On the southwest side of the ancient Wichita Mountains and securely located next to the frontier outpost, Fort Sill, a city was born. The Lawton Land Lottery had literally drawn people in from all over the country. It was August 12, 1901, that nineteen of those souls, who must have been people of great faith, organized themselves and filed a charter for the First Baptist Church of Lawton.

These people met in a tent for their first worship service and would meet in various other places, including a tabernacle on the courthouse square, before they would establish their permanent home on the corner of Fifth and B Ave. Today on that same corner the large building complex called First Baptist Church, now covering more than an entire city block, bears silent testimony that a century has passed and the Church still stands, worshipping God, following Christ, and serving people.

First Baptist Church has stood strong across a century, constantly being energized by it's mission to the world. New churches have been born, young soldiers, among others, have been reached for Christ and then sent out to various places in the earth, and First Baptist Church has truly touched the world.