Since its founding in 1852, First Baptist Church of Monroe has existed to glorify God. We desire to be led by the Holy Spirit to reach into the world and share the glory and grace of God through Jesus Christ the Son. We are an open fellowship of free and faithful Baptist Christians committed to a journey - a journey of serious study, intentional worship, loving and compassionate fellowship and hands-on ministry. We are autonomous. This means that no individual, person, hierarchy or ecclesiastical board dictates what we should believe or practice, who our leadership should be, how we budget our money or whom we support. We are governed by our members and the majority of the work done in the church is by our members. We are democratic in governance, seeking always to be a community of faith governed and led by God.