Once you've taken time to familiarize yourself with some of the opportunities available to you and your family through the ministry of the First Baptist Church, possibly you will find some areas that we could assist in meeting specific needs in your life. At First Baptist, we work very hard in developing programs and opportunities that will help followers of Christ, regardless of their age, grow in their lives with Christ.

However, our first concern is that you have experienced a newness of life by salvation through Jesus Christ. You will make many decisions throughout your life, but there is no decision more important than choosing life by inviting Jesus into your heart as Lord and Savior. This decision alone will determine your eternal destiny.

Soon after becoming a Christian, the selection of a Bible teaching, Christ-centered church home is vital to spiritual growth. If you have needs in either of these areas, please allow us the privilege to help you with those needs.

On Sunday, January 17, 1886 a few families met in the name of the Lord at a rented house of worship on the Robertson place south of the Citronelle Depot. The first parishioners of the church were: E.S. Trigg and his wife Martha; Mrs. J.C. Coleman; Miss Mattie Coleman; J.B. Davidson and his wife Alice B.; Mrs. A.P. Smith and her daughter; Miss Mary Smith; Mrs. Soleto Collins; and Mr. Charles A. Burch and his wife Mrs. Fannie Burch. They were aided by Elder J.B. Hamberlin, Pastor of the Palmetto Street Church of Mobile, who had been preaching once a month for almost a year. After adopting a Declaration of Faith and the Church Covenant, they were recognized as a Baptist Church; Burch, Hamberlin, and Davidson were chosen as trustees. 

At First Baptist Church of Citronelle, we are part of the Southern Baptist Convention and conservative in our doctrine. We believe...

• Inerrancy of scripture (II Tim. 3:16)
• The Virgin Birth (Matthew 1:18)
• The Trinity (II Corinthians 13:14)
• The Deity of Jesus (John 1:14)
• The Substitutional Death of Jesus (I Peter 2:24)
• The Power of Jesus' Blood (Ephesians 1:7)
• The Bodily Resurrection (I Corinthians 15:3–4)
• Jesus' Work of Intercession (Hebrews 4:14–16)
• The Bodily Return of Christ to the Earth (Acts 1:11)
• Man is Sinful (Romans 3:23)
• Salvation is by Faith Alone (Ephesians 2:8–9)
• Eternal Security of Believers (I John 5:11–13)
• The Judgment (Hebrews 9:27)
• Man that Rejects Jesus is Eternally Damned (II Thessalonians 1:8)

We believe that the scriptures are the basis for all of our belief and practice.