Our Story

Mid-Cities Church at Maplewood has set out from the beginning to see the good news of Jesus Christ transform St. Louis and the surrounding area.

Maplewood Baptist Church began as a small Bible study led by an otherwise unnamed Episcopalian woman. When she moved out of state, she asked two men, who would eventually become deacons of the church, to take over. They organized into a church in 1892 with a vision to reach the city of St. Louis with the good news of Jesus and soon called their first pastor: William Fuller. Under the leadership of Pastor W. L. Nash, things really began to take off. For over a century, we grew tremendously and saw hundreds of people come to faith in Jesus. Under the leadership of Homer E. Delozier and Frank Kellogg, we were one of the first churches in the Midwest to build a Youth and Recreation Facility to serve the families and neighborhoods in our city. Hundreds of students and young families would come each weekend to skate and party in our community center. We partnered with organizations locally and globally to plant more churches and fund missions. We’ve always been a church that develops leaders and seeks to make a positive influence on the people around us. 

In early 2014, Red Tree Church sent David Comstock and a small group of people to Maplewood / Dogtown to plant Mid-Cities Church. We’re named Mid-Cities Church because we serve people from all around St. Louis, Missouri (South City, Richmond Heights, Central West End, Webster, Clayton, Brentwood, North City… you name it!). We quickly grew into multiple home groups and launched our first corporate gathering in April 2014.

Over the years, a unique friendship was formed between the people of Maplewood Baptist and Mid-Cities Church. Our leaders began meeting together and dreaming about what it could be like to join together in our mission. Maplewood Baptist and Mid-Cities officially joined together as Mid-Cities Church at Maplewood in October 2019.

In this new season of ministry, we’re excited to continue the legacies of both Maplewood Baptist and Mid-Cities by doing what we’ve always done: teaching and preaching the gospel and loving our community!