Allen Memorial Library

First Baptist Church Decatur Media Center

About Our Library

Located on the second floor of our Sanctuary building, The Allen Memorial Library and Media Center provides quality reading selections and media resources for church members and the local Decatur community.

Our church library contains over 15,323 cataloged items, including 

• Books

• Bibles and Commentaries 

• Periodicals

• Audiobooks

• Movies and films

• A/V equipment rental

• Reading programs and curriculum

• And much more!

Library Collections

Books for Adults  

We have books about our world, the latest fiction bestsellers, non-fiction texts to help with Sunday School study, self-help books, history, biography, periodicals, large-print books, audio-books, and computers to look stuff up. Books we can’t use in our collection, we offer for sale.

Books for Children and Youth

We’re your children’s source for the latest award-winners! Our volunteer staff includes people who know children’s books inside-and-out and can recommend top fiction and non-fiction titles to put in your collection (pre-K—Young Adult). 

Resources for the Decatur Reading Community

The Library is an information source and cheerleader for book festivals (Decatur Book Festival) and author talks (Georgia Center for the Book, Conversations, local bookstores). We post calendars for community book sales, book recommendations, interesting websites — all things BOOK.

Beth’s Books

Each month, Beth Withers, one of our library volunteers, shares the newest books that have been added to our church library this past month:

• PICTURE BOOK 

  • Home in a Lunchbox by Cherry Moe
    A Caldecott Honor winner, this is a touching immigrant story that hits the heart and stomach. Jun, a young Chinese girl, moves from Hong Kong to America and starts school knowing only a few English words like hello, thank you, and I don’t know. She feels isolated until she unpacks her lunchbox and shares her delicious food with her classmates. Minimum text and stunning illustrations highlight the impact of small gestures of kindness.

• JUVENILE FICTION

  • Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls by Beth McMullen

    Abigail “discovers that her boarding school is actually an elite spy-training program, and she must learn the skills of the trade in order to find her mother in this action-packed middle grade debut.” Donated by Joyce Cotton.

• ADULT FICTION

  • James by Percival Everett
    “A brilliant reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - both harrowing and ferociously funny - told from the enslaved Jim’s point-of-view.” “When Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he runs away until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck has faked his own death to escape his violent father….Thus begins the dangerous and transcendent journey by raft down the Mississippi River toward the promise of the Free State and beyond.” Donated by Beth Withers.

• ADULT NON-FICTION

  • The Wingmen: The Unlikely, Unusual, Unbreakable Friendship Between John Glenn and Ted Williams The Extraordinary Lives of Winston and Clementine’s Daughters by Adam Lazarus
    “In many ways, John Glenn and Ted Williams were dissimilar. But they shared the essential traits of bravery, loyalty, devotion to excellence, and despite political differences, authentic patriotism. Carefully researched and skillfully rendered, this is the compelling story of the enduring bond between two genuine American heroes.” Bob Costas, award-winning sportscaster. Donated by Kay and Ronnie Jowers.

Contact the Library

Give us a call at 404.373.1653 (ext. 2229) or send us a message using the form below.