Fee Fee Baptist Church was formed in 1807 and is considered the first Baptist church in the St. Louis area. Several preachers worked on a circuit, traveling from one area to another, often holding services in a home.

Subsequently numerous Baptist churches were formed. A good history of the Baptist religion in St. Louis can be found in Elva Kuykendall Norman’s book, Biography of a Church: A History of the Early St. Louis Baptist Community 1817–1877, and Delmar Church Which Emerged from it, 1877–1977, which is listed below.

 

Bibliography

1850–1900 Souvenir Program of Fiftieth Anniversary of Third Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri: With Historical Sketch of the Church. St. Louis: privately printed, 1900.

Abraham, Ruth E. As A Tree Planted: History of Fee Fee Baptist Church, 1807–1970. St. Louis: privately printed, 1970.

Bradley, Littleton P. The Baptist Retired Men’s Fellowship, St. Louis, Missouri, June 1968–May 1988. St. Louis: privately printed, 1988.

Bradley, Littleton P. Hanley Hills Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri, 1952–1985. St. Louis: L.P. Bradley, 1986.

Norman, Elva Kuykendall. Biography of a Church: A History of the Early St. Louis Baptist Community 1817–1877, and Delmar Church Which Emerged from it, 1877–1977. St. Louis: Delmar Baptist Church, 1978.

Second Baptist Church, St. Louis, Missouri: Souvenir Volume. St. Louis: Second Baptist Church, 1908.

Tower Grove Baptist Church, 4257 Magnolia Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri: Yearbook, 1962. St. Louis: Tower Grove Baptist Church, 1962.

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