First Baptist Church PO Box 283 200 East Walnut Street Corner North High and East Walnut Streets Salem, Indiana  47167 812.883.5460 email: fbcsalem@blueriver.net

In Salem also is His tabernacle. Psalm 76:2

Who are we? The purpose of First Baptist Church is to maintain the worship of God, to study and practice the Christian life as found in the Scriptures; to seek to bring to bear upon the life of our society the teachings of Jesus, the Christ; and to promote and advance the kingdom of God throughout the earth. The congregation began in 1829 as the Salem Regular Baptist Church with only fourteen members.  The first church building, located on the east side of South High Street, was completed in 1833.  A membership of approximately 160 worshipped together in that building for sixty years. In 1899 members decided to erect a new edifice on the northeast corner of High and Walnut Streets.  The building was dedicated on July 14, 1901.  An educational unit was added in 1948.  The church is affiliated with the Bethel Baptist Association, the American Baptist Churches of Indiana, and the American Baptist Churches of USA.

Tour the Site or go directly to one of these pages. Staff Youth and Children's Ministries Music Ministry Music Ministry (Children's Choirs) Activities Calendar Weekly Worship Service

Links:    American Baptist Churches of USA    American Baptist Churches of Indiana    Indiana American Baptist Youth (ABY)

Other Pages of Interest (not on tour)

Site Updated Wendesday, February 12, 2003

Christmas Eve Service - 2001 Ladies Banquet - May 2001 ABY Page 1         Page 2 Convention, April 5-7, 2002 Summerfest - 2002 Choir Party at Bonnie's Sharon at Kodiak, Alaska Sanctuary Centennial Celebration

since Tuesday, May 2, 2000.