In April 1953, while attending a fundamental Baptist pastor's fellowship in Philadelphia, where he heard of the need for a survey in Fairless Hills and Levittown, Pennsylvania to ascertain the possibility of commencing a Baptist testimony there, Rev. Richard J. Thomas, an evangelist then residing in Mt. Holly, New Jersey, volunteered to call on nearly thirty reputed Baptist families in Fairless Hills.  After three days, this survey was completed by him and a recommendation was made to the Philadelphia group that they proceed immediately to endeavor to establish a Baptist testimony.  Afternoon services were held for two Sundays under the leadership of the Philadelphia pastors at the Wm. Penn Center, Fallsington, Pennsylvania, but because of no regular leader being available, and no response from those who said they would be interested, the services did not continue.  Ironically a liberal Baptist group started to meet in the same place the next week and due to a resident leader they were successful.

Several months later, in August 1953, Rev. Thomas and his family moved to Levittown and made it their home as he continued in the ministry of evangelism.  Levittown was still very small, but was growing at such a rapid rate that every time Brother Thomas came home from meetings and saw the need of a fundamental Baptist testimony, he was reminded by the Spirit of God of a verse in the Song of Solomon; "...they made me a keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard have I not kept" (1:6).  This conviction grew to the point that a proposed six weeks prayer service was called by Brother Thomas in his home in September of 1954, for any who might be interested to pray weekly about a possible work being started.  Three men attended the first meeting, but none returned.  Satan seemed to have won another victory.  However, the Thomases continued to pray and by the last of November, God had definitely spoken to them to start a work by faith.  The Scripture that God used in conveying His will was I Peter 5:2; "Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind."

Since Levittown was being built on farm land, public buildings were non-existent other than the schools.  The school in the heart of the then developed part of the city was in Bristol Township, and exorbitant rent ($225 a month) was asked for its use.  In spite of this formidable obstacle application was made for the use of the Thomas Jefferson School.  Permission was granted for its use on December 22nd, with services to commence on Sunday, January 2nd, 1955.  No one showed any interest in assisting Brother Thomas in this project and so he moved ahead strictly by faith and borrowed $500 in order to pay a month in advance for the use of the school and also to buy a mimeograph machine and paper to make invitations for the new church.  The last two weeks of December, 1954, were spent in miles of walking each day by Rev. Thomas, distributing invitations house to house, that the five sections surrounding the school might know of the new church that was called appropriately, Faith Baptist Church.

January 2nd, 1955, the first services were held with only about fifteen in attendance for the day.  Most of these soon drifted away as the Word was preached.  Satan fought the work with almost unbelievable success for a year and a half.  Over seventy-five professions of faith were made in the homes through personal work, but only several families went on with the Lord and they soon moved away.

Due to the high rent at the school, prayer was made for a cheaper place to meet.  An answer came as $1,000 miraculously was sent in by the Lord in one week's time, making it possible to make a down payment on a home, ideally located at 428 Holly Drive.  From November 1st, 1955 to May 1st, 1956, services were held in this home which then served as the parsonage.  In May, 1956, the group began conducting services in the Fairless Hills Community Center where several Baptist families had been meeting a few months.  Services, at the time of organization, were conducted at the Community Center.

The Lord honored His Word and answered prayer so that a spiritual nucleus of nineteen adults were able to formally organize the Faith Baptist Church and adopt their Constitution on January 1st, 1957, just two years after its commencement.  "Faithful is He that calleth you, who also will do it".  (I Thess. 5:24)

The church called Rev. Richard J. Thomas as their first pastor.  Messers. Douglas Scarbrough, Russell Cook, Charles Cuthertson, Wilfred Vogel and Howard King were elected the first deacons to work with the pastor.