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The '''First Baptist Church of Pensacola''' is the oldest [[Wikipedia:Baptist|Baptist]] congregation in the Pensacola area, dating back to [[1847]]. The main church building (the congregation's third) is located on [[Gage Hill]] at 500 North [[Palafox Street]], with several ancillary buildings and parking lots adjacent. The current senior pastor is Dr. [[Barry HowardDave Snyder]].

[[Image:FirstBaptistMarker.jpg|thumb|120px|left|A sign marks the original site of First Baptist Church on [[Government Street]].]]First Baptist Church was organized as the '''Pensacola Baptist Church of Christ''' on [[May 2]], [[1847]] by [[Alexander Travis]] and [[Joseph Mitchell]]. The first congregation included "fifty white men and seventy-three white women as well as one hundred and twenty-four Negro men and ninety-eight Negro women."<ref>Abercrombie, Lelia (January 1959). [http://fulltext10.fcla.edu/DLData/SN/SN00154113/0037_003/37no3.pdf "Early Churches of Pensacola"]. ''Florida Historical Quarterly'', p. 458.</ref> Early church leaders had difficulty establishing a foothold in the area — records from the time repeatedly say the "Lord's Day service was a disappointment"<ref name="history">[http://www.fbcp.org/Uploaded/History.pdf A Brief History]</ref> — but in [[1852]] the congregation built its first building on [[Government Street]], just west of [[Seville Square]].  A branch was established at the [[Pensacola Navy Yard|Navy Yard]] in [[1850]]. [[Image:FirstBaptistOld.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The previous First Baptist Church building at [[Palafox Street]] and [[La Rua Street|La Rua]].]]The church relocated to its current location on [[Palafox Street]] atop [[Gage Hill]] in [[1894]], where a new building was completed in [[1895]]. The church was remodeled in [[1922]] and [[1956]].

The current senior pastor of First Baptist Church is Dr. [[Barry Howard]], Dave Snyder who gave his first sermon on [[July 108]], [[20052018]] — the morning that .  ===Past leaders===*Rev. [[Hurricane DennisAlexander Travis]] made landfall near *Joseph Mitchell *W.C. Morrow (1849-1850)*Z.G. Henderson (1858-1860)*Irvin Lafayette Taylor (1879-1881)*Z. A. Owens (1882-1883)*W. L. Anthony (1883-1884)*T. L. Talbert (1885-)*J. Allen O'Hara (1886-) *Rev. John D. Beck (1865–1871)*W.H. Owen *Rev. [[Navarre BeachJ. H. Curry]] — to a crowd seeking shelter from the storm(1890-1892)*Rev.<ref>[http://www[A. P. Pugh]] (1892–1897)*Frederick Jones (1898-)*Thomas M. Calloway (1906–1910) *Rev. Eugene R. Pendleton (1910–1916)*Dr. Adiel Jarrett Moncrief, Sr. (1920–1924)*Wallace R. Rogers (1939–1947)*James Leo Green (1948-1949)*Elwin L.abpnewsSkiles (1949–1953)*Nathan C.com/436Brooks (1954–1958)*James L.article "Weakened Hurricane Dennis 'welcomes' Pleitz (1959–1977 & 199?, interim pastor to Pensacola)*Dr. Brian L. Harbour (1978–1985)*Cecil W. Seagle (1986–1991)*Dr. James Hackney *Dr. Randel Everett (1992–1996)*Dr. Robert Mills (1998–)*Dr."Barry Howard (2005–2018) ==Other images==<gallery>Image:FirstBaptist1897.PNG|[[1897]] ''Associated Baptist Press'', July 11Image:FirstBaptistRendering1899.jpg|Construction rendering, 2005.eventually constructed under different plans</refgallery>

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