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The First Baptist Church of Hypoluxo began with a dream - a dream that God wanted a church in Hypoluxo. ​The church began as a mission of First Baptist Church of West Palm Beach. On September 19, 1954, the first services were held. The following January, there was a ground breaking ceremony for the new chapel building.

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November 13, 1955 marked the first service in the new chapel. It was a full house - people from other denominations attended as there was no other church in the community. The furniture consisted of donated kitchen chairs and planks laid across cement blocks. The choir sang and the first baptisms were conducted. Candidates had to change in the closet under the stairs to the baptistery, and the water was icy cold. Sunday School classes were held in the balcony.

 

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Within a year, work was started on an addition to the back of the church building.​ After more than five years as a mission, the Chapel voted to become a church named First Baptist Church of Hypoluxo. The church voted to seek affiliation with the Palm Beach Baptist Network and the Florida Baptist Convention.

 

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In 1979, Hypoluxo Baptist Day Care was started. This very active Day Care is self-supporting and provides Christ centered, affordable education and child care to families in our neighborhood.​ Today, the members are proud of the history left to them by the church’s founders and rejoice over the hundreds who have come to know Christ through its ministry.