The following information was excerpted from the booklet "Century of Love - The First One Hundred Years of North Fort Worth Baptist Church, 1890 to 1990" by church member John Deets.
       On April 20, 1890, the North Fort Worth Missionary Baptist Church came into existence as the oldest church of any denomination on the North Side.  Reverend W.W. Odum accepted the invitation to become the church's first pastor. There were eleven charter members. North Fort Worth was incorporated as a city in 1902 and was annexed by the city of Fort Worth in 1909.
       Originally the church met in the local schoolhouse until the first building was erected at 23rd and Ross later in 1890. The church was admitted to Tarrant Baptist Association at the fifth annual session on September 11-12, 1891.
       In 1893, lots 21 and 22 of block 180, located on East 20th Street, were purchased from the Fort Worth Stock Yards Company for a new church location.  The church's first revival was held at this location in 1895.
       On March 24, 1905, the North Fort Worth Missionary Baptist Church was incorporated in the laws of the State of Texas. On April 4, 1904, the church purchased lots 9-11 in block 97 from the North Fort Worth Townsite Company and later that year built a new building.  The purpose for relocating from East 20th was to get nearer to the center of the population which seemed to be moving west on North Main. On Sunday afternoon, May 21st, 1905, a violent windstorm caused so much damage to the new church building that it had to be torn down and a new one built in its place. The old building on East 20th was used for a mission.
       By 1914, Sunday School attendance had outgrown this building.  A new two story building was completed and occupied in 1915. In 1921, while Pastor Walter Rivers was serving, a baptism of 130 people occurred during the Crimm-Powell revival.
       In 1927, negotiations were made for a three story , cream-colored building with a basement, which was to be built on the back of the church property.  While the building was under construction, services were held in the old building on the front of the lot.
       In June 1941, work was begun on a new auditorium which the congregation had been looking forward to for some time.  The average Sunday school attendance for May of that year was 930. The new building was formally dedicated on December 7, 1941, two hours before Pearl Harbor was bombed.  Many Sunday school classes worked very hard selling bonds and giving sacrificially to pay for the new building.  The church voted to try to have 2,000 members by August, 1941, when the church had been a part of Tarrant Association for 50 years.
       Membership had reached 2,247 in 1942.  By 1945, the need for more educational space for young people became evident. In 1946, ground was broken for the Young People's Building and was completed in December and paid for within 3 of 4 months after move in.
       On Sunday morning, November 11, 1951, the morning worship services were televised direct from our auditorium over WBAP-TV channel 5. These were the first church services to be televised in Fort Worth.  A ground breaking ceremony for a new elementary building was held Monday night, December 31.
       On Sunday evening, February 24, 1980, the church voted to purchase 20 acres for a satellite location along I-35W.  On Sunday evening, September 20, 1981, the church voted and approved the motion to relocate the church to the new property and dispose of the church buildings in the most advantageous way. New building plans were approved by the congregation on Sunday, January 9, 1983.  Ground breaking was held on September 25, of that year.
       Sunday school workers helped move furnishings to the new location at 5801 North I-35W early in 1985. The first services were held at the new facilities on Sunday, February 24. The dedication service was held the following Sunday, March 3.
       Throughout the 100 year history of our church, 23 pastors have answered God's call to minister among us.  And during that same 100 year period, 69 ministers have been ordained by North Fort Worth Baptist Church.