Knowing where you are from helps guide you to where you are going.

The First Baptist Church of St Helens was organized on July 12, 1936 after meeting in a large circus tent on Columbia Blvd under  Missionary Leonard Sigle and our first pastor, J.W. Black.  With the inevitability of winter coming on, that tent just would not do so the church decided to rent  a small stone building belonging to the  old Catholic Church.

Since the first building was located  across the street from the fire station and they had the habit of sounding the siren at noon every day, including Sundays, the church sought out a different building to worship in, finally buying a piece of ground to build out own. Just before Thanksgiving 1938, our building 15th St was complete and we began worshipping there.

It took 63 years before we bought the property at our current location. Having a general contractor as a member helped speed construction of the new building along. What is now our fellowship hall was completed and we began holding services there on June 3, 2001.  With project "A" finished,, project "B"(the new sanctuary) began in earnest. It was completed  in 2003 and its first function was to host the funeral service of a former pastor's dear wife, Flo Smith.

Over her years of service, the church has planted new churches in many places in Oregon like Albany, Corvallis, Longview, Hillsboro, Vancouver and Yamhill. She has sponsored missions overseas in China and Ghana.

We look forward to the next 82 years and serving God by serving those around us and showing them the love that God showed to us.