Our History

"The Mount" began as Mount Gilead Baptist and was the first church of any denomination founded after the county in which it is located, Tarrant County, Texas, was organized in 1850. It is now the second oldest church in the county (one church was in existence before the county was organized).

Mount Gilead Baptist is believed to be the only church in the area which arose from the ashes of its own building, burned to the ground in an Indian raid in 1858.

The church was founded in 1850 by 13 dedicated Christians, including two slaves, who found themselves in a wild and rugged wilderness area, too far from any other church to regularly attend. It was organized in the home of Daniel Barcroft in what is now Keller, but then was a farm far from civilization.

Although the legal name is Mount Gilead Baptist Church of Keller, TX, as of February 13, 2011, the church launched anew as ?The Mount?.  This name was chosen in an effort to begin a new era of gospel ministry while honoring those who had come before and laid a firm foundation to build upon.  

It is our desire and prayer that our great God and Savior Jesus Christ would continue to use The Mount to proclaim His fame both locally and globally.  We desire for God to continually work in and through us for His glory and our joy.