First Orlando Fast Facts

• Established in 1871 with 18 people
• Dr. Jim Henry called as Pastor in September, 1977
• Moved to current campus February, 1985
• Located on 140 acres with land and buildings of current net worth near over 50 million dollars
• 3,000 parking spaces on about 30 acres
• Worship Center has seating for over 5,500
• Pipe organ has 118 ranks; 6,737 pipes
• Annual budget over $17 million
• Give approximately 1.5 million per year to missions, the largest contributor of any Southern Baptist Church in the U.S.
• Membership—14,000
• Average Sunday morning Bible study attendance: 3,800
• Over 300 Bible study classes for all ages.
• Approximately 7,000 in worship attendance on Sunday mornings in three worship services
• 6,500 church REAL LIFE magazines mailed each month
• About 140 full-time staff, plus about 215 part-time
• 24 pastoral staff
• Fall of 1987, The First Academy Christian School began classes. Approximately 1000 students are enrolled. First graduating class—1994
• Center for Pregnancy Ministry began in 1989; thousands of abortions prevented
• Nearly 100 full-time school employees
• Moved into Faith Hall May, 1994 with dining seating for 1,000
• Began New Horizons contemporary worship service, Fall 1997
• Opened new student center Spring 1999
• Opened Henry Chapel, Fall 2000
• Purchased former RC Cola bottling plant, adjacent land, Fall 2001; over $3 million given in two months
• Planted two new churches in 2001, Fellowship of Orlando and Keystone Community Fellowship, outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Dr. David Uth called to serve as Co-Pastor with Jim Henry in May 2005
• March 31, 2006 Jim Henry retires as Senior Pastor after 28 years of faithful service
• April 1, 2006 David Uth becomes new Senior Pastor.
• April 15, 2007 two new worship services launched to provide for expansion, a more intimate setting, and for those who cannot attend on Sunday mornings