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It all started in May of 1959

when the church was orginized as Faith Presbyterian church


April 1960 - Rev. George Jaggard III called.
October 1961 - Assumes name Faith Bible Presbyterian Church.
July 1962 - Jaggard leaves.
January 1963 - Rev. William Green bcomes interim Pastor.
September 1962 - Rev. Green dismissed as Pastor.
Decenmber 1963 - Began Meetings in white frame building on Tennessee and Mc Donald street purchased from Evangelical Free Church.
July 1964 - Rev. Morris Mc Donald is called as Pastor.
June 1972 - Rev. Morris Mc Donald leave for a pastorate in Greenville, South Carolina.
May 1973 - Rev. Glenn Roger is called as Pastor.
November 1975 - Church building is moved to N. Daughtery Rd.
March 1976 - Manse Purchased on Daughtery Rd.
April 1976 - Name changed to Bible Presbyterian Church of Lakeland.
September 1977 - Rev. Rogers begins teaching at Shelton College in Cape Canaveral.
July 1979 - Rev. Dough Sukhia assumed duties of pastor; Rev. Rogers continues at Shelton College.
July 1983 - Rev. Sukhia leaves to minister at Bibles Presbyterian Church in Orchard Park, N.Y.
August 1983 - Rev. James S. Blizzard commences Ministry in Lakeland.
February 1985 - New church building on the same property
May 1985 - Moved into new church facility. The old building sold to another church and was moved off property.
August 1986 - Bible Christian Acadamy - A Preschool and day care center established.
August 1988 - Fifty-Second Synod of the Bible Presbyterian Chirch hosted.
May 1990 - Mortgage for the new building paid off.
August 1992 - Bible Christian Acadamy closed for various reasons.
January 1993 - Manse is sold to the pastor.
May 1998 - New additions started to the building.
August 1998 - New additions finished.
August 1998 - Sixty-second Synod of the Bible Presbyterian Church hosted.