Original: Though founded in 1887, under Jack Hyles' leadership from 1959 & ndash; 2001 it became one of the megachurches in the United States and during the 1970s had the highest Sunday school attendance of any church in the world.
Simplified: In 1889, the church erected its own structure for $2,358 when Marcus Towle, Hammonds first mayor and a member of FBC, donated land on Sibley Street to the church.