The Baptist Temple originally named the Regular Baptist Church of Palatine and later renamed the Palatine Baptist Church, was organized November 20, 1875, in the Palatine School House at the corner of Columbia and Newton Streets. A house of worship was then built during the summer of 1876 and dedicated October 21st the same year. 

     A new church located on Columbia Street was completed in early 1910 and the name was changed to The Baptist Temple in the early 1920s. In 1956 the church purchased a six and one-half lot at the corner of Morgantown Avenue and Haymond Street for a future church home.

     The Columbia Street church was destroyed by fire on January 26, 1963. Following five months of intensive planning and fundraising, a cornerstone was laid for the present church on September 14, 1963. Dr. J. William Bonner, the pastor, noted: "After years of planning, praying, giving, and a disastrous fire, we have come to the climax of this part of the task God has given us to do. We are not at an end, but at a beginning. This comfortable, beautiful, and convenient structure will be of little benefit if it does not become a means by which many souls are brought to a saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ." Nearly sixty years have passed since Dr. Bonner spoke those words and The Baptist Temple has grown spiritually through the years as many learn to the love and grace of our Savior through the leadership of our dedicated pastors. 

     A physical addition to the church was completed in 2001 to house a library, general-purpose room, a restroom with handicapped- accessible facilities, an entrance ramp with a canopy, and an elevator with access to all three floors. Included in the new addition was the "God is Love" window, which was rescued by Fairmont firemen from the Columbia Street church. Following the restoration of the window, it was housed in the basement of one of Carl Cain's neighbors until Carl Cain, Jr. added a light to illuminate its beauty and displayed it at Christmas from his mother's porch on Maryland Avenue. Later, it was brought to the church and eventually placed at the foot of the cross in the Sanctuary for at least another decade. It has been moved to the upstairs and can be seen from the outside of the church. Church members voted to incorporate the window in the new addition. According to June Bonner Eddy, the window was included in the blueprints of the Palatine Baptist Church and is presently encased in it its original wooden frame. As this window has miraculously survived for well over a century, so, too, has the important message of God's love throughout our church and community.