First Baptist Church was started as a mission by the First Baptist Church of Victorville on August 4th 1955, with 12 charter members. The first pastor for our church was Kenneth Caery on November 11, 1955. Church organized on November 15, 1955 and met in the Grange Hall. Pastor C. Marshall Renno was called on February 24, 1957. The last service held at the Grange Hall was on July 14, 1957. In the Fall of 1957, we started work on building one (Sunday School Building) and was finished and dedicated on January 5, 1958. Building two was dedicated in 1983. Building three broke ground on December 2, 1990, and occupied and dedicated on September 27, 1992.
Pastor Wayne Stockstill was called as Senior Pastor on Mothers Day, 1994. The church purchased two homes on Cajon in June 1995 and used them as ministry centers for 7-years. The 20-Acres on Maple were purchased during 1996 and 1997. Our new 42,000 Square Foot Multi-Purpose Campus was opened on March 9, 2003 and dedicated on March 16, 2003.
Our church has started/assisted several missions and churches within Southern California:
- Pinon Hills
- Desert Springs
- Bible Way Temple
- Grandview
- Highlands
- Oak Mesa
- Harmony Fellowship
- Set Free
- Temecula
- Ventura
- Adelanto Spanish
- Adelanto Anglo
- Multi Family
- Eastern Sierra Project
- LovingHearts
- Korean Mission