First Baptist Church of Middlesboro was organized by eleven charter members on September 23, 1889. These people were: J. R. Sampson, M. J. Eastman, Mrs. Mary Eastman, Stella Eastman, W. G. Eastman, J. S. Chambers, Mrs. F. C. Chambers, J. C. Teague, Joseph F. Fosworth, J. C. Tarvin, and Clinton Cribbons. The first meeting place of the newly formed church was in the law office of J. R. Sampson. It was not a mission or a split, but was apparently a spontaneous development by the early citizens of the newly created city of Middlesboro.

The following is a list of the pastors taken from a list found in the "Officers, Organizations, and Committees" booklet written in 1984, with more exact dates taken from the bound church bulletins, 1945-1977. (Updated from church records in 2002)

Pastors

Rev. R. C. Medaris 1889-1890

Rev. William Shelton, Jr. 1890-1891

Dr. Everette Gill 1892-1892

Rev. W. G. Borum 1893-1897

Rev. J. B. Holley 1897-1898

Rev. C. W. Perryman 1898-1900

Rev. C. M. Reid 1901-1910

Dr. J. M. Roddy 1911-1920

Rev. Sam P. Martin 1921-1925

Rev. E. F. Adams 1925-1928

Dr. S. E. Tull 1928-1937

Dr. Marvin Adams 1938-Feb. 23, 1950 died

Rev. Truett Miller July 16, 1950-April 15, 1951

Rev. Wendell H. Rone Sept. 9, 1951-Aug. 12, 1956

Rev. Alastair Walker April 14, 1957-Mar. 29, 1959

Dr. J. C. Coates Dec. 6, 1959-May 10, 1964

Rev. Truett Miller Oct. 25, 1964-Nov. 16, 1975

Rev. John E. Pennington, Jr. Mar. 28, 1976-1983

Rev. Bill Daniel Aug. 13, 1984-Jan. 31, 1993

Dr. Jeff Roberts Aug. 23, 1993-Oct. 1, 1998

Dr. Chuck Summers Dec. 12, 1999-April 30, 2006

An incomplete list of associate pastors, education,
youth and music ministers is as follows:

Hugh Whittaker Education/Music Sept. 27, 1953–Sept. 21, 1955

Jack Riley Education April 10, 196-Feb. 1, 1962

Billy Mackey Associate Pastor Sept. 4, 1966-Oct. 19, 1969

Ronald Rich Associate Pastor April 5, 1970-May 19, 1974

Carl Hunter Associate Pastor Feb. 23, 1975-May 25, 1975

Stan Romanstine Music/Youth Sept. 5, 1976-June 5, 1977

Carlton Thompson Music/Youth Oct. 4, 1977-1984

John O. Hamblen Education/Music Mar. 1985-Jan. 1987

Nenette Measels Education June 15, 1987-Aug. 11, 1992

Clark Measels Music 1988-

David Hill Music/Youth Feb. 1, 1994-April 30, 1997

Lori Kirk Youth June 11, 1995-May 31, 1996

Jack W. McClelland Youth (later Associate) June 2, 1996-Mar. 1, 1999

Todd Spangler Music July 20, 1997-2004

Johnny B. Lewis Associate Jan. 9, 2000 to June 2002

Andy Woods Associate October 2002-2004

A partial list of interim minsters is as follows:

Dr. T. D. Brown April 22, 1951-Sept. 5, 1951

W. G. Potts June 8, 1955-Aug. 2, 1955

Dr. T. D. Brown Sept. 2, 1956-April 7, 1957

Dr. Paul Brewer 1959

G. Willard Reeves 1964

Al Hitch (Music/Youth) June 19, 1977-Sept. 28, 1977

Dr. Paul Brewer Nov. 23, 1975-March 1976

Dr. Lewis Rhodes 1984

Dr. Clark Measels (Music) Sept. 1987-Dec. 1987

Tina Renee Murdock Oct. 14, 1992-Jan. 30, 1994

Dillard A. Mynatt Feb. 17, 1993-Aug. 22, 1993

Suzanne Lee (Music) April 16, 1997-July 20, 1997

Stephen Earle Oct. 1, 1998-Nov. 30, 1999