First Baptist Church today	A Heart For Downtown/Midtown OKC
	First Baptist Church celebrates more than 115 years in ministry in downtown Oklahoma City. Born in the wake of the Oklahoma Land Run of 1889, FBC has sought to be a meaningful presence of Christ since that time. Since moving to its present location in 1911, renowned pastors have filled its pulpit. From Mordecai Hamm, the evangelist who led Billy Graham to Christ, to Billy White, whose weekly radio broadcast touched the tens of thousands of lives, to Herschel Hobbs, the famed teacher and voice of the Baptist Hour, and Gene Garrison, known to many through the weekly television broadcasts of the First Baptist worship service, First Baptist Church has been a leader in Baptist culture and tradition since its earliest days. We are proud to be the church from which Dr. Herschel Hobbs wrote his Baptist Faith and Message in 1963, a document this church still affirms. We are equally honored to work alongside great men and women of faith today, leaders from the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, to the Baptist University of the Americas, from those who direct the Oklahoma Baptist Homes for Children to those who provide medical care and spiritual care to people around the world. First Baptist Church continues its proud tradition of leadership and partnership in the Baptist world today. Historic Images of First Baptist Church Baptist White Temple, 1906 First Baptist Church, 1910 First Baptist Church, 1956