Richmond's First Baptist Church

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Richmond's First Baptist Church is a unique congregation where people from diverse cultural, ethnic, economic and religious backgrounds join together to put God’s love in action. All find a home in our church with opportunities for spiritual growth, fellowship, and service.

Our people celebrate and draw strength from our diversity, which finds its unity in the Lord Jesus Christ. We embrace an international perspective with more than ten different languages spoken among our members. Men and women serve as deacons and as ordained staff in leading services and preaching sermons.

I Used To... Until

Jun 30, 2019

Lynn Turner: "Do you ever wake up in the middle of the night thinking that you have had a nudge from God to do something? You try to get back to sleep, but the thought of what you have heard from God keeps you wide awake...?"

Betty Ann Dillon

Jun 23, 2019

Betty Ann Dillon's message from the Service of Prayer for Healing, June 23, 2019.

In His Right Mind

Jun 23, 2019

Jim Somerville: "That’s what we do sometimes with people who are different: we dismiss them. I’m thinking especially about those we dismiss because of mental illness, because something up there 'isn’t quite right.' And there’s a huge stigma attached to mental illness..."

What Everybody Wants

Jun 16, 2019

Jim Somerville: "Hi. My name is Jim Somerville and I’m your pastor. Part of my job is to preach sermons on Sunday morning and that’s why I’m here. But there is another part of my job you may not even know about. It’s called premarital counseling..."

The Problem with Prophets

Jun 9, 2019

Jim Somerville: "What would First Baptist Church do with an extra fifty thousand dollars in the budget? We talked about that for a while, but eventually consensus began to build around the idea of doing something in the area of ministry to young adults..."