Temple Baptist Church

Temple Baptist Church is a large two-campus church in Hattiesburg. An east campus is located on Hardy St. next to Kamper Park, and the much larger west campus is located on Highway 11 next to Oak Grove High School.

The church was founded in 1907 as a one-room church near the corner of Fourth Avenue and West Pine Street. In 1908 a larger building was built on Fifth Avenue, at the corner of Mamie Street and Concart Street, and the church changed its name to Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. Then in the late 1940's the church finished the first phase of its new building on Hardy Street, and the church became Temple Baptist Church. In 1960 the second phase was finished, completing the current worship center. In 1985 a third expansion was finished. In August 2000, the first phase of the west campus opened, and in December 2006 the second phase of the west campus, including the new worship center, opened.

As of December 2006 the church has a total of 4500 members, with 2000 to 2100 attending the west campus and 350 to 400 attending the east campus each Sunday.