To glorify God and grow as disciples of Jesus Christ.
First Baptist Church was organized under the Lordship of Christ in 1889. We are an autonomous Baptist congregation gathered around one shared belief — the Bible as the inspired, infallible, and inerrant Word of God, and the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus. From that belief flow our purposes: to glorify God, gather for worship, equip one another for ministry, and carry the gospel across Lavaca and DeWitt counties.
What we believe
The Scriptures
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired and is God’s revelation of Himself to man. It is a perfect treasure of divine instruction, with God for its author, salvation for its end, …
The Triune God
There is one and only one living and true God. The eternal triune God reveals Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — with distinct personal attributes, but without division of nature, …
Jesus Christ
Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God. In His incarnation He was conceived of the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary — fully God and fully man. He honored the law …
The Holy Spirit
The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of God, fully divine. He convicts the world of sin, gives spiritual rebirth, indwells every believer, and seals us for the day of redemption. He cultivates Christian character, …
You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart — and your neighbor as yourself. Matthew 22 · 37–39
Meet the staff
An agreement about how we live together.
Our members enter into covenant with one another — engaging, by the aid of the Holy Spirit, to walk together in Christian love, to watch over one another, and to advance the gospel together.