First Baptist Church

Twelve people organized here as Ephesus Baptist Church in 1829, on land the 1828 city survey reserved for religious use. The congregation, renamed First Baptist in 1896, still worships in its 1859 sanctuary.

First Baptist Church is a historical marker in Columbus, Muscogee County, erected in 1989. It is one of 92 historical markers documented in Muscogee County, among 248 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 32.4685, -84.9897 near Columbus. The nearest cataloged historic site is Church Square (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include U.S. Post Office and Courthouse, Butts, Thomas V., House, and Swift-Kyle House.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.