Jesus the Christ. We take seriously His teaching and seek to practice our faith each day in our church, in our homes and in the work place.

History:

The First Baptist of Piedmont, Alabama was founded on Saturday, January 8, 1870 by Elder Sterling Gresham Jenkins and eleven charter members. Known as Cross Plains Baptist Church, the "Little Flock" (St. Luke 12:21) worshipped in the Cross Plains Academy until Rev. Henry Augusta Williams, a missionary church builder, built the first house of worship for the growing flock on Daily Street in 1878. This small wood framed one room white-clad board church was replaced by a larger more eloquent house of worship on the corner of Ladiga and Main Street in 1905 under the pastorate of Rev. Joseph Ray Wells. The first half of the 20th Century would see Piedmont Baptist Church grow spiritually and numerically through the hardships of two world wars and the Great Depression. As its various ministries (Sunday School, Music, Women's Union, Young People's Union) grew, and as the Lord blessed the faithfulness of the "Little Flock," the challenge and vision to build the present-day church complex was accepted by Rev. Robert Edgar Hood and congregation during the 1940's. The second half of the 20th Century would see the construction of the First Baptist Church Sanctuary (1950), the North Educational Wing (1953), South Educational Wing (1960), and the West Wing Complex (1991) as a physical testimony of their faithfulness to the ministry. The "Little Flock" of the First Baptist Church entered the 21st Century with a vision of building a South West Children Wing (2005). Today, with 137 years of rich Christian heritage, the "Little Flock" of the First Baptist Church of Piedmont, Alabama continues to faithfully seek God's will and direction under the pastoral care of Senior Pastor Philip Cooper, Minister of Education/Students Michael Ingram, Minister of Music/Senior Adults Brian Smith, and Director of Children Ministry Jennifer Foster.