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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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Living with Arms Wide Open

Dec 27, 2015

Ann Carter: "This fall, when the refugee crisis began hitting the news circuits, I paid attention. Since the start of the Arab Spring of 2010, I have been watching with prayerful interest as events unfold..."

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Waiting with Arms Wide Open: Love

Dec 20, 2015

Jim Somerville: "I've been thinking about the international students who have been visiting with us recently, and wondering how well they know [the Christmas] story. ... So, with your permission, let me tell this story as if I were telling it to someone who had never heard it before, and let me start at the very...

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Waiting with Arms Wide Open: Joy

Dec 13, 2015

Jim Somerville: "Several weeks ago I preached a sermon on the Bible, and suggested that the Bible is 'a love letter from God.' One of the people who heard that sermon was six-and-a-half-year-old Madelyn El-Khouri..."

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Waiting with Arms Wide Open: Peace

Dec 6, 2015

Jim Somerville: "I was at the Jewish Community Center last week for my regular Tuesday night workout when one of my Jewish friends asked, "Are you waiting for Advent at your church?"'

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