Franklin Road Baptist Church (FRBC) was planned in the home of Mr. W.C. Waugh on Wednesday, March 10, 1948 by a small group of interested Baptists. On May 30, 1948, the name became official as recommended by the committee of four ladies who had been appointed for that purpose. The church met in a tent for some three months in same general area where the church is located today.

FRBC began services in a building in September of 1948, in the present location of the Sanctuary at 1424 New Franklin Road, with an educational annex being added to the Sanctuary in 1956 and expanded again in 1963. The Church had also purchased property in 1953 on South Page for a Pastorium. The Church had twenty-two (22) Charter members, among whom six (6) Charter Deacons were elected/ordained.

The Church has had a total of thirteen (13) called Pastors since is inception, including the currently-serving, as follows:

Name	Tenure		Name	Tenure
Rev. Heflin Daniel*	1948 - 1950		Rev. Edward Salter	1972 - 1973
Rev. Ross Beal	1950 - 1951		Rev. Ernest Clegg	1974 - 1975
Rev. Eugene Reese	1951 - 1952		Rev. H.T. Henderson	1975 - 1978
Rev. Chester Craft	1952 - 1954		Rev. Sam Self	1979 - 1981
Rev. Rufus Mormon	1955 - 1966		Rev. Frank Sledge**	1981 - 2001
Rev. Jimmie Willis	1966 - 1971		Rev. Bob Burnett	2002 - 2007
Current called Pastor is Rev. Andy Buchanan, since Jan 2008