In 2023, leadership of the City of Smyrna and the Smyrna First Baptist Church began discussing a possible sale of the nine-acre church campus.
In March 2024, the City and Smyrna First Baptist Church reached an agreement where the City, through its Downtown Development Authority, will purchase the existing church campus located on Church Street and the church will purchase property owned by the Development Authority located at 3030, 3040 and 3050 Atlanta Road and relocate there (map of parcels follows image of Chapel).
This allows the City to expand its downtown and allows the church to remain in the city. As part of this agreement, the City has agreed to maintain the 1924 stone chapel for public use (panoramic image of the Chapel is below - date of photo is 5-2-2024).
Also included in the Master Planning for the space will be the adjacent former Presbyterian church property already owned by the City.
