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 Am the Resurrection and the Life

Apr 16, 2006

Peter James Flamming: "Easter is more than simply a religious holiday. Easter, the Resurrection of our Lord, is a holy day. Because it brought into being what we can experience every day of our lives: the resurrected presence of the Lord Jesus."

I Am the Way, the Truth, and the Life

Apr 9, 2006

Peter James Flamming: "Go to any magazine counter and you will find directions of those who think they know the way. You will find ways to get rich, to be incredibly beautiful, to be strong and healthy. Who's going to tell you the way in the good times as well as the tough times? How are you going to get through those...

I Am the Vine

Apr 2, 2006

Peter James Flamming: "In the tapestry of our lives is woven a very strong, frequent thread, often unnoticed because of the bright and beautiful threads we give attention to. But this thread is there, weaving itself around almost all of the others. It is the thread called, 'The Last Time'..."

I Am the Good Shepherd

Mar 26, 2006

Peter James Flamming: "You *will* choose a shepherd. [You will not] go through life only as a leader. You will follow someone, or something. Usually, the pressures of the world. Jesus countered that by saying, 'I am the good...

I Am the Door

Mar 19, 2006

Peter James Flamming: "Doors play two roles for us. When they're closed, they protect. When they're open, they create possibilities. A crucial question for all of us today is: What door of my life needs the Lord Jesus to be there? Either to open it up, or shut...