History
First United Church is a union of two congregations, American Baptist and United Church of Christ. The church's Baptist roots go back to 1825, when Monroe County pioneers first established a congregation in Bloomington. In the 1930s through the '60s, First Baptist was a leading progressive force in the community. Our church was the first in Bloomington to desegregate. In 1973, the First Baptist Church united with a smaller United Church of Christ congregation which had its origins in a house church centered on the Indiana University campus. Over time the two congregations, similar in theological and social perspectives, have melded into one. This reality was symbolized by another name change, when in 2003 we became