Our mission

North Park Baptist church had its beginnings in 1938 when Carpenter Street Baptist Church, under the leadership of Pastor J. Clark Hensley, recognized the need for a mission in northeast Moberly. Mrs. T.J. Tydings, who's home was located on Franklin Avenue, offered her basement as a temporary meeting place. On May 11, 1938, the first service was held with 13 people present. Later, the group moved into a house. North Park continued as a mission until 1949 when it became an organized church with Rev. Hugh Yeater as pastor.

On February 27. 1949, the North Park Baptist Church was chartered. During the early years, services were held in a house located where the church now stands at 401 Franklin Ave. In 1955, North Park entered a three-unit plan of construction; which consisted of a two-story educational building and sanctuary, with the final phase competed in 1971.

In 1952 North Park started a mission of its own in the northwest section of Moberly, known as the Wabash Heights Mission. That mission continued until 1962. North Park has had 14 pastors: Reverends Hugh Yeater, Lester Zumwalt, Dean Ward, Kenneth Harder, William Jordan, Wayne Williams, Wayne Norton, Robert Wood, Bob Moseley, Howard Smith, Herb Clinton,Howard Smith who returned in 1994, Dennis Gard, and our current Pastor Dewey Burge.