Hello! Welcome to First Metropolitan Baptist Church one of God’s newest houses of worship.  As we are the body of Christ, our sole purpose is to lift Him up.  Our Bibles are our “Him” books.  Because of His grace and mercy, I can write this introduction with enthusiasm, and without reservation.  The Spirit of the Lord has been upon us for over twenty-three years now.  Our services are traditional.  We present the Gospel the way we first heard it ourselves.  Having been led by the Holy Spirit, a few, fourteen to be exact, baptized believers in Jesus Christ, joined together with a common faith, and a mutual concern for God’s work here on earth, as is revealed in the New Testament, constituted themselves as a Church, and organized First Metropolitan Baptist Church on May 20, 1994. 

Within seven years the Church had acquired twelve and one-half acres of land at our current site, 3719 Belair Road, Augusta, Georgia 30909; and had constructed an eight thousand square foot, multipurpose, facility for our regular worship service, and ministry development.  We had a full complement of Deacons and an effective Board of Trustees.  By 2013, the Church had completed construction of a twelve thousand square foot Fellowship Hall and classroom building, the second phase of our twenty-five-year, four phase facilities master plan.

As an outreach ministry, our Pastoral emphasis is on Expositional Preaching, Efficacious Sunday School and Bible Study, accompanied by committed Missionary Work.  We strongly support the education of our youth through a four-year financial assistance program for all our college and vocational education students.

Our Ministry is to disciple (teach and develop) new congregants once they join our ranks as members of this body of Christ.  We refer to ourselves as the “Number One Church in the World”.  This is not due to our physical size, or our membership role, but because we have the “Number One” people in the world as our members.
 

Our Doctrine is Traditional versus Contemporary or Charismatic.