- Our church was founded in 1867 as Forestville Baptist Church and was located on Kingston Avenue at the site of what became the North Rome School and is now the North Rome Swim Center.
- In 1881 the church moved to the corner of Calhoun Avenue and South Reservation Street.
- In 1885 the current location of the church was purchased. During the following years the church building was built and then expanded and remodeled several times. The church had a steeple, and in the late 1800’s or early 1900’s our current bell was purchase from Goulds Manufacturing Company in Seneca Falls, New York.
- In 1892 the church changed its name to North Rome Baptist Church. In 1896 the church was renamed Third Baptist Church. In 1905 the name was changed to North Broad Baptist Church.
- In 1929 the church building was enlarged and bricked. As part of the remodeling the steeple was removed from the top of the church. The bell was lowered into the church attic onto the rafters of the sanctuary where it would sit unused and forgotten for decades.
- In 1976 during the building of our current sanctuary Frances Rutland, the daughter of former pastor Oscar Rutland, told James Meeks that the old church bell might still be in the church attic. James and his son Joe climbed into the attic and found the bell. Before the old sanctuary was demolished the bell was lowered through the ceiling and saved. A bell tower in front of the church was added to the architectural plans of the new sanctuary.
- On September 12, 1976 the current sanctuary was dedicated. At the end of the service the congregation gathered around the bell tower outside the sanctuary and the bell was presented to the church. After 47 years the bell was again used to call the community to worship.
- On December 16, 2015 the bell tower was taken down due to rotting in the base.
- On July 17, 2016 the church unanimously approved reinstalling the bell tower and a fundraising campaign was initiated.
- Under the guidance of Haskell Perry and Roy Echols the legs of the new tower were ordered and delivered. The old bell was restored. The tower was painted and installed.
- During worship on February 12, 2017 the new bell tower with our original bell was rededicated. Once again our 100 plus year old bell rings out each Sunday morning calling our community to worship.