Richmond's First Baptist Church

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.

The Spirit

Mar 29, 2017

Jim Somerville: "Once we put the ego to death in the waters of baptism, once we nail it to the cross by considering ourselves dead, God can raise up something wonderful and new from the remains. ... Is it possible that you have never been dead enough to be resurrected?"

The fifth in Dr. Jim Somerville's Journey to the...

Talkback, 3/26/17

Mar 26, 2017

Dr. Jim Somerville's "Talkback" from Sunday, March 26, 2017. In this visit with the church youth group, questions include: "What problems did you have as a youth?" "How do you know what to write about in your sermons?" "What is your opinion on homosexuality?" "What was your biggest mistake?" and "What's your weapon of...

Moving Past

Mar 26, 2017

Jim Somerville: "God had other plans for Israel. God had David. That's a good thing to remember when you're in a place where you don't think things will ever get better, when all you can do is sit in a corner and sigh about how life used to be when you were younger, or stronger, or had more money, or had...

The Cross

Mar 22, 2017

Jim Somerville: "If we want this new life, we have to go through death. Something in us has to die before something else can rise. How do we do that? How do we crucify the ego?"

The fourth in Dr. Jim Somerville's Journey to the Cross series, "No One Stays the Same", from Wednesday, March 22, 2017.

Talkback, 3/19/17

Mar 19, 2017

Jim Somerville's "Talkback" from Sunday, March 19, 2017. Topics include the reviews of the film THE SHACK, whether God is male or female, the Holy Trinity, miracles in the Bible, and the beauty of the Old Testament.