About First Baptist Church

First Baptist Church was founded in 1920 by several Baptist churches in Jefferson County. The founding preacher was Dr. Mordecai Ham, a world-renowned vocational evangelist who lived in nearby Anchorage. Dr. Ham, just a decade later, would lead a young Billy Graham to Christ in a crusade in North Carolina. Dr. and Mrs. Ham stayed active in the church giving key leadership until he accepted a pastorate in Oklahoma in the late 1920s.

The church bought the current property and built the sanctuary building in 1925. For over eighty years, the church has reached out to the community of Middletown from right here on Main Street.

The church's confessional statement is the Baptist Faith and Message of 1963. First Baptist is a member of the Baptist World Alliance, the Southern Baptist Convention, the Kentucky Baptist Convention, the Long Run Baptist Association, and the Eastern Area Community Ministries.

Our church motto is "A Church Without Walls." We want to be open and visible to the people of Middletown. We want to be seen as a church without boundaries in our missions, ministries, and evangelism. Our goal is to resist the tendency to be a fortress type of church and instead to be a welcome center for God's kingdom in our community. We follow the model of Christ who welcomed both women and men to His service in every area of church life.