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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.

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Lent Letters: Hebrews

Mar 18, 2018

Jim Somerville: "I was talking with one of our members last week who grew up Catholic, and I asked her if she missed anything about [it]. She admitted that she did. There was a lot of certainty in that tradition. You kind of knew whether you were following the rules or not. This free church tradition is different. On one hand it's liberating—you don’t have all those rules—but on the other hand it's frightening—how do you know that you're right with God...?"