When Pastor Shelton came to the Baptist Bible Institute in New Orleans in 1925, First Baptist Church, Algiers, was a small mission Church located in a section of Louisiana where thousands had never even seen a copy of God's Word or heard a Gospel message. When he saw the spiritual need, his heart yearned to tell the story of Redemption through the death, burial and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. He became the Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Algiers in 1927.