Baptist High School Abuja is a co-educational boarding school, established by the First Baptist Church, Garki Abuja in response to the educational needs of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and its environs. In recognition of the necessity for educational development within Abuja and the need to inculcate in children sound doctrine, the right moral and spiritual values based on basic Christian ethics and Baptist Doctrine,coupled with the current harsh economic condition in the country, the First Baptist Church, Garki Abuja  on January 26, 2006, under the leadership of Rev. Dr. Israel Adelani Akanji, decided to establish Baptist High School, Abuja for the attainment of high academic and moral discipline and to further the cause of evangelism through education in the Federal Capital Territory specifically and in the country at large.