AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — First Baptist Church of Amarillo was established in 1889 and began with only 16 people. The church has grown over the years and needed to expand. This week it did ...

The creation, both in vision and brick, mortar and glass, is a gleaming four-story 77,000-square feet student ministry facility at First Baptist Church, known as The Loft.

According to the Amarillo Public Library, the original First Baptist Church building was originally built in 1890, without the tower which was added later, at 500 South Pierce and underwent two ...

The city was established in 1887. By 1889, the 16 charter members of First Baptist Church had begun meeting in a local chapel shared by several religious denominations.

The "First Baptist Statement on Biblical Sexuality" detailing the church’s support for binary gender roles as well as the belief that marriage is only between a man and a woman was originally ...

First Baptist Church persists today and is integral to the life of the community. Pastor Rodney Croom leads the church these days and recalled its history, “The original congregation in the 1940 ...