First Baptist Church Of Las Cruces

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Events for the Next 7 Days

Fellowship Supper
Tue, Sep 7th, @5:00pm - 06:00PM

Kids In Action!
Tue, Sep 7th, @6:30pm - 07:30PM

Encounter
Tue, Sep 7th, @6:30pm - 07:30PM

Prayers & Squares Meeting
Sat, Sep 11th, @9:00am - 03:00PM

LCT Choir Rehearsal
Sun, Sep 12th, @7:35pm - 09:00PM

Fellowship Supper
Tue, Sep 14th, @5:00pm - 06:00PM

Kids In Action!
Tue, Sep 14th, @6:30pm - 07:30PM

About FBC

History of FBC

First Baptist Church of Las Cruces was organized in 1899. Initially, the body met in homes and then in rented buildings. At first, pastors would come from El Paso or Albuquerque by train and walk from the nearby depot over to the church site. However, in 1913 an abandoned Methodist Episcopal Church at the corner of Organ and Miranda Streets was purchased. At that point, the members organized a Sunday School, Junior Baptist Young People’s Union, a Woman’s Missionary Union, and a Young Women’s Association. In addition, the group installed a baptistery and purchased a parsonage. The first baptistry was built in the center of the worship platform and it was covered when not in use. The water had to be pumped by hand a delivered by a bucket brigade. Water was removed in the same manner.

Portraits of Our Ministry Team

R. Maurice Hollingsworth, Senior Pastor
Dr. Hollingsworth is a native of Tennessee. He joined the staff of First Baptist Church in January of 2006. He has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Memphis in International Business, a M.Div. and a Ph.D. in New Testament from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. After completing his doctorate, he and his family served as Southern Baptist Missionaries in Taipei, Taiwan where he at taught at the Taiwan Baptist Seminary. Later he served in Tennessee before he was called to serve First Baptist Church in November of 2005. He currently is the chairman of the Rio Grande Baptist Association Management Team and he serves as a trustee of the Baptist Convention of New Mexico. In addition to his service at First Baptist Church, he also serves as a chaplain for the Rotary Club of Las Cruces and as a volunteer chaplain at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces. He is married to Nancy Blass Hollingsworth and they have two children, Elizabeth and Blass.