Our history dates back to Sept. 1959, when several families from the Capital Baptist Church of Washington, D.C. met at the Belt Jr. High School in Wheaton, Maryland, with a burden and a vision of establishing a regular baptist church in this rapidly-growing suburb of our nation's capital.

Under God's blessing, and with the help and cooperation of Delmarva Baptist Fellowship and the Fellowship of Baptists for Home Missions, this vision became a reality on May 2nd, 1963. Faith Baptist Church of Wheaton was organized with 23 charter members. Rev. Earl Leiby was the pastor during this time, having come to the field August, 12, 1962, as a missionary under F.B.H.M.

By May 1963, the church building was erected on a parcel of ground that had been donated for a church by the Kay Construction Company of Silver Spring, Maryland, and with an initial loan from the Church Buildings Committee of F.B.H.M. The church continues to hold an emphasis on Bible teaching, evangelism, and a world-wide missionary vision.

Rev. Leiby resigned in 1965 to accept a call to a new field in Ohio, and the church called Rev. Louie DiPlacido, of Massillon, Ohio, as its pastor. He began his ministry here on March 20th, 1966, and continues to this day.