First Baptist Church of Cottondale was started in 1955 when Bro. Dub Turner, the founding pastor, saw a need for an Independent Baptist Church in the Cottondale area. The church was started on Easter Sunday, 1955, and eleven people signed the charter. The church met for the first year in the community building next to the Cottondale cemetery. An acre of land was secured at the current location about a year later, and a frame building was erected which served as the church building for over 30 years until 1990. The current church building was built in 1990, and the family life center which includes a gym, fellowship hall, missions apartment, and classrooms (built in 2002). Following Bro. Turner, several pastors ministered at the church until our current pastor, Bro. Charles Pugh, came in 1997.