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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.

Aug 27, 2017

Jim Somerville: "The white members [of First Baptist Church] moved into their new building in 1841, just two blocks up the street, and left the old building to their black members, who promptly constituted the First African Baptist Church. I had lunch with its pastor recently and we talked about our shared history....


Aug 20, 2017

Jim Somerville: "Imagine having complete power over the people who have hurt you most in this world, and the freedom to do anything to them that you wanted. What would you do?"


Aug 20, 2017

Dr. Jim Somerville's sermon to the children from Sunday, August 20, 2017.


Aug 13, 2017

Jim Somerville: "I was having trouble holding on to my faith yesterday. I was watching the news coverage from Charlottesville, where a group of white nationalists were protesting the city's decision to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee. I thought of Martin Luther King and his dream of a nation where black people and...


Aug 6, 2017

Linda Bridges: "Scarcity thinking: those of us who simply cannot believe that there is more to life than what can be measured, what can be placed on a graph, or seen with our eyes. Those among us who believe that there will never be enough, so they must hold back on their knowledge, hold back on their contacts, hold...