The church has been considered influential amongst moderate Baptists throughout the southern United States since its founding.

[1] First Baptist was organized with eleven charter members, meeting in an old log schoolhouse in Downtown Memphis.

Dr. R. Paul Caudill moved the church from the corner of Linden and Lauderdale in the southern portion of Downtown Memphis, to a new location on the edge of Midtown Memphis at 200 East Parkway North.

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Musical instruments include its 1951 Wicks pipe organ, located in its sanctuary, and its 1958 M.P.