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 

  • Shy Willow by Cat Min
    Willow, a rabbit, lives in an abandoned mailbox. She is content, away from screaming children. However, one day, a boy drops in a note, asking the moon for a special favor. Can Willow try to deliver the note? Breathtakingly beautiful pictures accompany the story about shyness, the power of empathy and what it means to make a friend.

• JUVENILE FICTION

  • Tree. Table. Book by Lois Lowry

    This is an unforgettable tale of friendship that stretches from a war -torn country to a quiet New Hampshire town. The author, in telling a story about a middle-schooler named Sophie and her 80 year old friend, also named Sophie, demonstrates the value of sharing and making memories.

• ADULT FICTION

  • Sipsworth by Simon Van Booy
    Helen Cartwright returns to the village where she spent her childhood after living abroad for six decades. She just wants to be left in peace, but one cold winter night she meets a mouse named Sipsworth. This is a lovely, sweet story about second chances. With profound compassion, Van Booy illuminates a deep friendship between two lonely creatures. For anyone who wants a gentle tale, this is a must read!

• ADULT NON-FICTION

  • A Brutal Reckoning: Andrew Jackson, the Creek Indians, and the Epic War for the American South by Peter Cozzens
    This is a story of “the pivotal struggle between the Creek Indians and an insatiable young United States for control over the Deep South - from the acclaimed historian and prize-winning author of The Earth is Weeping. The Creek War is one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U. S. soil. A Brutal Reckoning is the definitive book on this forgotten chapter in our history.”

Contact the Library

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