In the fall of 1999, The Bumpus Mills Missionary Baptist Church of Bumpus Mills, Tennessee authorized a mission work in the town of Dover, Tennessee. The missionary, Bro. Larry Lafferty had felt led of the Lord for some time to begin such a work. The Church at Bumpus Mills authorized the work on the last Sunday in August 1999. Bro. Larry Lafferty and his family located a building in the Dover area and the Bumpus Mills Church rented the building in the first week of September 1999. The building was cleaned by the Lafferty family and a few volunteers from Bumpus Mills Church. The very first service was the third Sunday in September 1999. Those attending the first service which was held in the afternoon were some members from the Bumpus Mills Church, Bro. Larry and his family and a few people from the community. 

Following the first service, the service times were held on Sunday morning at 10:00am for Sunday School and 11:00am for the preaching time. There was a mid-week Bible Study at 7:00pm on Wednesday. The services were slow in the beginning especially the Wednesday Night Bible Study. On a Wednesday Evening in October a Bro. Walter McCoy began attending the Bible Study time. Bro. McCoy was a Blessing from the very first time that he attended. Attendance was sporadic with various visitors. In around October, also of the same year, the first consistent visitor began to attend, Sister Pat Andersen. In January 2,000 the first scriptural baptism was performed by the mission under the authority of the Bumpus Mills Church, the candidate was Sis Pat Andersen. 

In May of 2000 a dispute in the sending Church (Bumpus Mills) led to problems at the Mission. The dispute surrounded pastoral authority and the doctrines of predestination and election. The missionary stood with the pastor of the Bumpus Mills Church and eventually left the Church related to these problems. But, the Lord was gracious and already had provided a means and friend. The Missionary and his family joined First Baptist Church White Plains, Kentucky in June of 2000. There was also approximately eight other members from the Bumpus Mills Church that moved their membership at that time. The First Baptist Church of White Plains authorized the mission work at Dover in June 2000. During this troublesome time the services continued at Dover. 
On July 8, 2000, the First Baptist Church of White Plains, Kentucky organized the Mission work at Dover into the New Testament Independent Missionary Baptist Church. There were fourteen charter members. The Church was organized on the Philadelphia Confession of Faith. The Church was and is committed to true Baptist Doctrine.
 
The sending church, First Baptist Church White Plains was organized in 1898 under the authority and direction of First Baptist Church Central City. The First Baptist Church Central City, Kentucky was organized in 1878 under the authority and direction of Hazel Creek Baptist Church in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky. Here the origin of the Church becomes difficult to trace because the Pastor starting the Hazel Creek Church came to the area as settler in the early 1800s and the church was organized in 1805. The origin of this early pastor and his sending church is unknown. This linage of the Church is extremely important to the New Testament Baptist Church because such organization of new churches is taught in the scripture. The belief that one church begins another, not that someone goes out on their own to start one, is known as Landmarkism. Acts 11:22