Our Story.....

In 1991, Temple Baptist Church was founded by Pastor Dolton Robertson II. When the church first began there were only a few families attending and the services were being held in the Cullman Civic Center. Over the next few years God touched Temple and allowed it to grow to the point that a building was needed. So the search was on for land to build the new church building.

In 1994 8 acres were purchased on HWY 157 on the corner of Campground Road. After purchasing the property a new church building was erected on the site. The church finally had a new home and room to grow in the future. In 1996 Pastor Robertson resigned Temple to Pastor a church in Florida. This opened the door for God to move in a new direction.

In 1997 Pastor Jamine Grubbs became the second Pastor of Temple Baptist Church. During the next two years God blessed and Temple grew and was averaging about 80 people on Sunday Mornings. In the Spring of 1999 Pastor Jamine followed his heart for young people by becoming a Youth Pastor. For the next 6 months Temple struggled to find the right man of God to lead the church into the year 2000. By the fall of 1999 the church consisted of only a handful of members that were hopeful for the future.

In November 1999 a Young Pastor Malcolm Carter II came on the scene not looking for a church, but just as a fill-in for a Preacher that had canceled the week before. After preaching that morning, he knew that this was the place God wanted him to be, even though he had no intentions of coming to Alabama to pastor. As he traveled home God began to speak to him about Temple, about the great things he had instore for the church. Within a few weeks he surrendered to the call to come to Alabama and become the Pastor of Temple Baptist Church. During the first few weeks at Temple he began to turn the people from despair to hope, to turn the church from death to life. God began to pour out His blessing even though the numbers did not show it. During the next year God brought people to Temple that would help lead it in the future. Over that year God taught and grew the core of the church spiritual so that people's needs could be met in the years to come.

In 2000, God really began to move as people started coming, people started getting help, and people started getting saved. By the time the end of the year rolled around Temple was averaging 120 during the morning services. As 2001 progressed souls continued to come to Christ and families were being added to the church on a weekly basis. As the year went on the averages continued to rise until we could not longer fit into the original auditorium. So in the fall of 01 the walls came down and the church auditorium could now seat 200 people comfortably.

As 2002 progressed God continued to bless Temple allowing the average attendance to break the 200 mark during the summer months. People were coming to Temple for help, and they were finding help, love, compassion, and a savior in Jesus. However as the year progressed we knew that we could no longer fit all the people into the auditorium and that we had to do something, and do it soon. After much prayer and study it was decided that we must build a new church building on the hill beside the current church building so that people could continue to come and get help and come to know Christ as their savior.

In the spring of 2003 we broke ground on a new church building that would allow God to continue to bring broken people to us to find help, love, and encouragement. It was a long hard process but when it was finished in the end of October 2003 we could now seat over 500 people with room to grow. We were able to add many new Sunday School Classrooms as well a larger choir loft so that all the choir members could fit. As 2003 ended God continued to bless and move as more and more people continued to come to Temple getting the help they were searching for, being saved, and being loved by the members and by God.

2004 was a year to remember as God brought many new faces to our church family, as well as to the family of God. At the end of 2004 the average attendance was 260!!! 2005 was a year full of God's Blessings with over 100 people accepting Jesus as Their Lord and Savior.

In 2006 and 2007 the growth continued as we continued to expand both numerically and spiritually. In the spring of 2007 we broke ground on an expansion project that would allow us to continue to reach people in need. This new facility houses the gym as well as kitchen and teen game room. The project also allowed us to build 8 new Sunday School rooms, and to complete the teen center. It was completed in the winter of the same year. In the fall of 2007 we held our Old Fashion Day at the Cullman County Fair Grounds. We had over 1500 in attendance with over 20 people coming to know the Lord through the singing and preaching. By the end of 2007 we were averaging 480 each Sunday Morning during the worship service. God truly has blessed us beyond measure.

2008 has been a year of change at Temple as we continue to follow the will and plan of God for our church. God has continued to save people and bring people in, with the average attendance near 500 going into the summer months. During the summer of 2008 God led us to change many of the programs at our church. We have redirected our focus and purpose on creating disciples. To do this God expects three things out of each Christian. These three things are to 1) Love God, 2) Love Other, and 3) Serve Both. To fulfill these directives many church programs and schedules were changed so that people can become disciples of Christ. We now have one Worship Service - Love God, Community Groups allow us to Love Others, and the Ministry Opportunities allow us to Serve Both. We have also started the AWANA program for both the children and teenagers. God is truly moving in all of this, people are walking closer to him, people are being saved, and most of all He is being glorified. We look forward to what God is going to do the rest of this year and beyond!