History

Our History is HIS Story. It's the story of the power and faithfulness of God working through His people.

Central Baptist Church was constituted on October 6, 1939.  The first meeting was held in the Luling High School Gym.  Central's first pastor was Brother V.M. Hailey.  By October 29, the charter membership was 355.

Our present site was purchased from the San Antonio and Aransas Pass Railroad Company. Ground was broken on March 19, 1940. Used “sucker rods” from Luling’s oil fields were used throughout the construction as building steel. All excavating of earth for the foundation was done by volunteer manual labor without the use of any heavy equipment.

Through the years, Central Baptist Church has worked to be a spiritual, unified, and missionary people. Our history is marked with courage, foresight, hard work, and sacrifice. It is a wonderful story of progress and a labor of love.

The future holds a greater challenge for Central Baptist Church to reach the unsaved and to grow in spiritual depth and outreach.

Our prayer is that the Lord will continue to keep Central Baptist Church a church of faith and vision.